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Something smells. Frustrated North York residents, unable to deliver their rotting garbage to the Ingram Dr. incinerator after it closed for the weeke(...)
Something smells. Frustrated North York residents, unable to deliver their rotting garbage to the Ingram Dr. incinerator after it closed for the weeke(...)

Something smells. Frustrated North York residents, unable to deliver their rotting garbage to the Ingram Dr. incinerator after it closed for the weeke(...)

Date7/16/1979
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Original Toronto Star caption: Something smells. Frustrated North York residents; unable to deliver their rotting garbage to the Ingram Dr. incinerator after it closed for the weekend at noon Saturday; dumped 150 tons of it outside the plant gates Striking garbage workers; members of CUPE Local 94; tried to prevent the clean-up by Metro employees at the plant.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0016215F
      Colour trade card advertisement depicting an illustration of a monkey looking at a cup of coffe…
      It smells like Coffee!
      late 1800s
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      Street corner businessman selling rabbits out of back of his truck is just part of the smells, the crowds, the commotion and the sounds that make Kens(...)
      Bezant, Graham
      9/28/1980
      Designer Stefan Kory: Home was filled with 'great smells and good food'
      Designer Stefan Kory: Home was filled with 'great smells and good food'
      Beaty, Keith
      5/30/1979
      The crowded streets of Hong Kong are rich in sounds, sights, smells and human activity
      The crowded streets of Hong Kong are rich in sounds, sights, smells and human activity
      Bryant, George
      11/1/1985
      Ripe with the smells, the sounds, the color and the feel of the old marketplaces of Middle Europe, Kensington Market radiates from Augusta Ave. - its (...)
      Ripe with the smells, the sounds, the color and the feel of the old marketplaces of Middle Europe, Kensington Market radiates from Augusta Ave. - its (...)
      Bezant, Graham
      6/21/1977
      Daily or monthly : The 92-year-old Walper Hotel in the heart of Kitchener is receiving overnight guests or longer-term residents after being closed five years
      Daily or monthly : The 92-year-old Walper Hotel in the heart of Kitchener is receiving overnight guests or longer-term residents after being closed five years
      Brennan, Pat
      4/13/1984
      Disgusting, isn't it?, A block-long emergency garbage dump set up during the York borough strike has brought complaints from local residents. One fami(...)
      Disgusting, isn't it?, A block-long emergency garbage dump set up during the York borough strike has brought complaints from local residents. One fami(...)
      Cooper, David
      11/3/1981
      A Toronto man spent Christmas Day frustrated that he was unable to get help for his family, whose lives appear threatened by Albania's Communist regime
      A Toronto man spent Christmas Day frustrated that he was unable to get help for his family, whose lives appear threatened by Albania's Communist regime
      Dunlop, Alan
      12/25/1985
      The old abandoned incinerator at Vanley Crescent in Downsview was at the heart of White's trash to cash project to convert garbage to electricity - pe(...)
      The old abandoned incinerator at Vanley Crescent in Downsview was at the heart of White's trash to cash project to convert garbage to electricity - pe(...)
      Lennon, Frank
      11/7/1986
      Residents of Riverdale, the area south of the Danforth on both sides of the Don River, dump their garbage in Nathan Phillips Square in a move to press(...)
      Residents of Riverdale, the area south of the Danforth on both sides of the Don River, dump their garbage in Nathan Phillips Square in a move to press(...)
      Loek, Dick
      5/7/1972
      Up in arms: Halton Hills residents descended on Queen's Park yesterday with an effigy of Environment Minister James Bradley to protest a proposal to use an Action-area quarry as a garbage dump
      Up in arms: Halton Hills residents descended on Queen's Park yesterday with an effigy of Environment Minister James Bradley to protest a proposal to use an Action-area quarry as a garbage dump
      Spremo, Boris
      11/9/1988
      North York resident Elizabeth Kedves detours around a garbage pile that almost buries a Yonge St
      North York resident Elizabeth Kedves detours around a garbage pile that almost buries a Yonge St
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      7/14/1979