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Hon. James N. Allan, minister of highways, bones up on traffic rules in preparation for test he will take touching off new examinations for drivers. F(...)
Hon. James N. Allan, minister of highways, bones up on traffic rules in preparation for test he will take touching off new examinations for drivers. F(...)

Hon. James N. Allan, minister of highways, bones up on traffic rules in preparation for test he will take touching off new examinations for drivers. F(...)

Date3/2/1956
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Original Toronto Star caption: Hon. James N. Allan, minister of highways, bones up on traffic rules in preparation for test he will take touching off new examinations for drivers. From now on every applicant for a driver's license will have to pass a written test
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0029009F
Signs of frustration: Metro motorists drive on the shoulders of the highways as protesting truck drivers slowed traffic yesterday, the second day in a row truckers used their rigs to tie up roads
Signs of frustration: Metro motorists drive on the shoulders of the highways as protesting truck drivers slowed traffic yesterday, the second day in a row truckers used their rigs to tie up roads
5/16/1991
Freeway ban? Ontario Transport Minister Bill Wrye has said all new drivers - young or old - should be banned from major highways, such as the 401, shown above
Freeway ban? Ontario Transport Minister Bill Wrye has said all new drivers - young or old - should be banned from major highways, such as the 401, shown above
10/15/1987
Examination papers in arithmetic: designed for use in high and public schools and especially adapted for the preparation of candidates for the various examinations in Ontario by J.A. McLellan and Thomas Kirkland; to which is added recent papers set at official examinations in Ontario since the issue of the first edition
Examination papers in arithmetic: designed for use in high and public schools and especially adapted for the preparation of candidates for the various examinations in Ontario by J.A. McLellan and Thomas Kirkland; to which is added recent papers set at official examinations in Ontario since the issue of the first edition
1882
Booting the sign: Robert Keillor points out the sign telling drivers to stay back from fire engines - only one of the rules he finds Metro drivers disobey when firefighters are rushing to an emergency
Booting the sign: Robert Keillor points out the sign telling drivers to stay back from fire engines - only one of the rules he finds Metro drivers disobey when firefighters are rushing to an emergency
1/14/1982
No Traffic: While novice drivers learn the basics at the John Rhodes Driver Examination Centre, experience is best teacher, U of T experts say
No Traffic: While novice drivers learn the basics at the John Rhodes Driver Examination Centre, experience is best teacher, U of T experts say
1/26/1989
Peter Procunier shops for soup Bones for his consomme, He likes to take standard recipes and upgrade them to gourmet fare.
Peter Procunier shops for soup Bones for his consomme, He likes to take standard recipes and upgrade them to gourmet fare.
3/15/1971
Excuse me, there's an elephant in your trunk! His trunk raised in apparent greeting to drivers along the Trans canada Highway, Jumbo is heading west f(...)
Excuse me, there's an elephant in your trunk! His trunk raised in apparent greeting to drivers along the Trans canada Highway, Jumbo is heading west f(...)
6/5/1985
On the move: Student Joe Costa, 18, bones up on a course during his 45-minute bus trip to and from Bloor Collegiate every school day from the Dufferin-Wilson area. The quality of education of Bloor makes the travelling worthwhilek, he says. I'd rather not go to a technical school.
On the move: Student Joe Costa, 18, bones up on a course during his 45-minute bus trip to and from Bloor Collegiate every school day from the Dufferin-Wilson area. The quality of education of Bloor makes the travelling worthwhilek, he says. I'd rather not go to a technical school.
1/23/1986
Milk Bone's back: News vendor John Mucenieks pets his dog Milk Bone, returned yesterday after being seized by Toronto Humane Society officials who said he didn't have adequate shelter
Milk Bone's back: News vendor John Mucenieks pets his dog Milk Bone, returned yesterday after being seized by Toronto Humane Society officials who said he didn't have adequate shelter
2/15/1983
On target: Blues' quarterback Dan Feraday last week broke Jamie Bone's Ontario conference career record for most yards through the air, and now aims for Bone's national mark
On target: Blues' quarterback Dan Feraday last week broke Jamie Bone's Ontario conference career record for most yards through the air, and now aims for Bone's national mark
9/3/1980
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
Typical of what Toronto's cross-town arterial highways, cutting through and over congested traffic areas and making high-speed traffic possible, might(...)
Typical of what Toronto's cross-town arterial highways, cutting through and over congested traffic areas and making high-speed traffic possible, might(...)
1/7/1944