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Circling Queen's Park, 135 large dump trucks seal off the Legislature building for more than three hours today as the Ontario Haulers Association soug(...)
Circling Queen's Park, 135 large dump trucks seal off the Legislature building for more than three hours today as the Ontario Haulers Association soug(...)

Circling Queen's Park, 135 large dump trucks seal off the Legislature building for more than three hours today as the Ontario Haulers Association soug(...)

Date6/12/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Circling Queen's Park; 135 large dump trucks seal off the Legislature building for more than three hours today as the Ontario Haulers Association sought provincial help in its fight with quarry and gravel pit operators in southern Ontario. The president o
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0012408F
      On strike to gain recognition of their newly formed Ontario Hauler Association, 20 gravel haulers park their trucks next to the stouffville Auction Ba(...)
      On strike to gain recognition of their newly formed Ontario Hauler Association, 20 gravel haulers park their trucks next to the stouffville Auction Ba(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      6/6/1974
      Truckers' group boycott Milton quarries, Truck drivers in the newly organized Ontario Haulers Association meet yesterday in a field near Milton with their president, Angelo Natale, at right
      Truckers' group boycott Milton quarries, Truck drivers in the newly organized Ontario Haulers Association meet yesterday in a field near Milton with their president, Angelo Natale, at right
      Dutton, Don
      2/27/1974
      Too many licenses, Truckers say, Their boxes up, dump trucks surround Queen's Park today as about 150 drivers picketed to protest recent regulations t(...)
      Too many licenses, Truckers say, Their boxes up, dump trucks surround Queen's Park today as about 150 drivers picketed to protest recent regulations t(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      1/31/1975
      Stuck Truck. A dump truck skidded on the York St. ramp of the Gardiner Expressway yesterday coming to a stop wedged between walls for more than two hours
      Stuck Truck. A dump truck skidded on the York St. ramp of the Gardiner Expressway yesterday coming to a stop wedged between walls for more than two hours
      Lennon, Frank
      10/6/1978
      Many people complain about trucks using highway, yet few consider congestion caused by by cars during morning and evening rush hours. If work hours an(...)
      Many people complain about trucks using highway, yet few consider congestion caused by by cars during morning and evening rush hours. If work hours an(...)
      Lennon, Frank
      8/12/1974
      Sign of the times, Watch your step reads the sign outside the Legislature at Queen's Park where NDP Leader Bob Rae spent some agonizing hours this wee(...)
      Sign of the times, Watch your step reads the sign outside the Legislature at Queen's Park where NDP Leader Bob Rae spent some agonizing hours this wee(...)
      Mahler, John
      5/11/1985
      Image shows three firefighters working on scene while fire is destroying houses.
      Fire destroyed four homes and a lumberyard near Dufferin and Dupont Sts. early today and raged out of control for more than three hours. One fireman was taken to hospital.
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      6/14/1980
      Dump Trucks loading rocksalt in the Sifto Salt mine at Goderich, Ontario, had to be taken apart to be lowered into the mine, then re-assembled. Each n(...)
      Dump Trucks loading rocksalt in the Sifto Salt mine at Goderich, Ontario, had to be taken apart to be lowered into the mine, then re-assembled. Each n(...)
      Bull, Ron
      3/4/1977
      Less than four hours after an injunction to bar him from the Ontario Legislature was denied by the Ontario Supreme Court, Tony Lupusella (left) was sworn in officially as MPP for Dovercourt riding by Roderick Lewis, Clerk of the Legislative Assembly
      Less than four hours after an injunction to bar him from the Ontario Legislature was denied by the Ontario Supreme Court, Tony Lupusella (left) was sworn in officially as MPP for Dovercourt riding by Roderick Lewis, Clerk of the Legislative Assembly
      Lupusella, Tony
      10/6/1975
      Flames soar at factory blaze. It took about 50 firefighters more than three hours to control a fire at an abandoned tire factory on Bloor St. W., west(...)
      Flames soar at factory blaze. It took about 50 firefighters more than three hours to control a fire at an abandoned tire factory on Bloor St. W., west(...)
      Cooper, David
      5/18/1983
      Island jam: More than 35,000 people went to the Islands Sunday and it was anything but fun returning as thousands lined up for as much as three hours waiting for a ride back to the mainland
      Island jam: More than 35,000 people went to the Islands Sunday and it was anything but fun returning as thousands lined up for as much as three hours waiting for a ride back to the mainland
      Brazao, Dale
      7/7/1980
      Waits of more than two hours for taxis and limousines were the norm last night and early today at Pearson International when aircraft diverted to othe(...)
      Waits of more than two hours for taxis and limousines were the norm last night and early today at Pearson International when aircraft diverted to othe(...)
      Bull, Ron
      4/3/1988