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An Etobicoke man with epilepsy claims the Canada Employment and Immigration Commission is discriminating against him by asking him to take tests before starting a job retraining program
An Etobicoke man with epilepsy claims the Canada Employment and Immigration Commission is discriminating against him by asking him to take tests before starting a job retraining program

An Etobicoke man with epilepsy claims the Canada Employment and Immigration Commission is discriminating against him by asking him to take tests before starting a job retraining program

Date7/18/1985
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Tortured. By Peter Rickwood Toronto Star. A 33-year-old Canadian Sikh say he got on help from the Canadian High Commission when police in India detained and tortured him as he was about to fly home. Dalbar Sidhu, a Kitchener auto worker, told a Toronto news conference yesterday he was held at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport for two days. He claims he was denied foor and seep, was threatened with revolver and had his fingernails pulled and hair tugged out of his beard and scalp. His wife Satwant, who was travelling with him, contacted the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi after his arrest said. [Incomplete]
Tortured. By Peter Rickwood Toronto Star. A 33-year-old Canadian Sikh say he got on help from the Canadian High Commission when police in India detained and tortured him as he was about to fly home. Dalbar Sidhu, a Kitchener auto worker, told a Toronto news conference yesterday he was held at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport for two days. He claims he was denied foor and seep, was threatened with revolver and had his fingernails pulled and hair tugged out of his beard and scalp. His wife Satwant, who was travelling with him, contacted the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi after his arrest said. [Incomplete]
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Bloody loser: Giles Muir tends his bloody nose. He claims winner Nola Crewe punched him.
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Yrjo Heinonen shows his injuries claims six Helsinki policemen attacked him
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Controversy surrounds, survival instructor Berndt Berglund's professional claims and a federal government department has shelved plans to employ him. He is seen working in swamp area near National Wilderness Survival school, which has received more than $74,000 in government grants since last November.
Controversy surrounds, survival instructor Berndt Berglund's professional claims and a federal government department has shelved plans to employ him. He is seen working in swamp area near National Wilderness Survival school, which has received more than $74,000 in government grants since last November.
Beaty, Keith
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Toronto's oldest Redcap, Jake Charendoff, sits waiting for new business at Toronto's Union Station, while behind him sits redcap Bert Fortune. Charendoff picked up his first piece of baggage at Union Station on the day it opened in 1927. But, although he claims the title oldest, he refuses to say exactly how old he is.
Toronto's oldest Redcap, Jake Charendoff, sits waiting for new business at Toronto's Union Station, while behind him sits redcap Bert Fortune. Charendoff picked up his first piece of baggage at Union Station on the day it opened in 1927. But, although he claims the title oldest, he refuses to say exactly how old he is.
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Dr. Steven Soldin: Biochemist told commission traditional digoxin tests are not idea.
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Wind tests: DSMA chairman George Meagher, front, vicepresidents Lorne Wilde, left, and Doug Wilde and president George Bremner check a model car after wind tests
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Wondrous claims disputed: David Graham, inventor of the Graham Potentializer, claims his rotating bed improves creativity in healthy people and is useful for treating brain-damaged children
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Dr. Kevin Farrell - epilepsy expert
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Principal attraction: After 41 years as an educator, Jack Davy is retiring this month as principal of Humber Valley Village Junior-Middle School. Community has planned a huge reception for him today, starting at 7 p.m. in the school. He chats with admirers in front of special billboard.
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