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  • Subject: Water
Sign of the times: The warnings against using Metro's beaches may be up indefinitely, as officials fear sewer improvements, costing $250 million, may not be enough to clean up pollution
Sign of the times: The warnings against using Metro's beaches may be up indefinitely, as officials fear sewer improvements, costing $250 million, may not be enough to clean up pollution
7/26/1987
Cleaning up: Work crews place a boom in front of a sewer grate on Sand Beach Road to stop a spill of diesel oil from VIA Rail's maintenance centre in Mimico
Cleaning up: Work crews place a boom in front of a sewer grate on Sand Beach Road to stop a spill of diesel oil from VIA Rail's maintenance centre in Mimico
1/30/1989
Dirty black smoke rises from the polluted shore of Chedabucto Bay in Nova Scotia in an experiment to get rid of the mass of oil from the wrecked tanke(...)
Dirty black smoke rises from the polluted shore of Chedabucto Bay in Nova Scotia in an experiment to get rid of the mass of oil from the wrecked tanke(...)
2/14/1970
Kew Beach is also closed, as tree sign informs Sharon Benkendorf and Norma Burns, of Love Cres
Kew Beach is also closed, as tree sign informs Sharon Benkendorf and Norma Burns, of Love Cres
8/15/1959
Toronto was forced to close beaches last summer because of pollution
Toronto was forced to close beaches last summer because of pollution
7/21/1983
Oil-drenched ducks on Ward's Island get first aid from Helen Abegg, 22, a visitor to Metro from Switzerland
Oil-drenched ducks on Ward's Island get first aid from Helen Abegg, 22, a visitor to Metro from Switzerland
12/3/1972
Warning Polluted Waters Persons Bathing Do So At Their Own Risk, Pollution Warning Marking a beach in Metro
Warning Polluted Waters Persons Bathing Do So At Their Own Risk, Pollution Warning Marking a beach in Metro
7/25/1969
Crude oil leaking from the Imperial Sarnia, which ran aground last night in the St
Crude oil leaking from the Imperial Sarnia, which ran aground last night in the St
4/16/1974
Garbage, garbage everywhere, but society doesn't seem to be in much of a hurry to cope with this increasingly serious problem. Will citizens allow themselves to be destroyed by their own waste?
Garbage, garbage everywhere, but society doesn't seem to be in much of a hurry to cope with this increasingly serious problem. Will citizens allow themselves to be destroyed by their own waste?
5/11/1966
Doom by degrees: It's becoming clear that our world is deteriorating bit by bit, a forest here, a lake there, a species somewhere else
Doom by degrees: It's becoming clear that our world is deteriorating bit by bit, a forest here, a lake there, a species somewhere else
10/1/1989
Water from the Don Ontario 230 million gal-
Water from the Don Ontario 230 million gal-
4/21/1970
Keeping her distance
Keeping her distance
7/26/1984
First aid for oil-soaked ducks, Ducks in Lake Ontario off Long Branch Park are getting their feathers coated with oil from a spill in the lake and the(...)
First aid for oil-soaked ducks, Ducks in Lake Ontario off Long Branch Park are getting their feathers coated with oil from a spill in the lake and the(...)
1/7/1976
Aftermath of a spill, The Coast Guard and environment ministry are hunting for the source of what appeared to be Bunker C oil that fouled Oshawa's Lakeview Park at the foot of Simcoe St
Aftermath of a spill, The Coast Guard and environment ministry are hunting for the source of what appeared to be Bunker C oil that fouled Oshawa's Lakeview Park at the foot of Simcoe St
7/17/1988
River clean-up yields 39 cars, Don Stacey holds twisted metal he found down the side of a steep ravine in the Humber River Valley west of Kleinberg
River clean-up yields 39 cars, Don Stacey holds twisted metal he found down the side of a steep ravine in the Humber River Valley west of Kleinberg
9/13/1988
Flood of foam
Flood of foam
7/15/1986
Fit to drink
Fit to drink
4/5/1988
Fit to drink
Fit to drink
4/5/1988
Making a test burn of oil slick along the south shore of Nova Scotia's Chedabucto Bay, workmen watch black smoke billow up from the thick seepage of bunker oil from [Incomplete]
Making a test burn of oil slick along the south shore of Nova Scotia's Chedabucto Bay, workmen watch black smoke billow up from the thick seepage of bunker oil from [Incomplete]
2/14/1970
Sludge last time: Although moving out to sea, last week's spill was three times the size of the 1970 Chedabucto disaster
Sludge last time: Although moving out to sea, last week's spill was three times the size of the 1970 Chedabucto disaster
2/14/1970
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