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Equal rights: Former cycling champion Jocelyn Lovell speaks out at city hall yesterday against a bid to force race organizers to give women the same prize money as men
Equal rights: Former cycling champion Jocelyn Lovell speaks out at city hall yesterday against a bid to force race organizers to give women the same prize money as men

Equal rights: Former cycling champion Jocelyn Lovell speaks out at city hall yesterday against a bid to force race organizers to give women the same prize money as men

Date2/23/1990
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Going home: Former cycling champion Jocelyn Lovell is helped into a van by his wife Sylvia on his way home yesterday after nine months in hospital
Going home: Former cycling champion Jocelyn Lovell is helped into a van by his wife Sylvia on his way home yesterday after nine months in hospital
5/11/1984
What's it like? Former cycling champion Jocelyn Lovell, now a quadriplegic, can't begin to describe how awful it is to be disabled
What's it like? Former cycling champion Jocelyn Lovell, now a quadriplegic, can't begin to describe how awful it is to be disabled
3/28/1988
A champion cyclist herself, Sylvia Burka-Lovell, 29, now spends as many as 12 hours a day in hospital, at the side of her husband, Jocelyn Lovell, whose cycling career was ended by an accident that paralyzed him
A champion cyclist herself, Sylvia Burka-Lovell, 29, now spends as many as 12 hours a day in hospital, at the side of her husband, Jocelyn Lovell, whose cycling career was ended by an accident that paralyzed him
11/3/1983
Bayard Rustin, often described as 'the leading intellectual of the civil rights movement,' is a New York writer and one of the organizers of the 1963 civil rights march on Washington
Bayard Rustin, often described as 'the leading intellectual of the civil rights movement,' is a New York writer and one of the organizers of the 1963 civil rights march on Washington
3/21/1967
Jocelyn Lovell. Cycling medalist
Jocelyn Lovell. Cycling medalist
11/20/1973
Two on a bike: Jocelyn Lovell and his wife of 10 months, former speedskating champion Sylvia Burka, both three-time Olympians, will be competing together as national team cyclists this season
Two on a bike: Jocelyn Lovell and his wife of 10 months, former speedskating champion Sylvia Burka, both three-time Olympians, will be competing together as national team cyclists this season
4/22/1982
Lovell still a hero. Jocelyn Lovell, left, former world-class cyclist, admires a painting of himself done by Tony Kew. He and wife Sylvia Burka-Lovell, along with Dr. Eric Jackman, attended a reception in his honor at the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame yest
Lovell still a hero. Jocelyn Lovell, left, former world-class cyclist, admires a painting of himself done by Tony Kew. He and wife Sylvia Burka-Lovell, along with Dr. Eric Jackman, attended a reception in his honor at the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame yest
8/6/1985
Case settled: Champion cyclist Jocelyn Lovell in the kitchen of his Port Credit home yesterday, after the case arising from the 1983 accident that left him in a wheelchair was settled
Case settled: Champion cyclist Jocelyn Lovell in the kitchen of his Port Credit home yesterday, after the case arising from the 1983 accident that left him in a wheelchair was settled
1/30/1987
Mrs. Jeanette Lavell, 28, an Ojibway Indian, seen with son, won a victory for other Indian women who have married white men. She won decision against Indian Act which says a woman marrying a non-Indian loses her status with her band. She based her case on the Bill of Rights.
Mrs. Jeanette Lavell, 28, an Ojibway Indian, seen with son, won a victory for other Indian women who have married white men. She won decision against Indian Act which says a woman marrying a non-Indian loses her status with her band. She based her case on the Bill of Rights.
11/26/1971
Equal rights: City employee Bill Dwyer, right, is trying to persuade a Metro committee to extend health benefits to his gay partner Paul Rees.
Equal rights: City employee Bill Dwyer, right, is trying to persuade a Metro committee to extend health benefits to his gay partner Paul Rees.
5/14/1991
Leroy Crosse: Lawyer and activist speaks out against injustice.
Leroy Crosse: Lawyer and activist speaks out against injustice.
7/14/1988
Dramatic appeal: Model Wendy Crawford, who was left a quadriplegic after a car crash, speaks out against drunk driving in-presentation to Scarborough high school students yesterday
Dramatic appeal: Model Wendy Crawford, who was left a quadriplegic after a car crash, speaks out against drunk driving in-presentation to Scarborough high school students yesterday
4/1/1986