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One building's going up in scarborough, The new Metro Toronto East regional detention centre being built by the Ministry of Corrections on the site of(...)
One building's going up in scarborough, The new Metro Toronto East regional detention centre being built by the Ministry of Corrections on the site of(...)

One building's going up in scarborough, The new Metro Toronto East regional detention centre being built by the Ministry of Corrections on the site of(...)

Date11/12/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: One building's going up in scarborough; The new Metro Toronto East regional detention centre being built by the Ministry of Corrections on the site of the former Scarborough municipal building is taking shape. Metro East Detention Centre, now the Toronto East Detention Centre, located at Civic Road and Sinnott Road, southwest corner. (43.7263263, -79.2804471)
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    GeographyBuilding Monument ParkToronto East Detention Centre (Toronto, Ont.)||East Metro Detention Centre (Toronto, Ont.)
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyNeighbourhoodClairlea-Golden Mile
    GeographyEast-west streetCivic Road
    GeographyHistorical locationScarborough (Ont.)
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0011159F
      Corrections officers sit in the acrylic-enclosed room at the Vanier Centre for Women. Milton, Ontario
      Corrections officers sit in the acrylic-enclosed room at the Vanier Centre for Women. Milton, Ontario
      Darrell, Dick
      1/7/1969
      Rick Brown, who leaves prison every day to work at a trucking firm, talks with Eric Huddleston, an Ontario corrections department officer
      Rick Brown, who leaves prison every day to work at a trucking firm, talks with Eric Huddleston, an Ontario corrections department officer
      Bull, Ron
      12/9/1971
      Poetry for children : consisting of short pieces to be committed to memorySeventh edition, with additions and corrections
      Poetry for children : consisting of short pieces to be committed to memorySeventh edition, with additions and corrections
      Aikin, Lucy, 1781-1864
      1818
      Ontario Corrections Minister Syl Apps, a former Maple Leaf star, moves the red carpet at Kingston station to the door the Queen was to leave the train(...)
      Ontario Corrections Minister Syl Apps, a former Maple Leaf star, moves the red carpet at Kingston station to the door the Queen was to leave the train(...)
      Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022
      6/27/1973
      Nicholas Leluk: Corrections minister doesn't understand drunks, reader says.
      Nicholas Leluk: Corrections minister doesn't understand drunks, reader says.
      Leluk, Nicholas
      4/23/1981
      Parole controversy, the early release of convicts such as mass murderer Clifford Olson (left) has come under scrutiny of a corrections committee headed by Roger Ouimet
      Parole controversy, the early release of convicts such as mass murderer Clifford Olson (left) has come under scrutiny of a corrections committee headed by Roger Ouimet
      Lennon, Frank
      4/26/1966
      The principles of language, or, The self instructor, containing a full grammatical analysis of English poetry, with corrections in syntax and examples(...)
      The principles of language, or, The self instructor, containing a full grammatical analysis of English poetry, with corrections in syntax and examples(...)
      Barrett, Solomo
      1842
      Manuscript letter in Arthur Conan Doyle's handwriting. 
      Undershaw, Hindhead, Haslemere; "My dear Smith; I send you; 1 corrections; 2 appendix"
      Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930
      approximately 1902
      Panel controlling all locks in Rexdale's new $15 million jail is tested by Supt. W. L. Barber yesterday. Known officially as the Metropolitan Toronto West Detention Centre it will help ease chronic overcrowding at Toronto (Don) Jail - but my almost doubling its capacity. Officials are facing the challenge of housing 340 inmates in a building designed for 200. The cells will contain two prisoners instead of one.
      Panel controlling all locks in Rexdale's new $15 million jail is tested by Supt. W. L. Barber yesterday. Known officially as the Metropolitan Toronto West Detention Centre it will help ease chronic overcrowding at Toronto (Don) Jail - but my almost doubling its capacity. Officials are facing the challenge of housing 340 inmates in a building designed for 200. The cells will contain two prisoners instead of one.
      Slaughter, Mike
      7/13/1977
      New home for Hedgehog: Kim Dormaar, assistant director of new Metro zoo, holds a hedgehog from Asia, one of 5,000 animals, birds, reptiles and fish which will live in the 700-acre zoo. In order to raise funds for the new zoo, Metro's six mayors and thousands of zoo supporters are today walking 15 miles in hopes of raising $500,000 towards $6 million zoo fund objective. The zoo, being built in northeastern corner of Scarborough, will open next summer.
      New home for Hedgehog: Kim Dormaar, assistant director of new Metro zoo, holds a hedgehog from Asia, one of 5,000 animals, birds, reptiles and fish which will live in the 700-acre zoo. In order to raise funds for the new zoo, Metro's six mayors and thousands of zoo supporters are today walking 15 miles in hopes of raising $500,000 towards $6 million zoo fund objective. The zoo, being built in northeastern corner of Scarborough, will open next summer.
      Beaty, Keith
      5/31/1973
      Henry Cooper Luinte Regional Detention Centre
      Henry Cooper Luinte Regional Detention Centre
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      5/17/1971
      Out on bail: Rui-Wen Pan, accompanied by lawyer, Ann Tierney, leaves the Metro East Detention Centre yesterday
      Out on bail: Rui-Wen Pan, accompanied by lawyer, Ann Tierney, leaves the Metro East Detention Centre yesterday
      Mahler, John
      5/2/1991