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Sad announcement: John Martin, left, head of Steelworkers Local 1005, and Hilton Works manager Sandy Adam hold joint news conference yesterday
Sad announcement: John Martin, left, head of Steelworkers Local 1005, and Hilton Works manager Sandy Adam hold joint news conference yesterday

Sad announcement: John Martin, left, head of Steelworkers Local 1005, and Hilton Works manager Sandy Adam hold joint news conference yesterday

Date9/24/1992
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Mike Hersh: President of Steelworkers' local is excited by a concept that has worked several times in the U.S.
Mike Hersh: President of Steelworkers' local is excited by a concept that has worked several times in the U.S.
2/23/1989
Demonstration: Local president-elect Warren Smith leads striking Welland steelworkers in picketing Stelco's annual meeting.
Demonstration: Local president-elect Warren Smith leads striking Welland steelworkers in picketing Stelco's annual meeting.
4/24/1997
No: Peter Ferrelli, head of a Hamilton United Steelworkers local says, They picked this 6-and-5 thing out of a hat and want to shove it down our throats.
No: Peter Ferrelli, head of a Hamilton United Steelworkers local says, They picked this 6-and-5 thing out of a hat and want to shove it down our throats.
9/17/1982
Director of lifeline, a non-profit project to assist steel company workers with drug and alcohol addiction problems, Lloyd Fell says he has rehabilitated 108 workers who would otherwise have lost their jobs. Lifeline, set up by United Steelworkers and Tor
Director of lifeline, a non-profit project to assist steel company workers with drug and alcohol addiction problems, Lloyd Fell says he has rehabilitated 108 workers who would otherwise have lost their jobs. Lifeline, set up by United Steelworkers and Tor
3/26/1975
Murray Cotterill, public relations director, United Steelworkers
Murray Cotterill, public relations director, United Steelworkers
5/25/1968
Family Memories: Sandy Fitzpatrick, above, an inmate at Millhaven Penitentiary, was shot and killed by a prison guard Oct. 15, 1987, but his family found out he was dead from a television news report, not prison officials, says his brother Robert, right,
Family Memories: Sandy Fitzpatrick, above, an inmate at Millhaven Penitentiary, was shot and killed by a prison guard Oct. 15, 1987, but his family found out he was dead from a television news report, not prison officials, says his brother Robert, right,
2/25/1989
New procedures at the Canadian Johns-Manville Ltd. plant in Scarborough have all but eliminated the hazard of concentrations of asbestos fibres in the plant air, Dr. Paul Kotin (left), company vice-president in charge of health, safety and environment, told a news conference yesterday. G. P. Loubert, president of the firm, is next to him. New Democratic Party Leader Stephen Lewis (far right) challenged some of Loubert's statements on meeting Ontario government guidelines.
New procedures at the Canadian Johns-Manville Ltd. plant in Scarborough have all but eliminated the hazard of concentrations of asbestos fibres in the plant air, Dr. Paul Kotin (left), company vice-president in charge of health, safety and environment, told a news conference yesterday. G. P. Loubert, president of the firm, is next to him. New Democratic Party Leader Stephen Lewis (far right) challenged some of Loubert's statements on meeting Ontario government guidelines.
2/11/1975
Tortured. By Peter Rickwood Toronto Star. A 33-year-old Canadian Sikh say he got on help from the Canadian High Commission when police in India detained and tortured him as he was about to fly home. Dalbar Sidhu, a Kitchener auto worker, told a Toronto news conference yesterday he was held at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport for two days. He claims he was denied foor and seep, was threatened with revolver and had his fingernails pulled and hair tugged out of his beard and scalp. His wife Satwant, who was travelling with him, contacted the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi after his arrest said. [Incomplete]
Tortured. By Peter Rickwood Toronto Star. A 33-year-old Canadian Sikh say he got on help from the Canadian High Commission when police in India detained and tortured him as he was about to fly home. Dalbar Sidhu, a Kitchener auto worker, told a Toronto news conference yesterday he was held at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport for two days. He claims he was denied foor and seep, was threatened with revolver and had his fingernails pulled and hair tugged out of his beard and scalp. His wife Satwant, who was travelling with him, contacted the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi after his arrest said. [Incomplete]
1/29/1986
Eyewitness to invasion of Cezechoslovakia by Russia, Dr. F.A. Campbell rummages through briefcase to find copies of Czech underground news. papers during stopover last night on way home to Calgary from conference.
Eyewitness to invasion of Cezechoslovakia by Russia, Dr. F.A. Campbell rummages through briefcase to find copies of Czech underground news. papers during stopover last night on way home to Calgary from conference.
8/23/1968
Changed strategy: Peter Martin, chief economist at McLeod Young Weir, says news of jump in September unemployment figures may force Ottawa to deal less harshly with consumers
Changed strategy: Peter Martin, chief economist at McLeod Young Weir, says news of jump in September unemployment figures may force Ottawa to deal less harshly with consumers
10/16/1981
A retired steelworker is Steel City's new mayor
A retired steelworker is Steel City's new mayor
11/19/1980
While downtown inns suffer through a drastic slump, hotels on Airport and Dixon Rds. are still mostly making money. Dennis Buchanan manages the Hilton, one of 13 hotels along the so-called strip.
While downtown inns suffer through a drastic slump, hotels on Airport and Dixon Rds. are still mostly making money. Dennis Buchanan manages the Hilton, one of 13 hotels along the so-called strip.
3/19/1976