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A little price cut goes a long way
A little price cut goes a long way

A little price cut goes a long way

Date1/25/1984
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Original Toronto Star caption: A little price cut goes a long way. This gas station at Wilson Ave. and Faywood Blvd. in North York had only to lower its price to 39.9 cents a litre to attract lineups all day yesterday. But prices were back up to 46.6 by 5 p.m.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0008094F
Line-up wasn't worth it: Motorists drove up to 100 kilometres, lined up 50 cars long ad waited as long as 12 hours, all in vain, for gasoline prices to drop at a Cargo service station
Line-up wasn't worth it: Motorists drove up to 100 kilometres, lined up 50 cars long ad waited as long as 12 hours, all in vain, for gasoline prices to drop at a Cargo service station
Bock, Tony
5/15/1983
Glenys Squires goes shopping while she sits in her car at the gas station
Glenys Squires goes shopping while she sits in her car at the gas station
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Darrell, Dick
9/10/1970
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Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
9/10/1970
Happy motoring: If Opec meetings in the new year fall apart, there is potential for a steep dive in oil prices in February or March
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Slaughter, Mike
12/30/1987
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Slaughter, Mike
5/30/1989
Taking a jab at gasoline price increases, Bill Coveyduck puts up a sign outside his service station in Scarborough while Larry Krosowski holds the ladder
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Bull, Ron
6/24/1975
Fair warning?, Gas station owner Cliff Gowan and partner Neil Shepherd say policy stands as long as we own the business
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Loek, Dick
4/30/1981
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Barkley, Harold
7/22/1969
Why won't little joy sell out? Even The Seaway Towers Would Buy the Station Next Door
Why won't little joy sell out? Even The Seaway Towers Would Buy the Station Next Door
Darrell, Dick
12/8/1962
Parliament St., looking northeast from south of Dundas Street East, showing Fire Hall & Police Station
Parliament St., looking northeast from south of Dundas Street East, showing Fire Hall & Police Station
Salmon, James V. (James Victor)
1954