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Holding his award as Natinal Truck Hero of the Year, before it official presentation today, driver Ted Daubreville, 53, of Toronto, shows it to Carol MeCheshey, 10, of Grimsby, one of children in school bus he swerved to avoid.
Holding his award as Natinal Truck Hero of the Year, before it official presentation today, driver Ted Daubreville, 53, of Toronto, shows it to Carol MeCheshey, 10, of Grimsby, one of children in school bus he swerved to avoid.

Holding his award as Natinal Truck Hero of the Year, before it official presentation today, driver Ted Daubreville, 53, of Toronto, shows it to Carol MeCheshey, 10, of Grimsby, one of children in school bus he swerved to avoid.

Date11/21/1971
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Former champion: Don McKnight, a former champion racing-car driver who teaches Peel police to drive and how to avoid accidents, says shows like Starsky and Hutch and Kojak are a pile of garbage
Former champion: Don McKnight, a former champion racing-car driver who teaches Peel police to drive and how to avoid accidents, says shows like Starsky and Hutch and Kojak are a pile of garbage
6/16/1981
Has 10 official years of safety - plus five, Harry Halse, a truck driver for The Toronto Star, has completed 10 years of safe driving, under the rules laid down by National Safety Council in Chicago
Has 10 official years of safety - plus five, Harry Halse, a truck driver for The Toronto Star, has completed 10 years of safe driving, under the rules laid down by National Safety Council in Chicago
3/20/1948
All-Time Greats: Joe DiMaggio, left, and Ted Williams are honored in a presentation with NL manager Lou Piniella and others before last night's game
All-Time Greats: Joe DiMaggio, left, and Ted Williams are honored in a presentation with NL manager Lou Piniella and others before last night's game
1/9/1991
Big hero in the tournament for Hamilton was pitcher Gregg Bannerman, right, a 6-foot, 180-pound 13-year-old who finished the series with 53 strike-outs in four games, 26 in one 14-inning win
Big hero in the tournament for Hamilton was pitcher Gregg Bannerman, right, a 6-foot, 180-pound 13-year-old who finished the series with 53 strike-outs in four games, 26 in one 14-inning win
9/3/1976
Truck driver James New (with wife Elaine) and bus driver Victor Heath are among witnesses at the Barrie inquest into the March 18 crash. Heath told an(...)
Truck driver James New (with wife Elaine) and bus driver Victor Heath are among witnesses at the Barrie inquest into the March 18 crash. Heath told an(...)
10/3/1973
Sammy Baird is police chief of Campbellford and a Big Man there since he stood off an angry mob and caused the Riot Act to be read to avoid violence at the jailhouse. But he's also abused by many people-like the ones who covered the town's population sign he's holding with obscenities.
Sammy Baird is police chief of Campbellford and a Big Man there since he stood off an angry mob and caused the Riot Act to be read to avoid violence at the jailhouse. But he's also abused by many people-like the ones who covered the town's population sign he's holding with obscenities.
4/20/1968
Greg Dixon: Hero bus driver didn't have time to think. I just reacted.
Greg Dixon: Hero bus driver didn't have time to think. I just reacted.
4/10/1989
Hero who safely stopped a bus after the driver collapsed at the wheel, Rajbir Bobby Maharj Singh, 23, came to Canada from his native Trinidad two years ago
Hero who safely stopped a bus after the driver collapsed at the wheel, Rajbir Bobby Maharj Singh, 23, came to Canada from his native Trinidad two years ago
6/16/1970
Safety first: OPP Constable Dave Thomas and Constable Caria Ferguson of Halton Region Police show Laidlaw Transit school bus driver Betty Beecroft a Bus Watch information sheet
Safety first: OPP Constable Dave Thomas and Constable Caria Ferguson of Halton Region Police show Laidlaw Transit school bus driver Betty Beecroft a Bus Watch information sheet
3/11/1993
Barrie - The driver of a bus ripped apart by a tanker truck in a Highway 400 crash that killed four Weston Collegiate students has been convicted of c(...)
Barrie - The driver of a bus ripped apart by a tanker truck in a Highway 400 crash that killed four Weston Collegiate students has been convicted of c(...)
6/1/1979
Born to shop: Study shows Canadians spend more time shopping (an average of 53 minutes a day) than any other industrial nation on Earth
Born to shop: Study shows Canadians spend more time shopping (an average of 53 minutes a day) than any other industrial nation on Earth
12/27/1983
Emmauel Bourdos, whose take-home pay as a hospital orderly is about $110 a week, helps the two eldest of his six children with their homework as the family gathers around the table. From the left are Bourdos, Photini, 11, Margaret, 10, Mrs. Bourdos holding Dino, 2, Tina, 5, and Bessie, S. Bourdos is one of 6,000 Metro hospital workers who are preparing to risk the consequences of an illegal strike to get a decent wage comparable to that in similar work.
Emmauel Bourdos, whose take-home pay as a hospital orderly is about $110 a week, helps the two eldest of his six children with their homework as the family gathers around the table. From the left are Bourdos, Photini, 11, Margaret, 10, Mrs. Bourdos holding Dino, 2, Tina, 5, and Bessie, S. Bourdos is one of 6,000 Metro hospital workers who are preparing to risk the consequences of an illegal strike to get a decent wage comparable to that in similar work.
1/3/1974