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Ethem Ictensev: Slashed wrist, staged hunger strike in Metro detention centre.
Ethem Ictensev: Slashed wrist, staged hunger strike in Metro detention centre.

Ethem Ictensev: Slashed wrist, staged hunger strike in Metro detention centre.

Date11/5/1988
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0128684F
Thousands of kilometres away, outside Queen's Park in Toronto, former Soviet dissident Roman Fin, a cancer researcher, quietly dispalys signs and endures his own hunger strike to draw attention to Sakharov's plight. Fin, 42, who has lived here over three
Thousands of kilometres away, outside Queen's Park in Toronto, former Soviet dissident Roman Fin, a cancer researcher, quietly dispalys signs and endures his own hunger strike to draw attention to Sakharov's plight. Fin, 42, who has lived here over three
5/18/1984
Panel controlling all locks in Rexdale's new $15 million jail is tested by Supt. W. L. Barber yesterday. Known officially as the Metropolitan Toronto West Detention Centre it will help ease chronic overcrowding at Toronto (Don) Jail - but my almost doubling its capacity. Officials are facing the challenge of housing 340 inmates in a building designed for 200. The cells will contain two prisoners instead of one.
Panel controlling all locks in Rexdale's new $15 million jail is tested by Supt. W. L. Barber yesterday. Known officially as the Metropolitan Toronto West Detention Centre it will help ease chronic overcrowding at Toronto (Don) Jail - but my almost doubling its capacity. Officials are facing the challenge of housing 340 inmates in a building designed for 200. The cells will contain two prisoners instead of one.
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Henry Cooper Luinte Regional Detention Centre
Henry Cooper Luinte Regional Detention Centre
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Robert Dyck, Book centre director, Serving Third World's hunger for knowledge
Robert Dyck, Book centre director, Serving Third World's hunger for knowledge
3/8/1978
Spiral staircase ironworker Angelo Garro is shapping played a part in the opera Lulu, staged at the O'Keefe Centre.
Spiral staircase ironworker Angelo Garro is shapping played a part in the opera Lulu, staged at the O'Keefe Centre.
9/25/1980
Retired auto workers speak out, Buzz Hargreaves, CAW Union president shakes hands with one of 500 retired union members who staged a protest yesterday at the union's national bargaining convention at the Sheraton Centre
Retired auto workers speak out, Buzz Hargreaves, CAW Union president shakes hands with one of 500 retired union members who staged a protest yesterday at the union's national bargaining convention at the Sheraton Centre
5/4/1993
Above, Esther Cherry and her husband, Harold, head a dynasty of successful retailers. She wears a peach colored silk jersey dress with beaded satin epaulettes, set off by a diamond pendant and orchid wrist corsage.
Above, Esther Cherry and her husband, Harold, head a dynasty of successful retailers. She wears a peach colored silk jersey dress with beaded satin epaulettes, set off by a diamond pendant and orchid wrist corsage.
5/9/1983
Wrist wear: President (Paul McVean) dons students-made wares.
Wrist wear: President (Paul McVean) dons students-made wares.
2/19/1990
No Trivial pursuit: Michael Tedesco hopes his board game, In Other Words, will strike it rich at the Canadian Toy and Decoration Fair at the Metro Convention Centre
No Trivial pursuit: Michael Tedesco hopes his board game, In Other Words, will strike it rich at the Canadian Toy and Decoration Fair at the Metro Convention Centre
1/26/1989
Above, a dejected Imam Abdullah Hakim Quick, left, hunger striker Ibrahim Hariri.
Above, a dejected Imam Abdullah Hakim Quick, left, hunger striker Ibrahim Hariri.
2/13/1991
War on hunger: Derek Sweeney of the Daily Bread Food Bank helps launch the Thanksgiving drive
War on hunger: Derek Sweeney of the Daily Bread Food Bank helps launch the Thanksgiving drive
10/7/1991
Rob Pepler. Hunger for learning
Rob Pepler. Hunger for learning
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