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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

Bulldozers attack house on Pickering airport site today while two members of anti-airport movement were inside

Date9/25/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Bulldozers attack house on Pickering airport site today while two members of anti-airport movement were inside. At same time federal government was deciding to scrap the airport after Ontario said it opposed construction. [Incomplete]
Subject
    GeographyBuilding Monument ParkPickering Airport (1970s)
    GeographyCity, town, townshipPickering
    GeographyRegion or DistrictDurham (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)
      Object NumberTSPA_0011550F
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      The illegal occupants of a house on the Pickering airport site heard of Ontario's decision to oppose the airport, Frances Moore says, but she and two (...)
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      Bezant, Graham
      8/20/1975
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      NDP outgrows its Caucus room. The 38 New Democrats elected to the Legislature last week couldn't fit in their old caucus room at Queen's Park today and had to meet in a committee room to plan their strategy as Opposition. Leader Stephen Lewis (left) talked with Dr. Charles Godfrey (Durham West), of the Pickering anti-airport group People Or Planes. Behind them is former provincial leader Donald MacDonald (third from right).
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