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Big bucks: North York mayor Mel Lastman hands over a Metro cheque for $500,000 to Italian Canadian Benevolent Corporation president Joe Chiappetta while 3-year-old Jessica Karman Thibodeau gets her hands into the mayor's hair
Big bucks: North York mayor Mel Lastman hands over a Metro cheque for $500,000 to Italian Canadian Benevolent Corporation president Joe Chiappetta while 3-year-old Jessica Karman Thibodeau gets her hands into the mayor's hair

Big bucks: North York mayor Mel Lastman hands over a Metro cheque for $500,000 to Italian Canadian Benevolent Corporation president Joe Chiappetta while 3-year-old Jessica Karman Thibodeau gets her hands into the mayor's hair

Date2/18/1982
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Easy Money: Big bucks exchange hands when desperate would-be renters pay illegal key money for an apartment in the rental wasteland that is Metro
Easy Money: Big bucks exchange hands when desperate would-be renters pay illegal key money for an apartment in the rental wasteland that is Metro
1/15/1989
Getting it together: Tony Fusco, above, owner of a large Metro trucking company, made the Columbus recreation and culture complex possible. On the site of the project are, left, Joseph Chiappetta, president of the Italian Canadian Benevolent Corp., and la
Getting it together: Tony Fusco, above, owner of a large Metro trucking company, made the Columbus recreation and culture complex possible. On the site of the project are, left, Joseph Chiappetta, president of the Italian Canadian Benevolent Corp., and la
6/18/1980
Militant Protest: Two girls in traditional Green dress shout in Greek: Get your hands out of Macedonial to Macedonian slavs at Mel Lastman Square
Militant Protest: Two girls in traditional Green dress shout in Greek: Get your hands out of Macedonial to Macedonian slavs at Mel Lastman Square
12/6/1992
Metro's big wheels get their lumps, While Mayor Phil White (left) of York Borough, Mayor Mel Lastman of North York and Metro Chairman Paul Godfrey listen in
Metro's big wheels get their lumps, While Mayor Phil White (left) of York Borough, Mayor Mel Lastman of North York and Metro Chairman Paul Godfrey listen in
3/15/1974
Prince Philip shakes hands with former mayor Nathan Phillips June 23, 1973, while the Queen talks with Mayor David Crombie in Nathan Phillips Square d(...)
Prince Philip shakes hands with former mayor Nathan Phillips June 23, 1973, while the Queen talks with Mayor David Crombie in Nathan Phillips Square d(...)
6/26/1973
Image shows a President surrounded by a crowd of people in the streets.
Warm welcome: Italian President Francesco Cossiga wades into crowds of well-wishes who mobbed him as he strolled along St. Clair Ave. W. yesterday, shaking hands and pinching children's cheeks. People who lines the sidewalks in the wind and drizzling rain waved Italian and Canadian flags and shouted greetings in both languages as they gave him a warm welcome to Metro.
6/12/1986
No respect: Mel Lastman Square was not a friendly place for Mel Lastman yesterday. Mayor gets police escort during brawling.
No respect: Mel Lastman Square was not a friendly place for Mel Lastman yesterday. Mayor gets police escort during brawling.
12/6/1992
Debt repaid: AGO vice-president Georgia Prassas hands over a cheque yesterday to Metro Chairman Alan Tonks, repaying a $1 million loan from Metro Council to help bring the Barnes Exhibit to town
Debt repaid: AGO vice-president Georgia Prassas hands over a cheque yesterday to Metro Chairman Alan Tonks, repaying a $1 million loan from Metro Council to help bring the Barnes Exhibit to town
2/13/1995
Out for blood. Senor Mayor Mel Lastman invites the people of North York to sample the warmth of sunny Mexico at his annual Mayor's Blood Donor Clinic (...)
Out for blood. Senor Mayor Mel Lastman invites the people of North York to sample the warmth of sunny Mexico at his annual Mayor's Blood Donor Clinic (...)
12/20/1989
Hand jive: North York Mayor Mel Lastman, left, and Scarborough Mayor Gus Harris show their differing reactions to the province's announcement yesterday that municipalities will rule on Sunday store openings
Hand jive: North York Mayor Mel Lastman, left, and Scarborough Mayor Gus Harris show their differing reactions to the province's announcement yesterday that municipalities will rule on Sunday store openings
12/1/1987
Peel me a grape: North York Mayor Mel Lastman - dressed as Bacchus, the Greek god of wine - gets personal attention from York borough Mayor Gayle Christie, sporting the costume of Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture
Peel me a grape: North York Mayor Mel Lastman - dressed as Bacchus, the Greek god of wine - gets personal attention from York borough Mayor Gayle Christie, sporting the costume of Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture
9/4/1981
Image shows the President shaking hands with an employee at the coffee shop.
Coffee break: The Italian president shakes hands with owner Tony Guido at Tricolore snackbar on St. Clair Ave. after accepting an employee's invitation to drop in for a cup of coffee.
6/12/1986