Peter Power Portfolio
Best images from Globe Photojournalist Peter Power.
With the temperatures falling to their lowest yet this winter in Toronto, the timing couldn't have been worse for a power outage that affected residents in an area bordered by St. Clair Ave, Queen St., Spadina and Jane Street. At about 10 pm last night the outage began following a problem caused by flooding at a hydro vault on Dufferin Street, just north of Bloor Street west. At it's height the outage was affecting about 100,000 people. At 357 Rusholm Rd. 89-year old Christina Nowak is bundled up in her cold apartment, but is able to enjoy a hot coffee brought to her by the building janitor, Fernando Machado, right. Building management, Stirling, had people in the building since midnight last night checking on tenants, and helping people get around, and out of the dark parking lot with their vehicles.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
Walker Brown, who was born with a rare genetic disorder called CFC - Cardio-Facio-Cutaneous Syndrome.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
Veterinary anesthesiologist Dr. Jennifer Hess, working with Toronto Zoo gorilla keeper Ali Vella-Irving, performs cardiac output monitoring on 360-pound, 13-year old male gorilla Subira as part of her ongoing clinical research. Subira, who was born at the Toronto Zoo on Dec 1, 1995 has his heart monitored on a regular basis now. Dr. Hess uses an ultrasound cardiac output monitor (a transcutaneous doppler ultrasound machine) for the procedure. Dr. Hess insists that the keepers are the stars of the show because they introduce these new ideas to the gorillas and use operate conditioning using rewards to teach them to cooperate long enough for the test to be completed. It only takes about twenty seconds to perform the test once Subira places his chest against the steel mesh in the holding pen.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
Johnathon Hatzis, of Thunder Bay, Ontario, 15, was born without legs, but has never let his disability stop him. He recently won a silver medal at OFSAA in Brampton, and will be going to the national championships in Whitby starting April 13th, 2007. He practices with the Junior Wolves at Lakehead University onMonday morning, and later spent some of his afternoon playing pool with friends.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
According to his memories, with help from his wife, Evelyn, on a summer day about 45 years ago Jerry Charak, 81, saved two girls from drowning at an Innisfil Beach, along the western shore of Lake Simcoe. He didn't stick around long enough to find out who they were but after all these years he is wondering about them, and now that he's nearing the end of his life, he is eager to connect with them. Evelyn ties Jerry's traditional tie for him during the interview.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
Hafiz Malik, hiding his face with his scarf, right, is escorted out of the Old City Hall Courthouse in Toronto after posting bail on charges of fraud. It is believed that the man with him, at left, holding the scarf and trying to speak on the Blackberry, is his son. Malik was arrested and charged with fraud by the OPP, who held a press conference earlier in the day, following an investigation into the alleged theft of a winning lottery ticket worth $5.7 million.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
The coastal community of Black Tickle, on the Island of Ponds, off the coast of Labrador. This community, which was once the jewel of the fishing community in Labrador, with a population nearing 3000, before the cod fishery moratorium in 1992, now has a population of less than 200 people. The community has many problems. The coastal highway being built along the Labrador coast will pass them by, there is little in the way of an economy, and perhaps worst of all, the community has no sewers, and no source of clean running water. Alan Francis Keefe, 69, who they call Franco, spoke to The Globe and Mail photographer in his home on Martin Laney's Pt. in Black Tickle, Labrador.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
Seth (b. Gregory Gallant, 1962) is a popular cartoonist who makes his home in Guelph, Ontario. He wears nothing but vintage clothing, and the house he lives in, nestled next o some railroad tracks, is full of items from the 1920's through the 1950's. His previous titles include such famous works as "Clyde Fans," "It's a Good Life If You Don't Weaken," and "Wimbledon Green," but he has a new graphic novel coming out soon called "George Sprott 1894-1975."Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
The leader of the opposition, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff, photograhed at Stornoway, the official residence of the opposition, 541 Acacia Street in Ottawa. Mr. Ignatieff preferred the photographs to be less formal, and so chose not to wear his suit jacket and tie. He is photographed in the living room, the dining room, and also while he worked in his office. A huge portrait of Sir Wilfred Laurier dominates one wall of his office, while another wall is home to a map drawn by James Cooke of the southern shores of Newfoundland. On the piano in the living room there is a display of wooden animals - toys that his great grandfather brought here, and Michael played with as a boy. (He writes about these in his latest book.) Mr. Ignatieff says he admires Cooke because he was simple man who rose to do great things.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
Haitian residents of the capital city, Port-au-Prince, scramble over debris to take food and supplies from a destroyed warehouse on Jan 19, 2010.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
Donna Macdiarmid and her husband Roger, 70, in a tender moment at Pine Grove Seniors Home in Fredericton, where he now lives, on June 17, 2010. Donna devotion to Roger, and her daily visits to him continue despite his progressively worsened state due to Alzheimer's disease.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail
There was still moments of beauty amidst chaos following the earthquake that devastated Haiti. This little girl was being escorted though the chaotic streets of Port-au-Prince after attending her father's funeral on Jan. 20, 2010.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail