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Biggest battle to date in the Rogers Majestic strike in Leaside broke out today and seven men and one woman were arrested. Here one of provincial police holds member of 500-strong picket line
Biggest battle to date in the Rogers Majestic strike in Leaside broke out today and seven men and one woman were arrested. Here one of provincial police holds member of 500-strong picket line

Biggest battle to date in the Rogers Majestic strike in Leaside broke out today and seven men and one woman were arrested. Here one of provincial police holds member of 500-strong picket line

Date5/11/1948
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Original Toronto Star caption: Biggest battle to date in the Rogers Majestic strike in Leaside broke out today and seven men and one woman were arrested. Here one of provincial police holds member of 500-strong picket line
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0016737F
Founder: Hal Rogers, 90, founder of the Association of Kinsmen Clubs, holds his life member plaque. Rogers founded the service club in 1920.
Founder: Hal Rogers, 90, founder of the Association of Kinsmen Clubs, holds his life member plaque. Rogers founded the service club in 1920.
1/2/1990
Hostage suspect: A policeman holds the suspect arrested yesterday after a woman was abducted from her office and taken on a wild, three-hour ride in a commandeered taxi
Hostage suspect: A policeman holds the suspect arrested yesterday after a woman was abducted from her office and taken on a wild, three-hour ride in a commandeered taxi
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Proud new Canadians Karen (centre) and Naresh Krishan were among 500 people who became Canadian citizens yesterday at one of the biggest citizenship c(...)
Proud new Canadians Karen (centre) and Naresh Krishan were among 500 people who became Canadian citizens yesterday at one of the biggest citizenship c(...)
8/28/1978
Two men missing on lake huron. A parge with seven men aboard broke away from the tug Harriston while in Lake Huron early yesterday. Five men were repo(...)
Two men missing on lake huron. A parge with seven men aboard broke away from the tug Harriston while in Lake Huron early yesterday. Five men were repo(...)
7/27/1937
A thief and his victim face each other: Ron Darling, right, lost $2,400 when cheques were forged over his name. David, left, one of the men who did it, is working to pay back part of that money. He holds a job by day and lives in special quarters by night as part of a program new to Metro.
A thief and his victim face each other: Ron Darling, right, lost $2,400 when cheques were forged over his name. David, left, one of the men who did it, is working to pay back part of that money. He holds a job by day and lives in special quarters by night as part of a program new to Metro.
7/4/1978
Union members walk a picket line during the last railway strike, in 1973, when they were legislated back to work after 10 days. The chief union negoti(...)
Union members walk a picket line during the last railway strike, in 1973, when they were legislated back to work after 10 days. The chief union negoti(...)
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Walking the line: Striking workers picket the Sheraton Centre today, joining 3,000 others across Metro, after contract negotiations broke down
Walking the line: Striking workers picket the Sheraton Centre today, joining 3,000 others across Metro, after contract negotiations broke down
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Helmets, 4,000,000 Of Them Like The One Held By Alice Rogers, were turned out by General Steel Wares Ltd
Helmets, 4,000,000 Of Them Like The One Held By Alice Rogers, were turned out by General Steel Wares Ltd
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Man in coast, is being rushed out by a shirt-sleeved worker while a third man tries to stop him during the melee in Leaside. Disorder broke out when A.F. of L. Workers tried to pass C.I.O. pickets
Man in coast, is being rushed out by a shirt-sleeved worker while a third man tries to stop him during the melee in Leaside. Disorder broke out when A.F. of L. Workers tried to pass C.I.O. pickets
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Hold that line, Pickets at the strike-bound plant of Butcher Engineering Enterprises of Brampton attempt to hold back a car trying to cross the line t(...)
Hold that line, Pickets at the strike-bound plant of Butcher Engineering Enterprises of Brampton attempt to hold back a car trying to cross the line t(...)
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On strike: Striking miners Romeo Berube, 55, left, and Roger Warren, 49, wait in the picket line shack at Gate C, the main entrance at the Giant mine
On strike: Striking miners Romeo Berube, 55, left, and Roger Warren, 49, wait in the picket line shack at Gate C, the main entrance at the Giant mine
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Bad news: Ted Rogers, head of Canada's biggest cable TV empire, had to tell shareholders that basic service would be cut to clear space for specialty networks
Bad news: Ted Rogers, head of Canada's biggest cable TV empire, had to tell shareholders that basic service would be cut to clear space for specialty networks
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