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Customs officials may not be able to search your luggage at random
Customs officials may not be able to search your luggage at random

Customs officials may not be able to search your luggage at random

Date2/28/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: Customs officials may not be able to search your luggage at random.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0003198F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Province or state:Ontario
Thorough search: Customs official Bob Sereda uses a knife to probe luggage at Pearson
Thorough search: Customs official Bob Sereda uses a knife to probe luggage at Pearson
3/17/1991
Michael Davis: President of thriving L. Davis Textiles is one of the beneficiaries of Canadian quotas on textile imports but he complains of gross abuse of quota limits by customs officials to ensure that annual limits are not exceeded. Davis' Toronto firm, which specializes in children's sleepwear, employs 200. About 200,000 are employed in the industry nationally.
Michael Davis: President of thriving L. Davis Textiles is one of the beneficiaries of Canadian quotas on textile imports but he complains of gross abuse of quota limits by customs officials to ensure that annual limits are not exceeded. Davis' Toronto firm, which specializes in children's sleepwear, employs 200. About 200,000 are employed in the industry nationally.
1/10/1980
Canada customs dog handler (not allowed to photograph him or use his name) with Labratdor 'Court' = a four year old dog/sniffing out luggage at Pearson (lloking for drugs)
Canada customs dog handler (not allowed to photograph him or use his name) with Labratdor 'Court' = a four year old dog/sniffing out luggage at Pearson (lloking for drugs)
3/20/1989
Porn from Buffalo: Sunday Star reporter Tim Harper displays material he was able to bring through customs
Porn from Buffalo: Sunday Star reporter Tim Harper displays material he was able to bring through customs
3/21/1985
Heading for trouble? Court ruling this month has warned customs officers they can't search travellers without first advising them of their rights
Heading for trouble? Court ruling this month has warned customs officers they can't search travellers without first advising them of their rights
3/13/1973
Nose for Narcotics: Canada Customs handler Chris Sharpe and Blue, a 2-year-old yellow Lab, search baggage-carrying trams for drugs at Pearson International Airport
Nose for Narcotics: Canada Customs handler Chris Sharpe and Blue, a 2-year-old yellow Lab, search baggage-carrying trams for drugs at Pearson International Airport
3/17/1991
Making life bear-able: RCMP Corporal Greg McGrath is surrounded by the teddy bears officials will use to help children deal with traumas at Pearson Airport
Making life bear-able: RCMP Corporal Greg McGrath is surrounded by the teddy bears officials will use to help children deal with traumas at Pearson Airport
10/16/1992
Search for cause: Officials are trying to find out how four firefighters plunged two storeys from the cherry picker on this firetruck to the roof of a fire hall
Search for cause: Officials are trying to find out how four firefighters plunged two storeys from the cherry picker on this firetruck to the roof of a fire hall
1/29/1989
Metro police and CN Rail officials search the tracks near Dupont and Huron Sts
Metro police and CN Rail officials search the tracks near Dupont and Huron Sts
6/5/1990
Instructions by the commissioners of His Majesty's Customs to the Tide Surveyors of the Customs in the British possessions abroad
Instructions by the commissioners of His Majesty's Customs to the Tide Surveyors of the Customs in the British possessions abroad
1828
Canada tariff of customs, alphabetically arranged, with the act imposing customs duties at length, passed 25th April, 1849
Canada tariff of customs, alphabetically arranged, with the act imposing customs duties at length, passed 25th April, 1849
1849
Money-saving advice: Chartered accountant David Louis, here with a client, says you may be able to save hundreds of dollars on your tax return if your spouse is entitled to certain deductions but lacks the income to use them
Money-saving advice: Chartered accountant David Louis, here with a client, says you may be able to save hundreds of dollars on your tax return if your spouse is entitled to certain deductions but lacks the income to use them
3/3/1982