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You can Rap with the chief, said one 17-year-old youth about Burlington police chief Ken Skerrett, centre, who tries to help young people before they get into trouble
You can Rap with the chief, said one 17-year-old youth about Burlington police chief Ken Skerrett, centre, who tries to help young people before they get into trouble

You can Rap with the chief, said one 17-year-old youth about Burlington police chief Ken Skerrett, centre, who tries to help young people before they get into trouble

Date4/28/1970
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Hard to take: Ken Jeffers, a community activist who works with youth, says daughter Tanya, 14, told him: One of the things that bothers me is that if I get in trouble with the police, you can't protect me
Hard to take: Ken Jeffers, a community activist who works with youth, says daughter Tanya, 14, told him: One of the things that bothers me is that if I get in trouble with the police, you can't protect me
5/9/1992
A secure future: Sociologist and author Carl James spent months interviewing young black people, 17 to 22, probing their fears and aspirations to get behind the stereotype of black youth as a generation in trouble
A secure future: Sociologist and author Carl James spent months interviewing young black people, 17 to 22, probing their fears and aspirations to get behind the stereotype of black youth as a generation in trouble
2/11/1991
Just before the mob stormed the gates of Ontario Place to try to get to the Forum concert last night, it confronts police. About 50 youths, shouting t(...)
Just before the mob stormed the gates of Ontario Place to try to get to the Forum concert last night, it confronts police. About 50 youths, shouting t(...)
7/27/1977
Late word: Police Chief William McCormack tells a news conference yesterday that he learned about a black youth's second bullet wound just minutes before the conference
Late word: Police Chief William McCormack tells a news conference yesterday that he learned about a black youth's second bullet wound just minutes before the conference
6/1/1990
Department under fire: Tillsonburg Mayor Jean Ferrie (right), chairman of the town's police commission, says Police Chief Henry Harley told her judge likes to rap knuckles of police
Department under fire: Tillsonburg Mayor Jean Ferrie (right), chairman of the town's police commission, says Police Chief Henry Harley told her judge likes to rap knuckles of police
10/29/1986
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
Get me out: A young tabby tries to get the attention of Animal Centre's Don Mitton.
Get me out: A young tabby tries to get the attention of Animal Centre's Don Mitton.
1/12/1989
One of the 17 women working in the Undeliverable Mail Office, Violet Toth tries to track down destination of misguided letters on her desk. Last year,(...)
One of the 17 women working in the Undeliverable Mail Office, Violet Toth tries to track down destination of misguided letters on her desk. Last year,(...)
12/21/1977
Dief, the chief, tries on fire chief's helmet at a belated birthday party in Minnedosa, Man
Dief, the chief, tries on fire chief's helmet at a belated birthday party in Minnedosa, Man
10/29/1971
Inspector Ferne Alexander, once a teacher, now heads Metro police youth bureau and helps 17,000 children in trouble each year. Discussing a case with her is Policewoman Barbara Blauert
Inspector Ferne Alexander, once a teacher, now heads Metro police youth bureau and helps 17,000 children in trouble each year. Discussing a case with her is Policewoman Barbara Blauert
3/12/1969
Mutal life insurance agent Donald James, left, tries his hand at high-tech biological age testing on computer as president and chief executive officer Jack Masterman Watches
Mutal life insurance agent Donald James, left, tries his hand at high-tech biological age testing on computer as president and chief executive officer Jack Masterman Watches
9/8/1988
Hamilton Police Chief Ken Robertson, People front May 24, 1998
Hamilton Police Chief Ken Robertson, People front May 24, 1998
5/9/1998