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Colin Aucoin: Kitchener man was shot at by a police officer in 1987.
Colin Aucoin: Kitchener man was shot at by a police officer in 1987.

Colin Aucoin: Kitchener man was shot at by a police officer in 1987.

Date10/8/1992
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0125096F
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
Chris Southgate: Director of the Metro police association, who estimates at least 15 per cent of police officers have drinking problems, says they need a separate facility where a man can see doctors in complete anonymity
Chris Southgate: Director of the Metro police association, who estimates at least 15 per cent of police officers have drinking problems, says they need a separate facility where a man can see doctors in complete anonymity
8/7/1981
Retired Metro police superintendent John Gillespie, realxing with his grandson, Christopher Orr, above, says in letter that police officers of even citizens are not adequately protected under one-man patrol system. It is acceptable only by daylight, he sa
Retired Metro police superintendent John Gillespie, realxing with his grandson, Christopher Orr, above, says in letter that police officers of even citizens are not adequately protected under one-man patrol system. It is acceptable only by daylight, he sa
2/13/1973
Officers assaulted me man tells police panel, By Chris Welner, Toronto Star, A Scarborough steamfitter was handcuffed and beaten by police after swearing at them for ticketing a friend who had been drinking on the street, a public complaints tribunal has
Officers assaulted me man tells police panel, By Chris Welner, Toronto Star, A Scarborough steamfitter was handcuffed and beaten by police after swearing at them for ticketing a friend who had been drinking on the street, a public complaints tribunal has
6/4/1987
Bank Manager Kenneth Bates locks up his North York office after thwarting a robberty when he recognized a man he believed was same suspect who held up his branch in September, 1975. Police shot the suspect in the leg.
Bank Manager Kenneth Bates locks up his North York office after thwarting a robberty when he recognized a man he believed was same suspect who held up his branch in September, 1975. Police shot the suspect in the leg.
8/1/1977
Family Memories: Sandy Fitzpatrick, above, an inmate at Millhaven Penitentiary, was shot and killed by a prison guard Oct. 15, 1987, but his family found out he was dead from a television news report, not prison officials, says his brother Robert, right,
Family Memories: Sandy Fitzpatrick, above, an inmate at Millhaven Penitentiary, was shot and killed by a prison guard Oct. 15, 1987, but his family found out he was dead from a television news report, not prison officials, says his brother Robert, right,
2/25/1989
Booming Chinatown: Developer Tim Man (above) points to a model of Chinatown Centre, to be built by 1987.
Booming Chinatown: Developer Tim Man (above) points to a model of Chinatown Centre, to be built by 1987.
4/23/1986
A Sudbury mining executive who cast fear to the wind when he chased a gunman who moments earlier had shot and killed a pro-inspector at the Royal York Hotel, has been awarded a police citation. But yesterday, after receiving the civilian citation for bravery from Metro police commissioners, Lloyd Bardswich could only recall the incident with wonderment.
A Sudbury mining executive who cast fear to the wind when he chased a gunman who moments earlier had shot and killed a pro-inspector at the Royal York Hotel, has been awarded a police citation. But yesterday, after receiving the civilian citation for bravery from Metro police commissioners, Lloyd Bardswich could only recall the incident with wonderment.
7/30/1987
Plastic cyclinder caned study Scope is one of the teaching aids being distributed in Canada by 24-year-old Kitchener businessman Grant Erwin. He sees big growth for education industry.
Plastic cyclinder caned study Scope is one of the teaching aids being distributed in Canada by 24-year-old Kitchener businessman Grant Erwin. He sees big growth for education industry.
12/3/1968
Infant's parents: Catherine and Brian Murphy, of Kitchener, leave the inquest into the death of their baby, Gary, at Sick Children's Hospital last month
Infant's parents: Catherine and Brian Murphy, of Kitchener, leave the inquest into the death of their baby, Gary, at Sick Children's Hospital last month
5/24/1983
Thomas Hagey: Publisher of Best of Playboar had his introduction to pigs early in life, growing up on a pig farm at Breslau, near Kitchener.
Thomas Hagey: Publisher of Best of Playboar had his introduction to pigs early in life, growing up on a pig farm at Breslau, near Kitchener.
1/30/1985
Norman Schneider, 82m retired recently as chairman of the board of Schneiders meat company of Kitchener after seeing it grow from a firm with 12 employees to 2,000
Norman Schneider, 82m retired recently as chairman of the board of Schneiders meat company of Kitchener after seeing it grow from a firm with 12 employees to 2,000
7/23/1971