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Tractor action

Tractor action

Date8/13/1992
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Original Toronto Star caption: Tractor action: Peel Regional Council voted unanimously last week to develop a strategy to block proposed garbage dump on prime Caledon farmland after this 50-vehicle protest convoy arrived for rally at regional headquarters in Brampton.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0011493F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Brampton
Province or state:Ontario
Region or district:Peel (Ont. : Regional municipality)
Fifteen tractors manned by angry farmers block entrance at Caledon landfill site to trucks carrying contaminated soil from Mississauga derailment site yesterday
Fifteen tractors manned by angry farmers block entrance at Caledon landfill site to trucks carrying contaminated soil from Mississauga derailment site yesterday
11/27/1979
Two-way parade of Farmers' Tractors on Highway 10, What they want is $4 a hundredweight for manufactured milk
Two-way parade of Farmers' Tractors on Highway 10, What they want is $4 a hundredweight for manufactured milk
6/24/1966
John Timermans of Parkhill loads first tractor, 25 used in yesterday's demonstration will be trucked to their owners' homes
John Timermans of Parkhill loads first tractor, 25 used in yesterday's demonstration will be trucked to their owners' homes
7/28/1966
Queen's park takes on a rural look as farmers chat after their tractor cavalcade ended at legislatures door, An angry group swarmed into the building (...)
Queen's park takes on a rural look as farmers chat after their tractor cavalcade ended at legislatures door, An angry group swarmed into the building (...)
7/27/1966
Up in arms: Halton Hills residents descended on Queen's Park yesterday with an effigy of Environment Minister James Bradley to protest a proposal to use an Action-area quarry as a garbage dump
Up in arms: Halton Hills residents descended on Queen's Park yesterday with an effigy of Environment Minister James Bradley to protest a proposal to use an Action-area quarry as a garbage dump
11/9/1988
They'll stay until hell freezes over, says 82-year-old Alberta Simon (front) who has been leading a sit-in to protest council action on senior citizen(...)
They'll stay until hell freezes over, says 82-year-old Alberta Simon (front) who has been leading a sit-in to protest council action on senior citizen(...)
6/15/1977
Demand for action: Ontario social work students march on Queen's Park yesterday in support of Social Assistance Review Committee's blueprint for welfare reform
Demand for action: Ontario social work students march on Queen's Park yesterday in support of Social Assistance Review Committee's blueprint for welfare reform
3/28/1989
Class action: Catholic high school students carry signs as they gather at Queen's Park today to urge an end to a work-to-rule campaign by teachers volved in a contract dispute with their board
Class action: Catholic high school students carry signs as they gather at Queen's Park today to urge an end to a work-to-rule campaign by teachers volved in a contract dispute with their board
3/5/1992
C.W. Jeffreys Secondary School principal Roger Veale, in white shirt, talks with student protesting teachers' job action
C.W. Jeffreys Secondary School principal Roger Veale, in white shirt, talks with student protesting teachers' job action
3/25/1992
Demanding Action: Members of Bruno Zanini's independent Canadian Concrete Forming Workers Union parade outside Queen's Park today
Demanding Action: Members of Bruno Zanini's independent Canadian Concrete Forming Workers Union parade outside Queen's Park today
9/9/1969
Get a move on: Police order fasting student demonstrators protesting lack of action over Biafra away from City Hall last night
Get a move on: Police order fasting student demonstrators protesting lack of action over Biafra away from City Hall last night
10/23/1968
Student pickets at U.S. Embassy on University Ave., They demonstrated to protest American action in the Viet Nam war
Student pickets at U.S. Embassy on University Ave., They demonstrated to protest American action in the Viet Nam war
4/14/1966