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The winner in a constant battle with the environment of Regent Park South is Bob Boucher, 19, who dropped out of high school, then returned to prepare(...)
The winner in a constant battle with the environment of Regent Park South is Bob Boucher, 19, who dropped out of high school, then returned to prepare(...)

The winner in a constant battle with the environment of Regent Park South is Bob Boucher, 19, who dropped out of high school, then returned to prepare(...)

Date12/7/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: The winner in a constant battle with the environment of Regent Park South is Bob Boucher; 19; who dropped out of high school; then returned to prepare himself for a better job and a better life in some other community.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0113714F
      Donovan Boucher's a hit with the Kids, Donovan Boucher, Canadian and Commonwealth welterweight champ, stopped in at the Regent Park Community Centre y(...)
      Donovan Boucher's a hit with the Kids, Donovan Boucher, Canadian and Commonwealth welterweight champ, stopped in at the Regent Park Community Centre y(...)
      Boucher, Donovan
      1/8/1991
      Regent park youth corps, a group of serious-minded young people who live in the Regent Park South Housing project, hold round table discussion on how (...)
      Regent park youth corps, a group of serious-minded young people who live in the Regent Park South Housing project, hold round table discussion on how (...)
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      12/30/1968
      Sad-faced child stares out through broken window in one of 732 housing units in Toronto's run-down Regent Park South housing project
      Sad-faced child stares out through broken window in one of 732 housing units in Toronto's run-down Regent Park South housing project
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      11/20/1968
      Feeling down: Dean Harvey, 18, left, and Anthony Williams, 19, outside the Regent Park community centre in Toronto, have no plans for their lives
      Feeling down: Dean Harvey, 18, left, and Anthony Williams, 19, outside the Regent Park community centre in Toronto, have no plans for their lives
      Eglinton, Rick
      5/8/1992
      Not a pretty sight: Vandals who kicked in a window in a Regent Park South apartment building left the mess behind for someone to clean up
      Not a pretty sight: Vandals who kicked in a window in a Regent Park South apartment building left the mess behind for someone to clean up
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      11/20/1968
      Wanna buy a shirt?, Michael Purski, a 19-year-old Etobicoke student who started selling shirts out of his school locker and sold $250,000 in designer clothing last year, wants to doante $40,000 to his high school
      Wanna buy a shirt?, Michael Purski, a 19-year-old Etobicoke student who started selling shirts out of his school locker and sold $250,000 in designer clothing last year, wants to doante $40,000 to his high school
      Cooper, David
      11/27/1985
      The fairest of them all - miss Toronto is in the centre, From left: Kristi Secord, who placed second, Lucille Boucher winner, Shirley Ann MacDonald, third
      The fairest of them all - miss Toronto is in the centre, From left: Kristi Secord, who placed second, Lucille Boucher winner, Shirley Ann MacDonald, third
      Dutton, Don
      7/25/1966
      Love is... being out of jail and sitting with your fiancee again. Larry LeBlanc knows that. He has been released after a murder charge was dropped and 19-year-old Donna Welsh was pretty happy about it. Although couple had to postpone their wedding it was great to be free and together again.
      Love is... being out of jail and sitting with your fiancee again. Larry LeBlanc knows that. He has been released after a murder charge was dropped and 19-year-old Donna Welsh was pretty happy about it. Although couple had to postpone their wedding it was great to be free and together again.
      Bezant, Graham
      9/29/1977
      Weight problem, Like most jockeys Robin Platts fights a constant battle with the scales
      Weight problem, Like most jockeys Robin Platts fights a constant battle with the scales
      Goode, Jeff
      5/6/1976
      The winner Julie White, 19, of Brampton Centennial Secondary School, a member of Canada's 1976 Olympic team, leaps high during her winnings 14.85-seco(...)
      The winner Julie White, 19, of Brampton Centennial Secondary School, a member of Canada's 1976 Olympic team, leaps high during her winnings 14.85-seco(...)
      Griffin, Doug
      6/8/1979
      He has a plan: Lefhander Denis Boucher, 19, is a talented, mature and poised youngster for whom the Blue Jays have a lot of hope
      He has a plan: Lefhander Denis Boucher, 19, is a talented, mature and poised youngster for whom the Blue Jays have a lot of hope
      Boucher, Denis
      2/28/1988
      It's no fun being stuck in a high-rise apartment in Regent Park housing development with no place to romp outside or go for a swim during a hot Toronto summer
      It's no fun being stuck in a high-rise apartment in Regent Park housing development with no place to romp outside or go for a swim during a hot Toronto summer
      Darrell, Dick
      6/2/1970