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Digging out: Torontonians had to shovel and brush then clamber over treacherous snow banks to get to work today after last night's storm swept southern Ontario
Digging out: Torontonians had to shovel and brush then clamber over treacherous snow banks to get to work today after last night's storm swept southern Ontario

Digging out: Torontonians had to shovel and brush then clamber over treacherous snow banks to get to work today after last night's storm swept southern Ontario

Date12/3/1991
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Original Toronto Star caption: Digging out: Torontonians had to shovel and brush then clamber over treacherous snow banks to get to work today after last night's storm swept southern Ontario.
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It was slow, slow driving for Metro motorists yesterday and today as trucks and cars groped their way along snow-swept roads and highways. This line o(...)
It was slow, slow driving for Metro motorists yesterday and today as trucks and cars groped their way along snow-swept roads and highways. This line o(...)
1/27/1971
Walk on the wild side: High winds and snow made for treacherous conditions on th sidewalks as well as the road as this man put his shoulder down to challenge downtown streets
Walk on the wild side: High winds and snow made for treacherous conditions on th sidewalks as well as the road as this man put his shoulder down to challenge downtown streets
1/19/1987
Debris cleanup: Emergency workers survey the damage after last night's storm, which ripped some aluminum from the roof of a nursing home
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Don mills Rd. is clogged with traffic as storm made roads treacherous
2/28/1984
Good form: The mini-storm which swept into Metro yesterday played havoc with the thoroughbred program at Greenwood but Paul Camillert doesn't let it bother him as he studies program
Good form: The mini-storm which swept into Metro yesterday played havoc with the thoroughbred program at Greenwood but Paul Camillert doesn't let it bother him as he studies program
11/4/1983
Peel keeps digging out ? and drifting in, More than a week after the big snowstorm that paralyzed highway traffic, Ontario Department of Highways' plo(...)
Peel keeps digging out ? and drifting in, More than a week after the big snowstorm that paralyzed highway traffic, Ontario Department of Highways' plo(...)
2/2/1971
Huddling in phone booths, pedestrians take refuge today from blizzard that swept in from Illinois, paralyzing highways, Metro roads and streets. This (...)
Huddling in phone booths, pedestrians take refuge today from blizzard that swept in from Illinois, paralyzing highways, Metro roads and streets. This (...)
3/18/1977
A year ago today a tornado swept through Barrie, top, causing devastating damage
A year ago today a tornado swept through Barrie, top, causing devastating damage
5/31/1986
Helping hand: Passersby give unidentified driver a push on one of Metro's slippery side streets last night after high winds and snow turned roads into skating rinks
Helping hand: Passersby give unidentified driver a push on one of Metro's slippery side streets last night after high winds and snow turned roads into skating rinks
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Picking up after the storm that ripped through the Metro area last night, with winds gusting up to 60 m
Picking up after the storm that ripped through the Metro area last night, with winds gusting up to 60 m
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