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Lina Chartrand: Playwright's first work is fictional, but draws on her real-life experiences as French-speaking polio victim who became Little Miss Easter Seals in Timmins
Lina Chartrand: Playwright's first work is fictional, but draws on her real-life experiences as French-speaking polio victim who became Little Miss Easter Seals in Timmins

Lina Chartrand: Playwright's first work is fictional, but draws on her real-life experiences as French-speaking polio victim who became Little Miss Easter Seals in Timmins

Date3/1/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: Lina Chartrand: Playwright's first work is fictional; but draws on her real-life experiences as French-speaking polio victim who became Little Miss Easter Seals in Timmins.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0099463F
      Unflinching view: Edna Alford's clear-eyed fictional look at the patients in a nursing home is based on her own experiences as a practical nurse
      Unflinching view: Edna Alford's clear-eyed fictional look at the patients in a nursing home is based on her own experiences as a practical nurse
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      8/21/1989
      Back home in Timmins with Canada's only first-place gold medal from the Winter Olympics, skier Kathy Kreiner is applauded by her father, Dr. Harold Kreiner (right), and 1,000 other people in the Community Sportsplex. About 200 well-wishers greeted her at the tiny Timmins airport, others lined the seven-mile road into town. Kathy surprised the ski world by winning the women's giant slalom.
      Back home in Timmins with Canada's only first-place gold medal from the Winter Olympics, skier Kathy Kreiner is applauded by her father, Dr. Harold Kreiner (right), and 1,000 other people in the Community Sportsplex. About 200 well-wishers greeted her at the tiny Timmins airport, others lined the seven-mile road into town. Kathy surprised the ski world by winning the women's giant slalom.
      Bull, Ron
      2/15/1976
      On the breakway, Former Boston Bruins great Bobby Orr gives Shannon Kerr, 7, the glide of a lifetime yesterday at the 12th annual celebrity skate for Easter Seals at Maple Leaf Gardens
      On the breakway, Former Boston Bruins great Bobby Orr gives Shannon Kerr, 7, the glide of a lifetime yesterday at the 12th annual celebrity skate for Easter Seals at Maple Leaf Gardens
      Beaty, Keith
      12/13/1992
      They're all stars: Joe Carter, left, and hall-of-fa-mer Fergie Jenkins, kick off the Easter Seals Campaign yesterday with 1991 Tammy, Colleen McKane, and twin Timmys, Joshua (left) and Jeremy Davis
      They're all stars: Joe Carter, left, and hall-of-fa-mer Fergie Jenkins, kick off the Easter Seals Campaign yesterday with 1991 Tammy, Colleen McKane, and twin Timmys, Joshua (left) and Jeremy Davis
      Bock, Tony
      2/14/1991
      Rueben Mayes, National Football League rookie of the year, shares a laugh with Jennifer Thompson, 14, of Mississauga, this year's Easter Seals Society(...)
      Rueben Mayes, National Football League rookie of the year, shares a laugh with Jennifer Thompson, 14, of Mississauga, this year's Easter Seals Society(...)
      Combs, Erin
      2/5/1987
      Calling the plays for easter seals
      Calling the plays for easter seals
      Kelly, Jim, 1960-
      2/17/1989
      Regattas Volvo Easter Seals
      Regattas Volvo Easter Seals
      Bull, Ron
      7/13/1997
      A Christmas wish come true, On cloud nine (actually Gardens Ice) yesterday at Bobby Orr's Skate with the Gardens for Easter Seals were, from left, Bre(...)
      A Christmas wish come true, On cloud nine (actually Gardens Ice) yesterday at Bobby Orr's Skate with the Gardens for Easter Seals were, from left, Bre(...)
      Eglinton, Rick
      12/8/1991
      Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau chats with 5-year-old Luigi Perruzza at the Ontario Crippled Children's Centre on Rumsey Road today when he visited to centre to launch the 1972 Easter Seals campaign
      Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau chats with 5-year-old Luigi Perruzza at the Ontario Crippled Children's Centre on Rumsey Road today when he visited to centre to launch the 1972 Easter Seals campaign
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      3/1/1972
      A pair of champs: Among the world champions at last night's fund-raising dinner for Easter Seals were equestrian Gail Greenough (left) and Carolyn Waldo
      A pair of champs: Among the world champions at last night's fund-raising dinner for Easter Seals were equestrian Gail Greenough (left) and Carolyn Waldo
      Goode, Jeff
      2/6/1987
      Royal meeting: Nancy Kralovic, the 12-year-old Easter Seals Society Tammy, met the Queen Mother and Premier William Davis at Queen's Park during the recent royal visit
      Royal meeting: Nancy Kralovic, the 12-year-old Easter Seals Society Tammy, met the Queen Mother and Premier William Davis at Queen's Park during the recent royal visit
      Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002
      7/16/1981
      In a hurry to become a doctor, Kevin Collins, of Orillia, this year's Easter Seals Timmy, learns to take the blood pressure of head nurse Arlene Marti(...)
      In a hurry to become a doctor, Kevin Collins, of Orillia, this year's Easter Seals Timmy, learns to take the blood pressure of head nurse Arlene Marti(...)
      Bezant, Graham
      4/12/1976