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Hard hit: George Farkouh, mayor of Elliot Lake, says his city has 63 per cent unemployement as 400 new layoffs loom.
Hard hit: George Farkouh, mayor of Elliot Lake, says his city has 63 per cent unemployement as 400 new layoffs loom.

Hard hit: George Farkouh, mayor of Elliot Lake, says his city has 63 per cent unemployement as 400 new layoffs loom.

Date3/7/1991
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  • Hard hit: George Farkouh, mayor of Elliot Lake, says his city has 63 per cent unemployement as 400 new layoffs loom.
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      Greg Purchase: Eaton's executive says his company plans no major is layoffs.
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      Russell, Jim
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      Algoma chairman: Economic prospects will determine number of layoffs, John MacNamara says.
      Bull, Ron
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      Bock, Tony
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
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      Footloose Young Men walk the streets of downtown Buffalo, an area of the city where unemployment has hit 35 to 50 per cent. For about 20 years Buffalo(...)
      Footloose Young Men walk the streets of downtown Buffalo, an area of the city where unemployment has hit 35 to 50 per cent. For about 20 years Buffalo(...)
      Spremo, Boris
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      Facing the axe: A de Havilland worker, leaving the Downsview plant yesterday with fellow employees, reacts with a thumbs-down to news of 1,300 layoffs
      Facing the axe: A de Havilland worker, leaving the Downsview plant yesterday with fellow employees, reacts with a thumbs-down to news of 1,300 layoffs
      Dunlop, Al
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      George Beer, 69, shows how today's hard-working commission salesman sets out laden with samples for his day's work. Beer has been working 22 years to form the Ontario Federation of Commission Agents. With 400 members, it has one goal for all: guaranteed commissions for its enterprising members.
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      Site of layoffs
      Site of layoffs
      Stuparyk, Michael
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