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Boris Spremo photographs the burning tankers derailed in Mississauga in 1979. Spremo was a renowned Toronto Star photographer, named to the Order of Canada and winner of over 300 awards for his photojournalism. Several of his photographs are on…

Boris Spremo’s photograph of a student protest was altered to remove the word “Bullshit” from the placard. In the published version of the image the placard reads just “Lenin Humanist?”

Terry Fox began his Marathon of Hope run across Canada in St. John’s, Newfoundland to raise awareness and money for cancer research. Canadians across the country were stirred by his courage. Tragically, his run ended in Thunder Bay, Ontario after…

Patrick Turgeon wears the Parti Québécois’ “OUI” buttons to protect his eyes while sun tanning in Montreal. The first Quebec referendum on succession from Canada took place on May 20, 1980. After a close and heated campaign, the Parti…

Children dressed in their everyday clothes parade on a windy day outside the Canadian pavilion at Expo 67 mixing up the lettering of the word, CANADA. The photo recalls CA-NA-DA, Expo’s catchy theme song written by Bobby Gimby.

The Toronto Star’s Boris Spremo won the Canadian Press picture of the year award in 1979 for this dramatic action shot of a goaltender.

Canadian heavyweight boxing champion George Chuvalo takes a left from Muhammad Ali – one of boxing’s greatest heavyweights – in Vancouver. Although badly cut and bruised, Ali was not able to knock down Chuvalo in the 12 round fight. This was…

Toronto Star photographer Boris Spremo won a National Newspaper Award for this widely published image of a construction worker waiting for a horizontal beam to be lifted into place on the Toronto Dominion Centre. Spremo walked about twenty feet…

During his career at the Toronto Star, photojournalist Boris Spremo travelled the world taking photos in areas of conflict and strife. Spremo also produced photographic essays in international locations in times of peace. This poignant image was…

This silhouette of former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker working on his memoires in the Barbados, earned Boris Spremo a National Newspaper Award.