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Fare fight: Malcolm Cairnduff, 63, is ready to take on the Toronto to Transit Commission in his battle to get free transit fares for war veterans. The commission has already turned him down once.
Fare fight: Malcolm Cairnduff, 63, is ready to take on the Toronto to Transit Commission in his battle to get free transit fares for war veterans. The commission has already turned him down once.

Fare fight: Malcolm Cairnduff, 63, is ready to take on the Toronto to Transit Commission in his battle to get free transit fares for war veterans. The commission has already turned him down once.

Date12/31/1982
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Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Transit Commission - Fares
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Transit Commission - Fares
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Commission chairman Ralph Day. Transit commissioners voted unanimously to hike fares
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Capitulating to demands of transit workers, Toronto Transit Commission chairman Ralph Day tells reporters that contract agreement has been reached wit(...)
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William Archer. Lower fares
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Right, Richard Laxton, left, and Andy Lubyczynski cool off before heading out for more fares
Right, Richard Laxton, left, and Andy Lubyczynski cool off before heading out for more fares
8/20/1989
Laker: $200 fares
Laker: $200 fares
1/22/1979