Some of our favourite pictures of the late Lincoln Alexander in the Toronto Star archives.
TONY BOCK - Former Lt.-Gov. Lincoln Alexander, photographed at a celebration gala for his 85th birthday and the 40th anniversary of the Ontario Heritage Trust at The Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre in Toronto.
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Councillor Doug Ford involves one of the kids in the TV interview while others watch from behind. The weekly practice was interrupted by the presence of the media.
RICHARD LAUTENS - Devontae Thomas plays in the park before his second birthday party, he was wounded in the Danzig Street shooting earlier in the summer.
RICHARD LAUTENS - Devontae holds hands with a couple of party-goers just before the party starts with his scar on his head clearly visible.
RICHARD LAUTENS - 95 year-old Ida Herbert (she turns 96 in August) teaches her first ever yoga class in Toronto. She held a class for the 30 or so students at Breeze studio in the Junction.
Steve Russell - Staff Photographer - @RussellPhotos
It is an image that every photojournalist wishes that they had taken.
But what I find the most incredible about that moment in time captured 40 years ago is what happened after the picture.
TARA WALTON - Ottawa's Helene Campbell poses for photos in her Toronto apartment Monday May 28, 2012 where she is recovering from a double lung transplant. In April Campbell underwent a double lung transplant at Toronto General Hospital. During her time on the waiting list Helene became Canada's greatest advocate for organ donation, sparking hundreds to sign up through the power of twitter.
One Yonge Street and Rick Eglinton that is.
Two-time National Newspaper Award winner Rick Eglinton retires this week from the Toronto Star at One Yonge Street.
Here is some of his work over his 26 years at the Toronto Star.
Joe Carter jumps for joy after three-run homer in 1993 World Series win. Rick Eglinton won the National Newspaper Award for Sports Photography for this picture.
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Once again, The Star photo department (as edited by Steve Russell) offers up the Best Pictures of the Month. From city politics to news to features to sports, Star photogs cover a variety of assignments bringing their unique eye to the photograph.
TARA WALTON - A Toronto Police Officer stands watch over a taped off area on the edge of Toronto's Don Valley Golf Course Thursday March 1, 2012 near the 401 and Yonge Street . Human remains were found in the area on Tuesday and are rumoured to be those of missing girl Mariam Makhniashvili, who disappeared Monday September 14, 2009 before school.
Rick Madonik, Staff Photographer
Last Friday I returned to work, after an abscence of almost two months. Maybe some of you noticed, but wouldn't be offended in the least, if you didn't. (I expect I will one day write about why I was off, but for the moment its safe to say it was work related.)
I was a bit apprehensive about returning, if only because I hadn't been in "the swing" of things for a while. It usually takes a few days, a few events, to get my head back "into it" when it comes to the daily requirements. For sports, it also takes a bit of time to regain the timing, and anticipation of play, that is needed.
Although I wanted to "ease" back into it - and working weekends and nights usually helps that equation - I found myself doing just about a bit of everything in the first week. From sports coverage (Leafs, Raptors and Rock), to breaking news (train derailment and TTC shooting), to portraiture (hero kid) to general news (Toronto Hydro demonstration, subway flood, Mayor Rob Ford talk radio show) and even a bit of a feature hunt (Icefest). It was a smorgasbord of assignments, and after a week back on the job, it kinda feels like I never left.
Via Rail train derailment in Burlington, Feb 26, 2012
Bernard Weil, Chief Photographer, Multimedia
Ten years ago on February 3rd, the first wave of Canadian troops arrived at Kandahar Air Base, Afghanistan, as part of the multi-national coalition forces war against terrorism. Star reporter Mitch Potter and I were dispatched to document this historic mission, Canada's first non-peacekeeping role since the Korean war.
It was also important to us that we tell the story of the Afghan people during their time of liberation.
Star reporter Kathleen Kenna and her husband and interpreter Hadi Dadashian joined me after Mitch returned to Canada. En route to Herat to report on the the plight of mountain top villagers who were unable to get food supplies, we stopped in Kabul for several days to finalize our plans. After further discussions we decided to cover the bombing campaign raging in an unsecured mountainous region that was a three hour drive south of Kabul.
On that fateful day and on two separate occassions, we were attacked by what was believed to be Taliban sympathizers. In the first attack, Kathleen was gravely injured in a roadside attack targeted at our vehicle by a grenade wielding Afghan. After getting Kathleen and Hadi to an American special forces base for medical assistance, I again came under attack in the dead of night by mortar fire while heading back to Gardez with a convoy of journalists escorted by American soldiers.
My assignment came to an abrupt end and the efforts by The Toronto Star and the U.N. began to get me out of the country.
The photos in this blog are a selection of images that remain following the loss of my laptop during the melee. In addition, I've included a Toronto Star pdf and link to a story from The Washington Post on these incident
Gaetan Gosselin of Montreal, waves as a plane load of Canadian troops come off a C17. Canadian forces arrived early in the morning at the Kandahar International Airport, Afghanistan, February , 2002. Gosselin was amongst the first Canadian soldiers to arrive in Afghanistan.
