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Helping hand: Passersby give unidentified driver a push on one of Metro's slippery side streets last night after high winds and snow turned roads into skating rinks
Helping hand: Passersby give unidentified driver a push on one of Metro's slippery side streets last night after high winds and snow turned roads into skating rinks

Helping hand: Passersby give unidentified driver a push on one of Metro's slippery side streets last night after high winds and snow turned roads into skating rinks

Date12/2/1980
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  • Helping hand: Passersby give unidentified driver a push on one of Metro's slippery side streets last night after high winds and snow turned roads into skating rinks.
  • Helping hand: Passersby give unidentified driver a push on one of Metro's slippery side streets last night after high winds and snow turned roads into skating rinks
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Original Toronto Star caption: Helping hand: Passersby give unidentified driver a push on one of Metro's slippery side streets last night after high winds and snow turned roads into skating rinks.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
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      Walk on the wild side: High winds and snow made for treacherous conditions on th sidewalks as well as the road as this man put his shoulder down to challenge downtown streets
      Walk on the wild side: High winds and snow made for treacherous conditions on th sidewalks as well as the road as this man put his shoulder down to challenge downtown streets
      Stawicki, Andrew
      1/19/1987
      Image shows a motorist, battery booster cables in hand, stands beside his car stalled on Leslie…
      If looks could kill: A fuming motorist, battery booster cables in hand, stands beside his car stalled on Leslie Street at Sheppard Avenue, Toronto, Ontario in yesterday's storm, waiting and hoping that somebody will come to his aid. The storm battered Metro with snow, sleet and howling winds, turning streets into a sea of sludge.
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      2/12/1985
      Metro's old-style traffic lights (above) may give way to more modern ones (below) depending on the results of a test by roads officials. The new style(...)
      Metro's old-style traffic lights (above) may give way to more modern ones (below) depending on the results of a test by roads officials. The new style(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      4/1/1987
      Metro's old-style traffic lights (above) may give way to more modern ones (below) depending on the results of a test by roads officials. The new style(...)
      Metro's old-style traffic lights (above) may give way to more modern ones (below) depending on the results of a test by roads officials. The new style(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      4/1/1987
      Firefighters push a large metal roof cap off the roadway after it was blown off by hurricane-force winds at Chestnut and Dundas Sts
      Firefighters push a large metal roof cap off the roadway after it was blown off by hurricane-force winds at Chestnut and Dundas Sts
      Cooper, David
      1/26/1978
      All rinks across Metro are filled these days with skaters, but City Hall rink is favorite
      All rinks across Metro are filled these days with skaters, but City Hall rink is favorite
      Bull, Ron
      11/21/1976
      Image shows a life preserver and ladder in ice sheaths.
      Ice Sheathes metro Waterfront. Blustery Arctic winds whipped spray from 6-foot waves to encrust Metro's waterfront in sheath of ice. And it will likel(...)
      Loek, Dick
      12/1/1975
      A year ago today Lawrence Ave. E. was covered with snow, biting winds whipped Metro and the mean temperature of 17 degrees made it the coldest day of (...)
      A year ago today Lawrence Ave. E. was covered with snow, biting winds whipped Metro and the mean temperature of 17 degrees made it the coldest day of (...)
      Darrell, Dick
      12/4/1972
      Storm Victim: Slippery roads yesterday forced this tractor-trailer to jack-knife on the ramp leading from Highway 403 to the eastbound lanes of Highway 401
      Storm Victim: Slippery roads yesterday forced this tractor-trailer to jack-knife on the ramp leading from Highway 403 to the eastbound lanes of Highway 401
      Madonik, Rick
      1/14/1992
      An overnight storm with snow, freezing rain, sleet, thunder an lightning turned roads into treacherous obstacle courses today and sent firemen at the (...)
      An overnight storm with snow, freezing rain, sleet, thunder an lightning turned roads into treacherous obstacle courses today and sent firemen at the (...)
      Dutton, Don
      3/2/1976
      Sheep graze by the side of the road which winds through one of the fishing villages which dot the Newfoundland coast
      Sheep graze by the side of the road which winds through one of the fishing villages which dot the Newfoundland coast
      Griffin, Doug
      5/11/1973
      Picking up after the storm that ripped through the Metro area last night, with winds gusting up to 60 m
      Picking up after the storm that ripped through the Metro area last night, with winds gusting up to 60 m
      Barkley, Harold
      8/30/1970