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Back in race: After 20 years on Skid Row, Buck Green sobered up and completed an alcohol counsellor's course at George Brown College
Back in race: After 20 years on Skid Row, Buck Green sobered up and completed an alcohol counsellor's course at George Brown College

Back in race: After 20 years on Skid Row, Buck Green sobered up and completed an alcohol counsellor's course at George Brown College

Date5/28/1982
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0127947F
Youth counsellors: Keith Baird, above with co-worker Pam Jolliffe, defends the Living Skills program for young people and says the real losers are those in positions of authority who saw the youths only as problems and not as individuals.
Youth counsellors: Keith Baird, above with co-worker Pam Jolliffe, defends the Living Skills program for young people and says the real losers are those in positions of authority who saw the youths only as problems and not as individuals.
3/4/1980
Don Lunny operates the CASE program at the Toronto office of FBDB and has a stable of 36 counsellors to call on, no matter what problem a small business owner brings to his office door
Don Lunny operates the CASE program at the Toronto office of FBDB and has a stable of 36 counsellors to call on, no matter what problem a small business owner brings to his office door
6/21/1990
Camp's aim: Responding to allegations that counsellors at Kamp Kuriou told kids they'd burn in hell for listening to rock records, director David Bowen, sharing a joke with Michael Morrow, 13, and Sandi Melnichuk, 16, said all the camp tries to do is give kids love.
Camp's aim: Responding to allegations that counsellors at Kamp Kuriou told kids they'd burn in hell for listening to rock records, director David Bowen, sharing a joke with Michael Morrow, 13, and Sandi Melnichuk, 16, said all the camp tries to do is give kids love.
9/1/1981
Streetcorner Santa: Dan Ryall, foreground, was ribbed by buddies last Christmas for passing out bucks and booze to Metro's Skid Road winos.
Streetcorner Santa: Dan Ryall, foreground, was ribbed by buddies last Christmas for passing out bucks and booze to Metro's Skid Road winos.
12/19/1980
Harbor light counsellor gives help, Most skid row drunks decide not to take his help
Harbor light counsellor gives help, Most skid row drunks decide not to take his help
7/8/1971
In my grandfather's day, everyone had to work to make a living. Phillip Buck, education counsellor
In my grandfather's day, everyone had to work to make a living. Phillip Buck, education counsellor
3/25/1990
In tune: Edward Sambell, one of the team who set up George Brown's Piano technician program, has taught at the school since the course's inception.
In tune: Edward Sambell, one of the team who set up George Brown's Piano technician program, has taught at the school since the course's inception.
6/8/1987
Printing passes the time and makes life interesting for George Brown who is 68 and has been retired for four years from his job as a postal worker. This is his first attempt at creating a finished painting after taking instruction as the Second Mile Club, a 120-year-old mansion is downtown Toronto that is crowded with old people every night of the week.
Printing passes the time and makes life interesting for George Brown who is 68 and has been retired for four years from his job as a postal worker. This is his first attempt at creating a finished painting after taking instruction as the Second Mile Club, a 120-year-old mansion is downtown Toronto that is crowded with old people every night of the week.
2/12/1969
Stil homeless: Ulysses Curtis has been trying for 30 years to find a home in the Canadian Football League Hall of Fame in Hamilton. 'Crazy Legs', a former Argo, drank champagne from two Grey Cups. He's now a guidance counsellor at Downsview Secondary School.
Stil homeless: Ulysses Curtis has been trying for 30 years to find a home in the Canadian Football League Hall of Fame in Hamilton. 'Crazy Legs', a former Argo, drank champagne from two Grey Cups. He's now a guidance counsellor at Downsview Secondary School.
1/10/1984
A dream come true for former Scarborough insurance man Frederick Carlisle is his three-hulled Caravel II. He bought it 5 years ago for $25,000 and has cruised more than 20,000 miles with his daughters Nora, 11 (left) and Mary, 13, (right) and his wife. During the five-year getaway on the world's oceans the girls managed to pick up six years' credits on their correspondence courses. The Carlisles are thinking of crossing the Atlantic Ocean a second time next year.
A dream come true for former Scarborough insurance man Frederick Carlisle is his three-hulled Caravel II. He bought it 5 years ago for $25,000 and has cruised more than 20,000 miles with his daughters Nora, 11 (left) and Mary, 13, (right) and his wife. During the five-year getaway on the world's oceans the girls managed to pick up six years' credits on their correspondence courses. The Carlisles are thinking of crossing the Atlantic Ocean a second time next year.
9/3/1970
New owners of a race horse, Anne and Richard Pollard are among 35 people enrolled in Humber College's course on betting, called Handicapping to Win
New owners of a race horse, Anne and Richard Pollard are among 35 people enrolled in Humber College's course on betting, called Handicapping to Win
2/5/1978
Needs facelift: Joe Cimicata, owner of Imperial Home Hardward on Dufferin St., backs the call for a Business Improvement Area to clean up the street's image. Cimicata has just completed a major renovation of his store and says business has never been better.
Needs facelift: Joe Cimicata, owner of Imperial Home Hardward on Dufferin St., backs the call for a Business Improvement Area to clean up the street's image. Cimicata has just completed a major renovation of his store and says business has never been better.
10/28/1986