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Fifteen tractors manned by angry farmers block entrance at Caledon landfill site to trucks carrying contaminated soil from Mississauga derailment site yesterday
Fifteen tractors manned by angry farmers block entrance at Caledon landfill site to trucks carrying contaminated soil from Mississauga derailment site yesterday

Fifteen tractors manned by angry farmers block entrance at Caledon landfill site to trucks carrying contaminated soil from Mississauga derailment site yesterday

Date11/27/1979
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Original Toronto Star caption: Fifteen tractors manned by angry farmers block entrance at Caledon landfill site to trucks carrying contaminated soil from Mississauga derailment site yesterday.
GeographyCity, town, townshipCaledon
GeographyRegion or DistrictPeel (Ont. : Regional municipality)
GeographyProvince stateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
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Photographs
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0011439F
Two-way parade of Farmers' Tractors on Highway 10, What they want is $4 a hundredweight for manufactured milk
Two-way parade of Farmers' Tractors on Highway 10, What they want is $4 a hundredweight for manufactured milk
Philp, Barry
6/24/1966
Queen's park takes on a rural look as farmers chat after their tractor cavalcade ended at legislatures door, An angry group swarmed into the building (...)
Queen's park takes on a rural look as farmers chat after their tractor cavalcade ended at legislatures door, An angry group swarmed into the building (...)
Darrell, Dick
7/27/1966
Landfill protest: Halton Hills resident Rita Landry wears a toilet seat to Queen's Park yesterday to demonstrate against a proposed landfill
Landfill protest: Halton Hills resident Rita Landry wears a toilet seat to Queen's Park yesterday to demonstrate against a proposed landfill
Madonik, Rick
5/15/1991
Landfill neighbors: Residents from Vaughan shouted down Environment Minister Ruth Grier in a protest at Queen's Park yesterday over the government's proposed Waste Management Act
Landfill neighbors: Residents from Vaughan shouted down Environment Minister Ruth Grier in a protest at Queen's Park yesterday over the government's proposed Waste Management Act
Toronto Star (Firm)
11/19/1991
Pickering protesters, from left, Brenda Davies, Frances Moore and Anne Howes, occupied house on proposed site of airport to prevent demolition. Reader(...)
Pickering protesters, from left, Brenda Davies, Frances Moore and Anne Howes, occupied house on proposed site of airport to prevent demolition. Reader(...)
Barkley, Harold
4/22/1975
No way: Above, Marmora dump opponents Glen Caverly, left, and Dwayne Welch at proposed site
No way: Above, Marmora dump opponents Glen Caverly, left, and Dwayne Welch at proposed site
Goode, Jeff
8/17/1990
Deadly deal: The back of a pickup truck serves as a grave site in last night's convoy protesting a new dump in King and Vaughn townships
Deadly deal: The back of a pickup truck serves as a grave site in last night's convoy protesting a new dump in King and Vaughn townships
Stawicki, Andrew
7/24/1992
One of five protesting parachutists floats down on to Darlington nuclear plant site
One of five protesting parachutists floats down on to Darlington nuclear plant site
Toronto Star (Firm)
6/2/1979
Worried resident: Carol DeGeer, who lives on the proposed dump site north of Metro zoo, stands near the home she may lose if Metro Toronto approves location
Worried resident: Carol DeGeer, who lives on the proposed dump site north of Metro zoo, stands near the home she may lose if Metro Toronto approves location
Russell, Jim
11/28/1989
Strong message: Residents of Pickering and Markham join their mayors yesterday at the Mark-ham-Pickering Town Line, south of Highway 7, to launch a campaign to fight proposed dump sites
Strong message: Residents of Pickering and Markham join their mayors yesterday at the Mark-ham-Pickering Town Line, south of Highway 7, to launch a campaign to fight proposed dump sites
Lautens, Richard
12/11/1992
The lifestyle: This Whitevale home is typical of the type of lovely old Canadiana farmhouse which will be affected by the proposed airport site near Pickering
The lifestyle: This Whitevale home is typical of the type of lovely old Canadiana farmhouse which will be affected by the proposed airport site near Pickering
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
5/4/1972
Bulldozers attack house on Pickering airport site today while two members of anti-airport movement were inside
Bulldozers attack house on Pickering airport site today while two members of anti-airport movement were inside
Dutton, Don
9/25/1975