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Moving up in world: Yvonne Prosper, left, who was left partly paralyzed in car accident, and friend Diane Hamilton gambled $1,000 to win a new $75,000 condominium
Moving up in world: Yvonne Prosper, left, who was left partly paralyzed in car accident, and friend Diane Hamilton gambled $1,000 to win a new $75,000 condominium

Moving up in world: Yvonne Prosper, left, who was left partly paralyzed in car accident, and friend Diane Hamilton gambled $1,000 to win a new $75,000 condominium

Date4/26/1984
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Original Toronto Star caption: Moving up in world: Yvonne Prosper, left, who was left partly paralyzed in car accident, and friend Diane Hamilton gambled $1,000 to win a new $75,000 condominium.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0024794F
      Can this be true? Yvonne Prosper, left, and Diane Hamilton can't believe their good luck after seeing $75,000 dream home they won. They have been living in financial misery
      Can this be true? Yvonne Prosper, left, and Diane Hamilton can't believe their good luck after seeing $75,000 dream home they won. They have been living in financial misery
      Russell, Jim
      4/27/1984
      City workers Nick Cordeau (left) and Buddy McIlmoyle put their arms around Yvonne Dorion, the girl left partly paralyzed after being knifed 3 months ago
      City workers Nick Cordeau (left) and Buddy McIlmoyle put their arms around Yvonne Dorion, the girl left partly paralyzed after being knifed 3 months ago
      Barkley, Harold
      6/28/1969
      Off to Florida for a three-week vacation goes Yvonne Dorion (centre), victim of a stabbing attack March 25 that has left her partly paralyzed. With he(...)
      Off to Florida for a three-week vacation goes Yvonne Dorion (centre), victim of a stabbing attack March 25 that has left her partly paralyzed. With he(...)
      Dorion, Yvonne
      6/6/1969
      Yvonne Prosper
      Yvonne Prosper
      Dunlop, Al
      4/26/1984
      Luxurious new condominium apartments, priced from $40,000 to $75,000 have been fashioned out of this historic old building in Whitby. Built in 1901 as(...)
      Luxurious new condominium apartments, priced from $40,000 to $75,000 have been fashioned out of this historic old building in Whitby. Built in 1901 as(...)
      McConnell, Colin
      10/26/1977
      Jockey fights back: Ron Turcotte, who was paralyzed in a racing accident at New York's Belmont Park last year, in undergoing extensive rehabilitation in Toronto
      Jockey fights back: Ron Turcotte, who was paralyzed in a racing accident at New York's Belmont Park last year, in undergoing extensive rehabilitation in Toronto
      Dutton, Don
      9/26/1979
      Courageous victim: Marg Lawson, 22, her mother at her bedside in Sunnybrook Medical Centre, said yesterday she was feeling great after surgery and feeling lucky not to have been hurt worse in a bike accident that left her paralyzed in both legs
      Courageous victim: Marg Lawson, 22, her mother at her bedside in Sunnybrook Medical Centre, said yesterday she was feeling great after surgery and feeling lucky not to have been hurt worse in a bike accident that left her paralyzed in both legs
      Bull, Ron
      7/7/1983
      Garry Stockfish: Partially paralyzed victim of a diving accident has a specially fitted van, which has enabled him to keep up some semblance of a normal life
      Garry Stockfish: Partially paralyzed victim of a diving accident has a specially fitted van, which has enabled him to keep up some semblance of a normal life
      Lennon, Frank
      6/24/1986
      Millionaire developer Stanley Garden, second little as $1,000 each. And they flock to do it, infrom left, has come up with a novel way to raise cluding last week's luncheon pals, Genni MacAumortage money - he asks friends to chip in as lay, left, Gino Emp
      Millionaire developer Stanley Garden, second little as $1,000 each. And they flock to do it, infrom left, has come up with a novel way to raise cluding last week's luncheon pals, Genni MacAumortage money - he asks friends to chip in as lay, left, Gino Emp
      Cooper, David
      6/5/1980
      Richard MacDonald, paralyzed in a freak accident 10 years ago, is among many employed, disabled Canadians who don't want handouts but could use a few tax breaks on the unavoidable costs of disability
      Richard MacDonald, paralyzed in a freak accident 10 years ago, is among many employed, disabled Canadians who don't want handouts but could use a few tax breaks on the unavoidable costs of disability
      McConnell, Colin
      4/24/1989
      Parade to the post: Ron Turcotte, the great Canadian jockey who was paralyzed in a racing accident in 1978, dropped by Woodbine yesterday to watch the horses parade to the post
      Parade to the post: Ron Turcotte, the great Canadian jockey who was paralyzed in a racing accident in 1978, dropped by Woodbine yesterday to watch the horses parade to the post
      Bull, Ron
      10/15/1986
      No compensation: John and Maureen McErlean try to make life comfortable for their 25-year-old son Michael, who was paralyzed in a trail bike accident in an abandoned pit in Brampton 11 year ago
      No compensation: John and Maureen McErlean try to make life comfortable for their 25-year-old son Michael, who was paralyzed in a trail bike accident in an abandoned pit in Brampton 11 year ago
      Stuparyk, Michael
      3/24/1988