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Empty pocket tells its tale as 32-year-old Guido Biance shows his 20-year-old wife, Fanny, where their $2,800 life savings were kept before he lost them yesterday.
Empty pocket tells its tale as 32-year-old Guido Biance shows his 20-year-old wife, Fanny, where their $2,800 life savings were kept before he lost them yesterday.

Empty pocket tells its tale as 32-year-old Guido Biance shows his 20-year-old wife, Fanny, where their $2,800 life savings were kept before he lost them yesterday.

Date1/2/1970
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  • Empty pocket tells its tale as 32-year-old Guido Biance shows his 20-year-old wife, Fanny, where their $2,800 life savings were kept before he lost them yesterday.
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Look of relief: Mr. and Mrs. Guido Bianco, the immigrants who lost their $2,800 life-savings on the street after being in the country only three weeks, show their happiness after receiving cheque to help Guido buy tools and get a job.
Look of relief: Mr. and Mrs. Guido Bianco, the immigrants who lost their $2,800 life-savings on the street after being in the country only three weeks, show their happiness after receiving cheque to help Guido buy tools and get a job.
Dutton, Don
1/6/1970
Bilked of their savings of $1,000 by men posing as bank inspectors, 80-year-old Mr. and Mrs. Alex Downie stand outside their home on Kenwood Ave., where they have lived 40 years, as they tell they were swindled. A man took away fifty $20 bills to check s
Bilked of their savings of $1,000 by men posing as bank inspectors, 80-year-old Mr. and Mrs. Alex Downie stand outside their home on Kenwood Ave., where they have lived 40 years, as they tell they were swindled. A man took away fifty $20 bills to check s
Barkley, Harold
9/24/1970
An Income Tax Act provision that compels 71-year-olds to cash in their retirement savings plans or buy annuities is not unlawful discrimination based on age, a Supreme Court of Ontario judge has ruled. Mr. Justice Alvin Rosenberg yesterday dismissed an ap
An Income Tax Act provision that compels 71-year-olds to cash in their retirement savings plans or buy annuities is not unlawful discrimination based on age, a Supreme Court of Ontario judge has ruled. Mr. Justice Alvin Rosenberg yesterday dismissed an ap
Goode, Jeff
11/13/1985
Some seniors who have Registered Retirement Savings Plans are under the misconception that they have to cash them and take them in income by Dec. 31 of the year they turn 71, says Dale Ennis of Bath, publisher of The Canadian Money Saver. Unfortunately,
Some seniors who have Registered Retirement Savings Plans are under the misconception that they have to cash them and take them in income by Dec. 31 of the year they turn 71, says Dale Ennis of Bath, publisher of The Canadian Money Saver. Unfortunately,
Mahler, John
3/9/1984
Gus Mavridis: Two years after coming to Canada, he gambled his savings and set up his own fur business
Gus Mavridis: Two years after coming to Canada, he gambled his savings and set up his own fur business
Russell, Jim
2/20/1981
Heads up: Ernie Clegg, with the hammer, and Doug Mepham, holding the spike, have invested their life savings in introducing the Metpost to Canada. They expect to sell $3.5 million worth of the post supports in hardware and building supply stores across Canada this year.
Heads up: Ernie Clegg, with the hammer, and Doug Mepham, holding the spike, have invested their life savings in introducing the Metpost to Canada. They expect to sell $3.5 million worth of the post supports in hardware and building supply stores across Canada this year.
Brennan, Pat
4/29/1988
The 10 cats 47-year-old Joseph Pechoc kept in a tent on the roof of the office building where he is a maintenance man were taken away by agents of the Toronto Humane Society yesterday, so he took out the electric heater with which he'd kept them warm
The 10 cats 47-year-old Joseph Pechoc kept in a tent on the roof of the office building where he is a maintenance man were taken away by agents of the Toronto Humane Society yesterday, so he took out the electric heater with which he'd kept them warm
Bull, Ron
11/25/1975
Hunger and Terror are remembered by Musleh Haqqi, 32, and his wife, Suraiya, 22, as they sit with their children, 18-month-old daughter, Ayeshe, and 3-year-old son, Shaheer, now back at their home in Mississauga, as they tell how they were caught in war between India and Pakistan, and struggled to safety
Hunger and Terror are remembered by Musleh Haqqi, 32, and his wife, Suraiya, 22, as they sit with their children, 18-month-old daughter, Ayeshe, and 3-year-old son, Shaheer, now back at their home in Mississauga, as they tell how they were caught in war between India and Pakistan, and struggled to safety
Calleja, Frank
1/10/1972
Risked lives: Andy Patterson, 32, flanked by Dean Ribble (left), 12, and his brother, George, 10, dragged Patterson's 12-year-old son, Billy, screaming from a Mississauga building after 8,000 volts shot through the boy's body when he caught a foot in a transformer room
Risked lives: Andy Patterson, 32, flanked by Dean Ribble (left), 12, and his brother, George, 10, dragged Patterson's 12-year-old son, Billy, screaming from a Mississauga building after 8,000 volts shot through the boy's body when he caught a foot in a transformer room
Calleja, Frank
2/28/1980
Defying icy roads, bitter iwnds and the longest highway in the world since he left Vancouver Jan. 7, adventurer Mike Flynn is cycling across Canada because it is there. The tall, 32-year-old cyclist from Niagara Falls is also zooming across the country -
Defying icy roads, bitter iwnds and the longest highway in the world since he left Vancouver Jan. 7, adventurer Mike Flynn is cycling across Canada because it is there. The tall, 32-year-old cyclist from Niagara Falls is also zooming across the country -
Cooper, David
2/14/1983
Sada Nagendran I spend every penny I make, there are on savings
Sada Nagendran I spend every penny I make, there are on savings
Stawicki, Andrew
11/17/1992
Out of work: Norm Sawchuk lost his job at Barrymore Carpet in Toronto and lost interest on savings bonds he was buying by payroll deduction.
Out of work: Norm Sawchuk lost his job at Barrymore Carpet in Toronto and lost interest on savings bonds he was buying by payroll deduction.
Beaty, Keith
3/8/1991