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Pets and seniors make friends. John Cowan, a resident of Cedarbrook Lodge retirement home is Scarborough, gets a kick out of playing with a kitten fro(...)
Pets and seniors make friends. John Cowan, a resident of Cedarbrook Lodge retirement home is Scarborough, gets a kick out of playing with a kitten fro(...)

Pets and seniors make friends. John Cowan, a resident of Cedarbrook Lodge retirement home is Scarborough, gets a kick out of playing with a kitten fro(...)

Date11/14/1985
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  • Pets and seniors make friends. John Cowan; a resident of Cedarbrook Lodge retirement home is Scarborough; gets a kick out of playing with a kitten from the Scarborough Animal Centre. The Pet-A-Pet program; sponsored by the animal centre; began at the Markham Rd. lodge last May after manager; Don Mitton; read about similar programs in San Francisco; Dallas; Fort Worth and London; Ont. The centre plans to take animals to seven or eight seniors' homes a month.
  • Pets and seniors make friends. John Cowan, a resident of Cedarbrook Lodge retirement home is Scarborough, gets a kick out of playing with a kitten fro(...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: Pets and seniors make friends. John Cowan; a resident of Cedarbrook Lodge retirement home is Scarborough; gets a kick out of playing with a kitten from the Scarborough Animal Centre. The Pet-A-Pet program; sponsored by the animal centre; began at the Markham Rd. lodge last May after manager; Don Mitton; read about similar programs in San Francisco; Dallas; Fort Worth and London; Ont. The centre plans to take animals to seven or eight seniors' homes a month.
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      Pets and seniors are fast friends, John Cowan and Isobel Vincent of the Cedarbrook Lodge Seniors Home are enjoying the company of a visiting cat. The (...)
      Pets and seniors are fast friends, John Cowan and Isobel Vincent of the Cedarbrook Lodge Seniors Home are enjoying the company of a visiting cat. The (...)
      Dunlop, Al
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      n.d.
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      The book of horses : pictures of our pets and friends
      Montefiore, Stanley E. B.
      1903
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      Harris, Gus
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      Albert, a great dane, gets a bath from Carol and Jamie Parker who have operated a boarding kennel for pets in North York for the past 10 years
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      Loek, Dick
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      Dunlop, Al
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      My friend, Fluffy: I love this cat, says Sunnybrook Medical Centre patient John Brisbois, who was part of a hospital experiment that welcomes pets as therapy for older patients
      My friend, Fluffy: I love this cat, says Sunnybrook Medical Centre patient John Brisbois, who was part of a hospital experiment that welcomes pets as therapy for older patients
      McConnell, Colin
      12/1/1982
      Where their pets will live is biggest worry of Marion and Gordon Simmons who face eviction today from their home in northeast Scarborough
      Where their pets will live is biggest worry of Marion and Gordon Simmons who face eviction today from their home in northeast Scarborough
      Dutton, Don
      8/31/1978
      Signs prohibit ball playing, strolling around after dark, dressing or undressing on the private beaches, and even walking pets
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      Allen, Glen
      8/7/1969
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      Norris, Dave
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      In the swing: Scarborough resident Fintan Kilbride, the over-65 world racquetball champion, says racquetball is easier for seniors than squash
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