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Fee row: About 250 airport limousline and taxi drivers march from their compound to the Pearson administration buildings yesterday
Fee row: About 250 airport limousline and taxi drivers march from their compound to the Pearson administration buildings yesterday

Fee row: About 250 airport limousline and taxi drivers march from their compound to the Pearson administration buildings yesterday

Date4/24/1991
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Original Toronto Star caption: Fee row: About 250 airport limousline and taxi drivers march from their compound to the Pearson administration buildings yesterday.
Subject
    GeographyBuilding Monument ParkLester B. Pearson International Airport
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto||Mississauga
    GeographyRegion or DistrictPeel (Ont. : Regional municipality)
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
    Photographs
    Language
      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0011470F
      Taxis fill the lane leading to the arrivals level at Toronto International Airport where competing drivers have been fighting each other and police. P(...)
      Taxis fill the lane leading to the arrivals level at Toronto International Airport where competing drivers have been fighting each other and police. P(...)
      Norris, Dave
      12/7/1972
      Metro taxi cabs jam entrance to Queen's Park as drivers protest the freeing on bail of a 16-year-old girl accused of killing a cab driver
      Metro taxi cabs jam entrance to Queen's Park as drivers protest the freeing on bail of a 16-year-old girl accused of killing a cab driver
      Bull, Ron
      7/27/1978
      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
      Shortest route: Before they get a license, London taxi drivers must be able to name, street-by-street, the shortest route between any two points within a six-mile radius
      Shortest route: Before they get a license, London taxi drivers must be able to name, street-by-street, the shortest route between any two points within a six-mile radius
      Spremo, Boris
      10/22/1976
      Hundreds of taxis surround Queen's Park as their drivers demand more protection and protest the release on $2,000 bail of one of three men charged wit(...)
      Hundreds of taxis surround Queen's Park as their drivers demand more protection and protest the release on $2,000 bail of one of three men charged wit(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      6/16/1975
      Taxi Drivers Cabbies Protest Yonge & Steeles
      Taxi Drivers Cabbies Protest Yonge & Steeles
      Spremo, Boris
      11/21/1995
      Taxi drivers
      Taxi drivers
      Brazao, Dale
      9/6/1994
      Carts for rent: Travellers using Pearson airport's Terminal 3 have to pay to use luggage carts but the $1 fee is refunded when the carts are returned
      Carts for rent: Travellers using Pearson airport's Terminal 3 have to pay to use luggage carts but the $1 fee is refunded when the carts are returned
      Stawicki, Andrew
      12/5/1988
      Where's my ride? A tired 2-year-old Eric Simpson cries in arms of his father, John Simpson of Huntsville, at Pearson Airport late Saturday. The family faced a long wait for a limo or taxi
      Where's my ride? A tired 2-year-old Eric Simpson cries in arms of his father, John Simpson of Huntsville, at Pearson Airport late Saturday. The family faced a long wait for a limo or taxi
      Stawicki, Andrew
      3/1/1987
      Ta-aaaaxi! A group of travellers try to get a taxi at Pearson International Airport
      Ta-aaaaxi! A group of travellers try to get a taxi at Pearson International Airport
      Stawicki, Andrew
      2/10/1987
      Playing a waiting game, When you really need a taxi there's never one in sight, but at Pearson International Airport they're lined up in dozens, waiting for customers, at slow times of day
      Playing a waiting game, When you really need a taxi there's never one in sight, but at Pearson International Airport they're lined up in dozens, waiting for customers, at slow times of day
      Spremo, Boris
      7/17/1984
      Warm welcome: Dragoljub Stavrev, president of the Macedonia republic, found John Fusis, 13, Chris Dimovski, 13, and Sofi Blazeski, 10, among the 250 at Pearson airport to greet him
      Warm welcome: Dragoljub Stavrev, president of the Macedonia republic, found John Fusis, 13, Chris Dimovski, 13, and Sofi Blazeski, 10, among the 250 at Pearson airport to greet him
      Cooper, David
      4/3/1988