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Crowds of refugees wait because there was a shortage of buses to take them to Immigration hearings
Crowds of refugees wait because there was a shortage of buses to take them to Immigration hearings

Crowds of refugees wait because there was a shortage of buses to take them to Immigration hearings

Date5/2/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Crowds of refugees wait because there was a shortage of buses to take them to Immigration hearings.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0012869F
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      Slaughter, Mike
      4/25/1990
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      Goode, Jeff
      8/20/1973
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      Spremo, Boris
      9/30/1970
      it was a long wait at most stops today in Metro as Toronto Transit Commission buses, streetcars and subways fought the worst blizzard to strike southe(...)
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      Dutton, Don
      1/10/1977
      When the go trains aren't going, Port Credit commuters line up for buses pressed into service to replace GO trains, not operating because of the strike of 20,000 railwaymen
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      Calleja, Frank
      7/26/1973
      Image shows a bus being loaded on a big ship.
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      Power, Peter
      4/30/1991
      Left behind: Ron Semple of North York, confined to a wheel chair by multiple sclerosis, watches buses leave terminal for areas outside Metro, buses not geared to handle the handicapped
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      Godfrey, Sharon
      7/12/1984
      These buses bend their way through Traffic, Nimble articulated buses like this AM General model, shown negotiating the intersection of Bay and Queen(...)
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      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      9/26/1978
      Finding sanctuary: Bosnian refugees Ranza Kadic and baby Amir wait to be processed by immigration officials at Pearson International Airport last night before making connector flight to Winnipeg
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      Eglinton, Rick
      1/24/1993
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      Dobbs, Kildare, 1923-
      12/10/1992
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      MacGirr, Garth
      11/6/1974
      Protest Planners: Ed Chudak, Ed Ste Marie and Micahel MacIsaac organize routes for more than 1,000 buses expected to flood Metro during protest
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      Faught, Ken
      10/16/1996