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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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      ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0131868F
      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]
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
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      He claims jail cost him finger, Former Don Jail inmate Dan Lovering claims negligence at the jail caused him to lose index finger on his right hand
      He claims jail cost him finger, Former Don Jail inmate Dan Lovering claims negligence at the jail caused him to lose index finger on his right hand
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
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      Long-term factory workers are taken through the shock and pain of job loss, taught how to look for work, counselled as to career changes they canmake, or helped in choosing a retraining program
      Long-term factory workers are taken through the shock and pain of job loss, taught how to look for work, counselled as to career changes they canmake, or helped in choosing a retraining program
      Mahler, John
      8/13/1982
      It was a surprise to a young man in a Man-power line-up in Toronto when Star writer Robert Nielsen, above, asked him what job he was looking for. The young man said he was only after his claim
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      Bull, Ron
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      Stephen Lewis. Claims 14 MPPs back 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.
      Beaty, Keith
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      Spremo, Boris
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      Yrjo Heinonen shows his injuries claims six Helsinki policemen attacked him
      Griffin, Doug
      4/4/1977
      Bloody loser: Giles Muir tends his bloody nose. He claims winner Nola Crewe punched him.
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      Stuparyk, Michael
      11/8/1982
      One-time Mr. Universe: Steven Brisbois, who won the body-building title in 1986, said Ben Johnson's doctor prescribed him steroids but never did tests for side-effects
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      Eglinton, Rick
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      Darrell, Dick
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      Pipeline to the top? Progressive Conservative leadership candidate Dennis Timbrell, left, tests a pipe and tobacco presented to him by supporters who (...)
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      Davis, William G.
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