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Hell highway: Truckers protesting high taxes join in a mass to plug up Highway 401 near Ajax yesterday, adding hours to the trip home for commuters
Hell highway: Truckers protesting high taxes join in a mass to plug up Highway 401 near Ajax yesterday, adding hours to the trip home for commuters

Hell highway: Truckers protesting high taxes join in a mass to plug up Highway 401 near Ajax yesterday, adding hours to the trip home for commuters

Date5/16/1991
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  • Hell highway: Truckers protesting high taxes join in a mass to plug up Highway 401 near Ajax yesterday, adding hours to the trip home for commuters
  • Hell highway: Truckers protesting high taxes join in a mass to plug up Highway 401 near Ajax yesterday; adding hours to the trip home for commuters.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Hell highway: Truckers protesting high taxes join in a mass to plug up Highway 401 near Ajax yesterday; adding hours to the trip home for commuters.
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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_0011469F
      GeographyCountryCanada
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      GeographyCity, town, twpAjax
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      GeographyEast-west streetHighway 401
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      GeographyProvince or StateOntario
      GeographyRegion or DistrictDurham (Ont. : Regional municipality)
      Signs of frustration: Metro motorists drive on the shoulders of the highways as protesting truck drivers slowed traffic yesterday, the second day in a row truckers used their rigs to tie up roads
      Signs of frustration: Metro motorists drive on the shoulders of the highways as protesting truck drivers slowed traffic yesterday, the second day in a row truckers used their rigs to tie up roads
      Brazao, Dale
      5/16/1991
      Taking advantage: Two sunbathers make the best of a no-way-out situation yesterday on Highway 401 as truckers refuse to budge
      Taking advantage: Two sunbathers make the best of a no-way-out situation yesterday on Highway 401 as truckers refuse to budge
      Brazao, Dale
      5/15/1991
      Some Trip! Public school students on an excursion walk to another bus yesterday after theirs was stuck for four hours by the truckers' protest. The students were returned to their school
      Some Trip! Public school students on an excursion walk to another bus yesterday after theirs was stuck for four hours by the truckers' protest. The students were returned to their school
      Calleja, Frank
      5/16/1991
      Truckers and pickets square off, A police officer intervenes yesterday between strikers and truckers at the Ontario Food Terminal. Truckers who were f(...)
      Truckers and pickets square off, A police officer intervenes yesterday between strikers and truckers at the Ontario Food Terminal. Truckers who were f(...)
      Power, Peter
      5/6/1991
      At a standstill: Rush-hour traffic on the Gardiner Expressway was slower than usual as the storm turned the highway into a virtual parking lot and even short trips stretched into hours
      At a standstill: Rush-hour traffic on the Gardiner Expressway was slower than usual as the storm turned the highway into a virtual parking lot and even short trips stretched into hours
      Stawicki, Andrew
      1/20/1987
      Aerial View: Harwood Ave. runs down the middle of this photo of Ajax's downtown area. Highrises and shopping centres line the main street. Highway 401(...)
      Aerial View: Harwood Ave. runs down the middle of this photo of Ajax's downtown area. Highrises and shopping centres line the main street. Highway 401(...)
      Dunlop, Al
      6/5/1980
      Fred Fawcett, whose farm near Flesherton was sold for taxes for $451 while he was in a mental hospital, is confident he'll get to keep the 100 acres. (...)
      Fred Fawcett, whose farm near Flesherton was sold for taxes for $451 while he was in a mental hospital, is confident he'll get to keep the 100 acres. (...)
      Dutton, Don
      7/23/1969
      Truckers' group boycott Milton quarries, Truck drivers in the newly organized Ontario Haulers Association meet yesterday in a field near Milton with their president, Angelo Natale, at right
      Truckers' group boycott Milton quarries, Truck drivers in the newly organized Ontario Haulers Association meet yesterday in a field near Milton with their president, Angelo Natale, at right
      Dutton, Don
      2/27/1974
      Up in air: That picture of the Spadina expressway interchange with Highway 401 doesn't show the fumes and frayed tempers of rush-hour as cars head downtown
      Up in air: That picture of the Spadina expressway interchange with Highway 401 doesn't show the fumes and frayed tempers of rush-hour as cars head downtown
      Spremo, Boris
      9/9/1981
      Spadina subway rush-hour commuters line up to board train at new St
      Spadina subway rush-hour commuters line up to board train at new St
      Slaughter, Mike
      1/30/1978
      Commuters lined up outside Union Station yesterday for buses to take them home
      Commuters lined up outside Union Station yesterday for buses to take them home
      Goode, Jeff
      8/20/1973
      Heavy load: Two cranes worked yesterday to put a 145-ton Canadian National Railway's bridge across Highway 401 at Bowmanville near Waverly Rd
      Heavy load: Two cranes worked yesterday to put a 145-ton Canadian National Railway's bridge across Highway 401 at Bowmanville near Waverly Rd
      Dunlop, Al
      11/14/1982