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Pickering resident Gordon Auld hopes that since Ontario won't build access roads for the Pickering Airport at present, he may not have to move after a(...)
Pickering resident Gordon Auld hopes that since Ontario won't build access roads for the Pickering Airport at present, he may not have to move after a(...)

Pickering resident Gordon Auld hopes that since Ontario won't build access roads for the Pickering Airport at present, he may not have to move after a(...)

Date7/10/1975
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  • Pickering resident Gordon Auld hopes that since Ontario won't build access roads for the Pickering Airport at present; he may not have to move after all. However a resident of Etobicoke; in her letter below; opposes Mayor Crombie's call for a two-year freeze on airport plans.
  • Pickering resident Gordon Auld hopes that since Ontario won't build access roads for the Pickering Airport at present, he may not have to move after a(...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: Pickering resident Gordon Auld hopes that since Ontario won't build access roads for the Pickering Airport at present; he may not have to move after all. However a resident of Etobicoke; in her letter below; opposes Mayor Crombie's call for a two-year freeze on airport plans.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0011552F
      GeographyCountryCanada
      GeographyBuilding, monument or parkPickering Airport (1970s)
      GeographyCity, town, twpPickering
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      GeographyHistorical locationsEtobicoke (Ont.)
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      GeographyProvince or StateOntario
      GeographyRegion or DistrictDurham (Ont. : Regional municipality)
      Padlocked gates blocked some roads on the site of the proposed airport at Pickering yesterday, protected by security guards working for the federal go(...)
      Padlocked gates blocked some roads on the site of the proposed airport at Pickering yesterday, protected by security guards working for the federal go(...)
      Bezant, Graham
      9/24/1975
      Listening to questions about plans to build a new airport near Pickering Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau sits in auditorium of Stephen Leacock Collegiate last night in Scarborough
      Listening to questions about plans to build a new airport near Pickering Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau sits in auditorium of Stephen Leacock Collegiate last night in Scarborough
      Goode, Jeff
      3/23/1972
      Abandoned farmhouse: Typical of the decay prevalent among buildings expropriated in the mid-'70s by the federal and provincial governments to build the ill-fated Pickering international airport
      Abandoned farmhouse: Typical of the decay prevalent among buildings expropriated in the mid-'70s by the federal and provincial governments to build the ill-fated Pickering international airport
      Dunlop, Al
      5/14/1981
      Slayer hopes children won't visit him, I do not want Than to see me here, he would be only making a 3,000-mile journey to have his poor heart broken a(...)
      Slayer hopes children won't visit him, I do not want Than to see me here, he would be only making a 3,000-mile journey to have his poor heart broken a(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      4/22/1935
      Despite slump in the construction industry, George Crothers, whose firm is the Caterpillar dealer in Ontario, hopes to double business by 1981 as roads are built and economy improves.
      Despite slump in the construction industry, George Crothers, whose firm is the Caterpillar dealer in Ontario, hopes to double business by 1981 as roads are built and economy improves.
      Bull, Ron
      4/28/1977
      On the move from land expropriated for the proposed Pickering airport, a three-bedroom house was transported up Brock Rd. yesterday toward new site on(...)
      On the move from land expropriated for the proposed Pickering airport, a three-bedroom house was transported up Brock Rd. yesterday toward new site on(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      8/14/1975
      Dump site blast: Windows were blown out of a wooden building at the Brock West landfill site in Pickering yesterday after an explosion blamed on a build-up of methane gas
      Dump site blast: Windows were blown out of a wooden building at the Brock West landfill site in Pickering yesterday after an explosion blamed on a build-up of methane gas
      Dunlop, Al
      2/15/1988
      The atomic power station at Pickering will be duplicated in plans announced today by Ontario Hydro to build major new nuclear power facilities costing(...)
      The atomic power station at Pickering will be duplicated in plans announced today by Ontario Hydro to build major new nuclear power facilities costing(...)
      Lennon, Frank
      3/10/1971
      Environment minister James Auld took a snowmobile ride yesterday to tour 470 acres of farmland in the Port Hope area that may become landfill site for(...)
      Environment minister James Auld took a snowmobile ride yesterday to tour 470 acres of farmland in the Port Hope area that may become landfill site for(...)
      Auld, James A C
      1/25/1973
      No access: Scenes like this have occurred less frequently since the Ontario Building Code introduced strict regulations about making public buildings accessible for the handicapped
      No access: Scenes like this have occurred less frequently since the Ontario Building Code introduced strict regulations about making public buildings accessible for the handicapped
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      6/25/1984
      His company is for sale, with a price tag of $1,500,000, but publisher Jack McClelland hopes it won't go into foreign hands. He says it is in sound fi(...)
      His company is for sale, with a price tag of $1,500,000, but publisher Jack McClelland hopes it won't go into foreign hands. He says it is in sound fi(...)
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      2/19/1971
      The man inside King Kong in the 1933 movie, Carmen Nigro, says he hopes Dino de Laurentiis, who is producing a new version, won't turn the pre-histori(...)
      The man inside King Kong in the 1933 movie, Carmen Nigro, says he hopes Dino de Laurentiis, who is producing a new version, won't turn the pre-histori(...)
      Goode, Jeff
      3/30/1976