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A cutting protest. Alderman Frank Faubert used his own lawn mower yesterday to protest Scarborough's policy of only cutting the grass along its boulev(...)
A cutting protest. Alderman Frank Faubert used his own lawn mower yesterday to protest Scarborough's policy of only cutting the grass along its boulev(...)

A cutting protest. Alderman Frank Faubert used his own lawn mower yesterday to protest Scarborough's policy of only cutting the grass along its boulev(...)

Date6/3/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: A cutting protest. Alderman Frank Faubert used his own lawn mower yesterday to protest Scarborough's policy of only cutting the grass along its boulevards twice a year. The borough reduced the grass-cutting schedule to save money.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0046389F
Steve Hilderbrand, left, and martin murphy ply trade, The students started their own business of grass cutting and painting
Steve Hilderbrand, left, and martin murphy ply trade, The students started their own business of grass cutting and painting
8/16/1972
Cutting red tape: Scarborough Mayor Gus Harris says investors need assurance that they won't get bogged down in bureaucracy
Cutting red tape: Scarborough Mayor Gus Harris says investors need assurance that they won't get bogged down in bureaucracy
11/13/1978
Crowds faced cutting wind to protest double hanging, When Ronald Turpin, Arthur Lucas went to their deaths midnight Monday
Crowds faced cutting wind to protest double hanging, When Ronald Turpin, Arthur Lucas went to their deaths midnight Monday
n.d.
Smiles all around. Inspector Frank Fernandes (right) and Scarborough Mayor Frank Faubert present a special appreciation plaque to Metro police Sergean(...)
Smiles all around. Inspector Frank Fernandes (right) and Scarborough Mayor Frank Faubert present a special appreciation plaque to Metro police Sergean(...)
7/27/1995
Campaigning by horse and buggy, Gordon Clarke, running for alderman in Scarborough's Ward 12, hands a pamphlet to his neighbor Aubrey Crowhurst, who owns the horse, My Lenny Boy, and the buggy, an antique built by the McLaughlin Carriage Works. Clarke lives in a century-old farmhouse off Meadow-vale Rd. West Hill. He's also using a mobile home in his campaign. Advance polling in city and boroughs will be tomorrow, next Thrusday and next Saturday.
Campaigning by horse and buggy, Gordon Clarke, running for alderman in Scarborough's Ward 12, hands a pamphlet to his neighbor Aubrey Crowhurst, who owns the horse, My Lenny Boy, and the buggy, an antique built by the McLaughlin Carriage Works. Clarke lives in a century-old farmhouse off Meadow-vale Rd. West Hill. He's also using a mobile home in his campaign. Advance polling in city and boroughs will be tomorrow, next Thrusday and next Saturday.
11/21/1974
Architect Istvan Lendvay sits on don Mills lawn he hasn't mowed since May - it's a protest against neighbors who let their dogs use lawn as a bathroom
Architect Istvan Lendvay sits on don Mills lawn he hasn't mowed since May - it's a protest against neighbors who let their dogs use lawn as a bathroom
7/18/1978
A little lawn-cutting advice is given by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau to Gwen McSherry on Farnham Ave
A little lawn-cutting advice is given by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau to Gwen McSherry on Farnham Ave
5/18/1974
After the ribbon-cutting, Urban affairs Minister Barney Danson (middle) chats with Jim and Chris Verrall, holding their children, in front of their ne(...)
After the ribbon-cutting, Urban affairs Minister Barney Danson (middle) chats with Jim and Chris Verrall, holding their children, in front of their ne(...)
9/27/1976
Rewarding choice: By cutting back its Canadian operations Time Canada may have forfeited its tax-deductibility, but final result shows booming profits, says president Hugh Findlay.
Rewarding choice: By cutting back its Canadian operations Time Canada may have forfeited its tax-deductibility, but final result shows booming profits, says president Hugh Findlay.
10/17/1979
Alderman Boytchuk, 150 letters of protest
Alderman Boytchuk, 150 letters of protest
9/30/1970
Alderman's protest
Alderman's protest
11/21/1979
Monopoly intact: Brewers' Warehousing preserved its monopoly by convincing Liberals that corner-store beer would have the perverse effect of raising distribution costs and thus cutting sales
Monopoly intact: Brewers' Warehousing preserved its monopoly by convincing Liberals that corner-store beer would have the perverse effect of raising distribution costs and thus cutting sales
2/22/1985