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Going public: Ken Tremblay, new head of York Central Hospital in Richmond Hill, wants help in developing services the community needs most.
Going public: Ken Tremblay, new head of York Central Hospital in Richmond Hill, wants help in developing services the community needs most.

Going public: Ken Tremblay, new head of York Central Hospital in Richmond Hill, wants help in developing services the community needs most.

Date12/11/1992
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Organizer, behind Vishnu Mandir, the Hindu temple in Richmond Hill, is Hamilton surgeon Dr. Budhendra Doobay, who conducts services each Sunday and helps serve lunch later to 500 members of the congregration.
Organizer, behind Vishnu Mandir, the Hindu temple in Richmond Hill, is Hamilton surgeon Dr. Budhendra Doobay, who conducts services each Sunday and helps serve lunch later to 500 members of the congregration.
7/17/1985
He wants money: Dr. Mario Piacenza of the southern Italian town of Altomonte is in Toronto lookin for funds to build a school for peasant children. He's hoping to get it from the parents of the children he's leading here - natives of Alomonte who left their home town for North America. So far, he's visited 7 cities on a 3-month North American tour but has raised only $2,000 of the $20,000 he needs. He's had a picnic with Altomonteans here and plans another one.
He wants money: Dr. Mario Piacenza of the southern Italian town of Altomonte is in Toronto lookin for funds to build a school for peasant children. He's hoping to get it from the parents of the children he's leading here - natives of Alomonte who left their home town for North America. So far, he's visited 7 cities on a 3-month North American tour but has raised only $2,000 of the $20,000 he needs. He's had a picnic with Altomonteans here and plans another one.
9/12/1969
Wider, please: Dr. Seymour Tobe checks out the mouth of his patient, a Doberman named Vinny, who needs a brace to correct an out-of-place tooth. The veterinary dentist says although many vets will clean animals' teeth, he's the only one in Metro performing a full range of dental services, including braces, fillings and extractions.
Wider, please: Dr. Seymour Tobe checks out the mouth of his patient, a Doberman named Vinny, who needs a brace to correct an out-of-place tooth. The veterinary dentist says although many vets will clean animals' teeth, he's the only one in Metro performing a full range of dental services, including braces, fillings and extractions.
4/16/1985
Business as usual: Staff workers at a busy nursing station at York Central Hospital in Richmond Hill work cheerfully through the holiday season, but executive director Jim Hepburn (left) remains troubled by the 316-bed hospital's bleak financial picture
Business as usual: Staff workers at a busy nursing station at York Central Hospital in Richmond Hill work cheerfully through the holiday season, but executive director Jim Hepburn (left) remains troubled by the 316-bed hospital's bleak financial picture
12/23/1985
The youth culture is overserviced, says John Fisher, right, who heads a co-ordinating body for Toronto youth services. Fisher, talking to student Roger Ames, says the youths who didn't need the services badly probably became sick as a result of this depen
The youth culture is overserviced, says John Fisher, right, who heads a co-ordinating body for Toronto youth services. Fisher, talking to student Roger Ames, says the youths who didn't need the services badly probably became sick as a result of this depen
5/30/1972
They cared enough to act: Huron St. public school principal Art Bussey (left), teacher Rosemary Kelly (above with class of children) have experienced the special needs of the children of battered women staying in nearby hostels, and pushed for action to help the kids. You need time, patience and good listening skills, Bussey says.
They cared enough to act: Huron St. public school principal Art Bussey (left), teacher Rosemary Kelly (above with class of children) have experienced the special needs of the children of battered women staying in nearby hostels, and pushed for action to help the kids. You need time, patience and good listening skills, Bussey says.
3/10/1982
Wants a home: John Laidlaw, 35, who has epilepsy and other disabilities, lives in a crate near a railroad in Richmond Hill
Wants a home: John Laidlaw, 35, who has epilepsy and other disabilities, lives in a crate near a railroad in Richmond Hill
8/9/1990
Searching for support: Laas Leivat, president of the Toronto-based Estonian Central Council in Canada, wants the House of Commons to give some support to Canadians of Estonian heritage for the convening of a people's congress March 11-12, which would help shape the political future of their homeland
Searching for support: Laas Leivat, president of the Toronto-based Estonian Central Council in Canada, wants the House of Commons to give some support to Canadians of Estonian heritage for the convening of a people's congress March 11-12, which would help shape the political future of their homeland
1/26/1990
If human folly does not arrive at the extreme idiocy of triggering-off a nuclear war, peace with nature becomes the most fundamental imperative of the age of the triumphant technological man and the first pillar of the new wisdom he needs
If human folly does not arrive at the extreme idiocy of triggering-off a nuclear war, peace with nature becomes the most fundamental imperative of the age of the triumphant technological man and the first pillar of the new wisdom he needs
4/25/1980
Friend in need: Encama Escovar, right, assists client who needs help finding a place to live, just one of the many problems handled by the Bloor Information and Legal Services clinic
Friend in need: Encama Escovar, right, assists client who needs help finding a place to live, just one of the many problems handled by the Bloor Information and Legal Services clinic
7/23/1987
A Local Leader: Sheik Abdullah Hakim, born Ronald Quick, became a Muslim in Toronto 22 years ago and has dedicated himself to the needs of the Muslim community
A Local Leader: Sheik Abdullah Hakim, born Ronald Quick, became a Muslim in Toronto 22 years ago and has dedicated himself to the needs of the Muslim community
6/18/1991
Senator Frederic McGrand, a doctor for 40 years and former minister of health and social services for New Brunswick, gets a pretend heart check-up by James Warren at Duke of York Public School
Senator Frederic McGrand, a doctor for 40 years and former minister of health and social services for New Brunswick, gets a pretend heart check-up by James Warren at Duke of York Public School
3/10/1970