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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(...)

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(...)

Date3/6/1979
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  • Postal driver abducted. Witness Heidi Ahreus (right) saw the mail truck (left) and the van (below) being driven off. Police found the abandoned mail truck half an hour later on York Mills Rd. Mrs. Ahreus said one mailman had hust delivered a registered letter when the abduction started: I was standing at my front door; talking with the mailman; when a young iad ran up the road shouting 'your Mail truck has been taken by some men.
  • 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(...)
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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. Police found the abandoned mail truck half an hour later on York Mills Rd. Mrs. Ahreus said one mailman had hust delivered a registered letter when the abduction started: I was standing at my front door; talking with the mailman; when a young iad ran up the road shouting 'your Mail truck has been taken by some men.
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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
      Mahler, John
      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
      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
      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
      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
      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
      Metro Christmas mail's a record, Metro Post offices are handling a record amount of Christmas mail, postal authorities said
      Metro Christmas mail's a record, Metro Post offices are handling a record amount of Christmas mail, postal authorities said
      Spremo, Boris
      12/12/1973
      Backlog of mail that has piled up during the various rotating mail strikes in the Metro area is processed by postal workers at the main office in Toro(...)
      Backlog of mail that has piled up during the various rotating mail strikes in the Metro area is processed by postal workers at the main office in Toro(...)
      Ross, Fred
      6/29/1970
      2,000,000 a day for mail mountain, As Toronto's first postal strike in 41 years enters its second day, undelivered mail is piling up at post offices a(...)
      2,000,000 a day for mail mountain, As Toronto's first postal strike in 41 years enters its second day, undelivered mail is piling up at post offices a(...)
      Philp, Barry
      7/24/1965
      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
      Scuttled service: Marine police officers John Winter, left, and George Dee recover a bag of mail about 100 metres (300 feet) off Cherry Beach yesterday
      Scuttled service: Marine police officers John Winter, left, and George Dee recover a bag of mail about 100 metres (300 feet) off Cherry Beach yesterday
      Stawicki, Andrew
      10/25/1991