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A great day to stay in bed, It was not a day for weak batteries or wet spark-plugs, motorists found today as the season's heaviest snowfall struck Met(...)
A great day to stay in bed, It was not a day for weak batteries or wet spark-plugs, motorists found today as the season's heaviest snowfall struck Met(...)

A great day to stay in bed, It was not a day for weak batteries or wet spark-plugs, motorists found today as the season's heaviest snowfall struck Met(...)

Date12/28/1976
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Original Toronto Star caption: A great day to stay in bed; It was not a day for weak batteries or wet spark-plugs; motorists found today as the season's heaviest snowfall struck Metro; accompanied by extreme cold. This was the scene this morning at Gerrard St. and Alton Ave. as people pushed a stalled car. A disabled westbound subway train at Royal York station delayed early rush-hour commuters; and buses were running about 15 minutes behind as workers scrambled to clear snow-clogged streets. Metro roads and traffic department sent 120 trucks; including 65 salt spreaders; out on the streets last night.
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Winter made a comeback in Toronto yesterday with a 12-inch snowfall and motorists and pedestrians slogged their way homeward along slush-clogged. Bay (...)
Winter made a comeback in Toronto yesterday with a 12-inch snowfall and motorists and pedestrians slogged their way homeward along slush-clogged. Bay (...)
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Heaviest October snowfall on record felled trees and broke limbs because trees, such as those at Lowther Ave
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Dominique Gendron sweeps the season's first snowfall from her car on Palmerston Ave
12/5/1984
Yesterday's storm brought a day of trials and tribulations to Metro residents - pedestrians and motorists alike
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2/25/1965
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Battery graveyard: Bill Baker examines old batteries found on land he rents from the federal government.
10/24/1991
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First Big Snowfall Now Salty Slush, First major snowfall to hit Metro this season ended overnight, leaving about 8 centimetres (3.2 inches) to turn in(...)
11/28/1977
Heaviest October snowfall on record downed tree limbs and cut off hydro to homes and traffic lights but caused only a few accidents. No one was hurt w(...)
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10/22/1969
Image shows a motorist, battery booster cables in hand, stands beside his car stalled on Leslie ...
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2/12/1985
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