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A winter that just won't quit fouled up Metro traffic once more today
A winter that just won't quit fouled up Metro traffic once more today

A winter that just won't quit fouled up Metro traffic once more today

Date4/12/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: A winter that just won't quit fouled up Metro traffic once more today. This was the unpleasant rush-hour scene on Eglinton Ave. E. in Scarborough.
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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_0015595F
First big snowfall of the year last week created massive traffic tie-ups throughout Metro and was blamed for dozens of accidents. Reader suggests that snow tires should be made compulsory
First big snowfall of the year last week created massive traffic tie-ups throughout Metro and was blamed for dozens of accidents. Reader suggests that snow tires should be made compulsory
12/5/1977
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
Traffic on southbound lanes of Don Valey Parkway came to a virtual halt around noon today after a truck and a car collided on the snowy pavement south(...)
Traffic on southbound lanes of Don Valey Parkway came to a virtual halt around noon today after a truck and a car collided on the snowy pavement south(...)
12/1/1976
Nightmare of negotiating heavy traffic in a snowstorm is a fact of motoring life in metro, and trick is both to keep out of trouble and do your part t(...)
Nightmare of negotiating heavy traffic in a snowstorm is a fact of motoring life in metro, and trick is both to keep out of trouble and do your part t(...)
12/15/1972
Winter driving conditions require that more space be left between cars on the road
Winter driving conditions require that more space be left between cars on the road
11/11/1983
You're inundated. You can't scrape one more windshield. The month is 28 days too long. Take The Star cure. Win a super winter holiday
You're inundated. You can't scrape one more windshield. The month is 28 days too long. Take The Star cure. Win a super winter holiday
12/19/1979
Ready, push! Even the police had a rough go of it when winter's meanest storm hit Metro last week
Ready, push! Even the police had a rough go of it when winter's meanest storm hit Metro last week
3/4/1985
One of Metro's three giant snow melters, not seen for a couple of winters, works overnight on Bloor St
One of Metro's three giant snow melters, not seen for a couple of winters, works overnight on Bloor St
2/29/1984
It won't bounce
It won't bounce
9/5/1985
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
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
The shape of things to come, Cars and trucks with their lights ablaze drive through snow on the Queen Elizabeth Way as blinding fall hit Metro today. (...)
The shape of things to come, Cars and trucks with their lights ablaze drive through snow on the Queen Elizabeth Way as blinding fall hit Metro today. (...)
12/13/1973