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Kids shouldn't have to live in a place like this, says single mother who shares a basement flat with two small children
Kids shouldn't have to live in a place like this, says single mother who shares a basement flat with two small children

Kids shouldn't have to live in a place like this, says single mother who shares a basement flat with two small children

Date1/16/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Kids shouldn't have to live in a place like this; says single mother who shares a basement flat with two small children.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0011338F
Cramped quarters: A single mother, her newborn baby and 2 1/2-year-old son live in basement flat
Cramped quarters: A single mother, her newborn baby and 2 1/2-year-old son live in basement flat
1/19/1989
No privacy: Two sisters sleep together in three-room flat that they share with their mom and brother
No privacy: Two sisters sleep together in three-room flat that they share with their mom and brother
1/20/1989
Financial struggle: It's hard to live on $426 a month when you have two children, says single mother Thelma Van Ewyk seen here with daughter Laura Jane, 8 in $97-a-month apartment
Financial struggle: It's hard to live on $426 a month when you have two children, says single mother Thelma Van Ewyk seen here with daughter Laura Jane, 8 in $97-a-month apartment
2/23/1981
Maj. Alex Fieglar, Shares Candys with local kids at San Salvador, (El Salvador)
Maj. Alex Fieglar, Shares Candys with local kids at San Salvador, (El Salvador)
5/6/1992
Supports Pact: Six Nations Mohawk George Doxtater, with wife June, says Indians have long been treated like kids and that will change with self-rule.
Supports Pact: Six Nations Mohawk George Doxtater, with wife June, says Indians have long been treated like kids and that will change with self-rule.
8/22/1992
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
Contented kids, and why shouldn't they be? Jacqueline Ward and Benjie Bates are getting a preview of the fun in store at La Ronde, the big amusement a(...)
Contented kids, and why shouldn't they be? Jacqueline Ward and Benjie Bates are getting a preview of the fun in store at La Ronde, the big amusement a(...)
3/6/1967
Mannix, who says he has lived on the streets for 20 years, stops to count his money, above left, before buying fries at a chip wagon
Mannix, who says he has lived on the streets for 20 years, stops to count his money, above left, before buying fries at a chip wagon
1/23/1991
Hard life: Poor Canadian children have shorter life expectancies and are far more likely to suffer mental and physical illnesses than wealthier children
Hard life: Poor Canadian children have shorter life expectancies and are far more likely to suffer mental and physical illnesses than wealthier children
1/16/1989
Waxing philosphical: Electrohome chairman John Pollock says his company has first rights to buy back the shares Ottawa will make millions selling - but it would have needed a loan to do it so the government was the winner
Waxing philosphical: Electrohome chairman John Pollock says his company has first rights to buy back the shares Ottawa will make millions selling - but it would have needed a loan to do it so the government was the winner
6/21/1981
Roger Caron, who draws on 24 years as a convict for his novels, shares his life with Janet Morris, who met him at a book signing session. 'I couldn't believe how kind and gentle he was,' she says
Roger Caron, who draws on 24 years as a convict for his novels, shares his life with Janet Morris, who met him at a book signing session. 'I couldn't believe how kind and gentle he was,' she says
11/24/1988
Exposed kids: Father Roger Beals says his two kids, Travis and Cameron, were soaked with poisonous insecticides when a Toronto parks worker, wearing a gas mask, began spraying trees around the Kew Gardens area.
Exposed kids: Father Roger Beals says his two kids, Travis and Cameron, were soaked with poisonous insecticides when a Toronto parks worker, wearing a gas mask, began spraying trees around the Kew Gardens area.
7/16/1985