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Broken door frame is held by 33-year-old Rick Skilton at his Scarborough home as he comforts 2-year-old daughter, Jennifer
Broken door frame is held by 33-year-old Rick Skilton at his Scarborough home as he comforts 2-year-old daughter, Jennifer

Broken door frame is held by 33-year-old Rick Skilton at his Scarborough home as he comforts 2-year-old daughter, Jennifer

Date5/9/1978
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Tortured. By Peter Rickwood Toronto Star. A 33-year-old Canadian Sikh say he got on help from the Canadian High Commission when police in India detained and tortured him as he was about to fly home. Dalbar Sidhu, a Kitchener auto worker, told a Toronto news conference yesterday he was held at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport for two days. He claims he was denied foor and seep, was threatened with revolver and had his fingernails pulled and hair tugged out of his beard and scalp. His wife Satwant, who was travelling with him, contacted the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi after his arrest said. [Incomplete]
Tortured. By Peter Rickwood Toronto Star. A 33-year-old Canadian Sikh say he got on help from the Canadian High Commission when police in India detained and tortured him as he was about to fly home. Dalbar Sidhu, a Kitchener auto worker, told a Toronto news conference yesterday he was held at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport for two days. He claims he was denied foor and seep, was threatened with revolver and had his fingernails pulled and hair tugged out of his beard and scalp. His wife Satwant, who was travelling with him, contacted the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi after his arrest said. [Incomplete]
1/29/1986
Is there a rickshaw in your future? The gasoline shortage doesn't bother Lorne Shields, a 30-year-old Downsview manufacturers' agent, as he takes his wife Suzanne and their daughters Jessica, 2, and Rebecca, 7 months, for a spin in the rickshaw be just imported from Taiwan to add to bicycle collection
Is there a rickshaw in your future? The gasoline shortage doesn't bother Lorne Shields, a 30-year-old Downsview manufacturers' agent, as he takes his wife Suzanne and their daughters Jessica, 2, and Rebecca, 7 months, for a spin in the rickshaw be just imported from Taiwan to add to bicycle collection
11/6/1973
The Duffys: Rob comforts wife Diane, who is in hospital suffering from multiple sclerosis, contracted two years ago.
The Duffys: Rob comforts wife Diane, who is in hospital suffering from multiple sclerosis, contracted two years ago.
11/18/1987
A family without a home, John Edward Norton sits with his wife, Annie Mae, and 17-year-old daughter Greer who holds their 9-year-old daughter Alwyne, a cerebral palsy victim, in one of the three crowded rooms on the third storey of the Gilbert Hotel in downtown Trenton
A family without a home, John Edward Norton sits with his wife, Annie Mae, and 17-year-old daughter Greer who holds their 9-year-old daughter Alwyne, a cerebral palsy victim, in one of the three crowded rooms on the third storey of the Gilbert Hotel in downtown Trenton
12/14/1971
Paul Sanderson: The 33-year-old Scarborough man is an entertainment lawyer, author and musician.
Paul Sanderson: The 33-year-old Scarborough man is an entertainment lawyer, author and musician.
8/5/1987
A Roomer at 314 Dundas St. West, prospector John Dowler sits on his bed in the room next door to the one in which 77-year-old Gig Yun died in a fire on Oct. 4. Toronto fire department platoon chief John Rider told a coroner's inquest conditions in that home were atrocious.
A Roomer at 314 Dundas St. West, prospector John Dowler sits on his bed in the room next door to the one in which 77-year-old Gig Yun died in a fire on Oct. 4. Toronto fire department platoon chief John Rider told a coroner's inquest conditions in that home were atrocious.
11/3/1972
A 13-year-old boy without gloves or hat trudged 2 1/2 miles through slush and snow to his home last night after a Toronto Transit driver ordered him off a bus because he didn't have the 50-cent adult fare
A 13-year-old boy without gloves or hat trudged 2 1/2 miles through slush and snow to his home last night after a Toronto Transit driver ordered him off a bus because he didn't have the 50-cent adult fare
12/22/1977
Reynolds: Time and patience, Bob Reynolds, a 33-year-old teacher at Davisville Junior Public School in North Toronto, has been quietly whitting out his own tactics for the past 10 years
Reynolds: Time and patience, Bob Reynolds, a 33-year-old teacher at Davisville Junior Public School in North Toronto, has been quietly whitting out his own tactics for the past 10 years
1/17/1979
Pages of work: Graham Newton, 43, holds up the complcated computer instructions he's developed for running his 4 1/2-year-old electronic bulletin board from a tiny office at home
Pages of work: Graham Newton, 43, holds up the complcated computer instructions he's developed for running his 4 1/2-year-old electronic bulletin board from a tiny office at home
5/24/1985
A leaking Garage was their home for the night after Gordon Simmon,s 76, his wife, Marion 52, and their 19-year-old epileptic son decided not to go to an emergency family shelter they were evicted from their home of 20 years in Scarborough
A leaking Garage was their home for the night after Gordon Simmon,s 76, his wife, Marion 52, and their 19-year-old epileptic son decided not to go to an emergency family shelter they were evicted from their home of 20 years in Scarborough
9/14/1978
Hunger and Terror are remembered by Musleh Haqqi, 32, and his wife, Suraiya, 22, as they sit with their children, 18-month-old daughter, Ayeshe, and 3-year-old son, Shaheer, now back at their home in Mississauga, as they tell how they were caught in war between India and Pakistan, and struggled to safety
Hunger and Terror are remembered by Musleh Haqqi, 32, and his wife, Suraiya, 22, as they sit with their children, 18-month-old daughter, Ayeshe, and 3-year-old son, Shaheer, now back at their home in Mississauga, as they tell how they were caught in war between India and Pakistan, and struggled to safety
1/10/1972
They got one: Patricia and Mike Codner, with their 2-year-old daughter Ashley, are relieved after snapping up one of 782 houses to be built at a new subdivision in Markham. They were among hundreds who stood in line over the weekend, and got the home for $196,900.
They got one: Patricia and Mike Codner, with their 2-year-old daughter Ashley, are relieved after snapping up one of 782 houses to be built at a new subdivision in Markham. They were among hundreds who stood in line over the weekend, and got the home for $196,900.
9/13/1987