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Postal driver abducted, Witness Heidi Ahreus (right) saw the mail truck (left) and the van (below) being driven off
Postal driver abducted, Witness Heidi Ahreus (right) saw the mail truck (left) and the van (below) being driven off

Postal driver abducted, Witness Heidi Ahreus (right) saw the mail truck (left) and the van (below) being driven off

Date3/6/1979
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Original Toronto Star caption: Postal driver abducted; Witness Heidi Ahreus (right) saw the mail truck (left) and the van (below) being driven off.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0120386F
      Postal driver abducted. Witness Heidi Ahreus (right) saw the mail truck (left) and the van (below) being driven off. Police found the abandoned mail t(...)
      Postal driver abducted. Witness Heidi Ahreus (right) saw the mail truck (left) and the van (below) being driven off. Police found the abandoned mail t(...)
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      3/6/1979
      On the line: Striking postal clerks, above, are condemned by readers, in letters at left and below, one of whom argues that we have our rights, too, and one of them is to receive our mail
      On the line: Striking postal clerks, above, are condemned by readers, in letters at left and below, one of whom argues that we have our rights, too, and one of them is to receive our mail
      Russell, Jim
      7/8/1981
      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
      Beaty, Keith
      8/29/1991
      Mail Piles Up at the Post office and this mail truck driver looks as glum as the millions of Canadians now facing no mail, air travel problems and tie(...)
      Mail Piles Up at the Post office and this mail truck driver looks as glum as the millions of Canadians now facing no mail, air travel problems and tie(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      4/18/1974
      Sorting the mail, above, can be speeded up if public helps, postal worker says in letter below
      Sorting the mail, above, can be speeded up if public helps, postal worker says in letter below
      Bezant, Graham
      12/14/1976
      Direct mail: Thousands spent hours yesterday waiting in line to collect family and disability benefit cheques that aren't being sent in the mail due to the postal dispute
      Direct mail: Thousands spent hours yesterday waiting in line to collect family and disability benefit cheques that aren't being sent in the mail due to the postal dispute
      Combs, Erin
      6/29/1987
      Two delivery truck drivers are part of the first picket line set up by the 19,000-member Letter Carriers Union at the South Central postal facility on(...)
      Two delivery truck drivers are part of the first picket line set up by the 19,000-member Letter Carriers Union at the South Central postal facility on(...)
      Griffin, Doug
      9/21/1978
      Crime spree: A police helicopter hovers over the aftermath of a crime spree that began when a man abducted driver Nasib Mander, left
      Crime spree: A police helicopter hovers over the aftermath of a crime spree that began when a man abducted driver Nasib Mander, left
      Stawicki, Andrew
      10/31/1991
      Hijacked van: This rental van, used by Cache Armored Express instead of an armored truck, was hijacked by armed robbers, who made off with $540,000 in Metro's largest cash robbery
      Hijacked van: This rental van, used by Cache Armored Express instead of an armored truck, was hijacked by armed robbers, who made off with $540,000 in Metro's largest cash robbery
      Russell, Jim
      7/9/1985
      Automatic sorting machines now in Ottawa can handle more than 26,000 pieces of mail-marked with the new postal code-in an hour. Postal officials say a(...)
      Automatic sorting machines now in Ottawa can handle more than 26,000 pieces of mail-marked with the new postal code-in an hour. Postal officials say a(...)
      Grant, Frank
      9/15/1973
      Mail walkout begins as pickets today took up positions around Postal Terminal A in Toronto, and 34 other postal buildings in the city. Sam Chuck (righ(...)
      Mail walkout begins as pickets today took up positions around Postal Terminal A in Toronto, and 34 other postal buildings in the city. Sam Chuck (righ(...)
      Teskey, Frank
      7/18/1968
      Truck drivers-at least some of them-have failed to notice these signs warning truck to keep off Lake Shore Blvd
      Truck drivers-at least some of them-have failed to notice these signs warning truck to keep off Lake Shore Blvd
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      9/6/1945