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Crowds of refugees wait because there was a shortage of buses to take them to Immigration hearings
Crowds of refugees wait because there was a shortage of buses to take them to Immigration hearings

Crowds of refugees wait because there was a shortage of buses to take them to Immigration hearings

Date5/2/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Crowds of refugees wait because there was a shortage of buses to take them to Immigration hearings.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0012869F
Finding sanctuary: Bosnian refugees Ranza Kadic and baby Amir wait to be processed by immigration officials at Pearson International Airport last night before making connector flight to Winnipeg
Finding sanctuary: Bosnian refugees Ranza Kadic and baby Amir wait to be processed by immigration officials at Pearson International Airport last night before making connector flight to Winnipeg
1/24/1993
Headed home: TTC passengers jammed special shuttle buses when thousands of would-be subway riders were left stranded on street corners to wait up to an hour for buses
Headed home: TTC passengers jammed special shuttle buses when thousands of would-be subway riders were left stranded on street corners to wait up to an hour for buses
4/25/1990
On notice: Some of the 36 Sikh claimants who attended hearing before an immigration adjudicator yesterday read notices of hearing at immigration department offices in Toronto
On notice: Some of the 36 Sikh claimants who attended hearing before an immigration adjudicator yesterday read notices of hearing at immigration department offices in Toronto
8/22/1987
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
8/20/1973
it was a long wait at most stops today in Metro as Toronto Transit Commission buses, streetcars and subways fought the worst blizzard to strike southe(...)
it was a long wait at most stops today in Metro as Toronto Transit Commission buses, streetcars and subways fought the worst blizzard to strike southe(...)
1/10/1977
Line-ups of passengers wait for buses at Eglinton subway terminal this morning after two cars of an empty subway train jumped the rails, blocking the (...)
Line-ups of passengers wait for buses at Eglinton subway terminal this morning after two cars of an empty subway train jumped the rails, blocking the (...)
9/30/1970
Some of the 46 Bosnian refugees who arrived at Pearson airport last night await processing by immigration officials
Some of the 46 Bosnian refugees who arrived at Pearson airport last night await processing by immigration officials
1/24/1993
When the go trains aren't going, Port Credit commuters line up for buses pressed into service to replace GO trains, not operating because of the strike of 20,000 railwaymen
When the go trains aren't going, Port Credit commuters line up for buses pressed into service to replace GO trains, not operating because of the strike of 20,000 railwaymen
7/26/1973
A sleepy Tibetan immigrant, 3-year-old Decki Jamewangyal waits with her mother in the immigration area at Toronto International Airport last night aft(...)
A sleepy Tibetan immigrant, 3-year-old Decki Jamewangyal waits with her mother in the immigration area at Toronto International Airport last night aft(...)
3/30/1971
Image shows a bus being loaded on a big ship.
Next stop; Lima. Toronto dock workers load one of 25 buses decommissioned by the Toronto Transit Commission on to a freighter at Pier 51 near Cherry St. and Unwin Ave. yesterday. The buses; taken out of service after 18 years; and two city garbage trucks are bound for Lima; Peru.
4/30/1991
Left behind: Ron Semple of North York, confined to a wheel chair by multiple sclerosis, watches buses leave terminal for areas outside Metro, buses not geared to handle the handicapped
Left behind: Ron Semple of North York, confined to a wheel chair by multiple sclerosis, watches buses leave terminal for areas outside Metro, buses not geared to handle the handicapped
7/12/1984
These buses bend their way through Traffic, Nimble articulated buses like this AM General model, shown negotiating the intersection of Bay and Queen(...)
These buses bend their way through Traffic, Nimble articulated buses like this AM General model, shown negotiating the intersection of Bay and Queen(...)
9/26/1978