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Trucks Blocked: Postal pickets block the lane from the Toronto Island ferry docks yesterday, obstructing trucks carrying mail
Trucks Blocked: Postal pickets block the lane from the Toronto Island ferry docks yesterday, obstructing trucks carrying mail

Trucks Blocked: Postal pickets block the lane from the Toronto Island ferry docks yesterday, obstructing trucks carrying mail

Date8/29/1991
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  • Trucks Blocked: Postal pickets block the lane from the Toronto Island ferry docks yesterday, obstructing trucks carrying mail
  • Trucks Blocked: Postal pickets block the lane from the Toronto Island ferry docks yesterday; obstructing trucks carrying mail.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Trucks Blocked: Postal pickets block the lane from the Toronto Island ferry docks yesterday; obstructing trucks carrying mail.
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