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Bulldozers attack house on Pickering airport site today while two members of anti-airport movement were inside
Bulldozers attack house on Pickering airport site today while two members of anti-airport movement were inside

Bulldozers attack house on Pickering airport site today while two members of anti-airport movement were inside

Date9/25/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Bulldozers attack house on Pickering airport site today while two members of anti-airport movement were inside. At same time federal government was deciding to scrap the airport after Ontario said it opposed construction. [Incomplete]
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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_0011550F
Country:Canada
Building, monument or park:Pickering Airport (1970s)
City, town or township:Pickering
Province or state:Ontario
Region or district:Durham (Ont. : Regional municipality)
The illegal occupants of a house on the Pickering airport site heard of Ontario's decision to oppose the airport, Frances Moore says, but she and two (...)
The illegal occupants of a house on the Pickering airport site heard of Ontario's decision to oppose the airport, Frances Moore says, but she and two (...)
9/24/1975
Protesting the expropriation of farmland to make way for the proposed Pickering airport, People OrPlanes members Margaret Godfrey (right) and Rhoda Al(...)
Protesting the expropriation of farmland to make way for the proposed Pickering airport, People OrPlanes members Margaret Godfrey (right) and Rhoda Al(...)
9/23/1975
Pickering protesters, from left, Brenda Davies, Frances Moore and Anne Howes, occupied house on proposed site of airport to prevent demolition. Reader(...)
Pickering protesters, from left, Brenda Davies, Frances Moore and Anne Howes, occupied house on proposed site of airport to prevent demolition. Reader(...)
4/22/1975
At their 1855 farmhouse just south of the Pickering airport site, Hugh Miller and his wife, Elsie, reter to indecision on the airport as torture. High(...)
At their 1855 farmhouse just south of the Pickering airport site, Hugh Miller and his wife, Elsie, reter to indecision on the airport as torture. High(...)
7/10/1975
The lifestyle: This Whitevale home is typical of the type of lovely old Canadiana farmhouse which will be affected by the proposed airport site near Pickering
The lifestyle: This Whitevale home is typical of the type of lovely old Canadiana farmhouse which will be affected by the proposed airport site near Pickering
5/4/1972
Krishna hold protest chant, About 100 chanting members of Hare Krishna movement held a rally outside Queen's Park today to protest provincial governme(...)
Krishna hold protest chant, About 100 chanting members of Hare Krishna movement held a rally outside Queen's Park today to protest provincial governme(...)
4/5/1978
Airport foes 'Bury' pickering. Carrying coffin, procession of marchers walks to Queen's Park today for mock funeral for Pickering and surrounding area(...)
Airport foes 'Bury' pickering. Carrying coffin, procession of marchers walks to Queen's Park today for mock funeral for Pickering and surrounding area(...)
6/15/1972
Chairman Hugh Miller (right) addresses North Pickering ratepayers who gathered in a house in Brougham last night to protest building a new airport and(...)
Chairman Hugh Miller (right) addresses North Pickering ratepayers who gathered in a house in Brougham last night to protest building a new airport and(...)
3/3/1972
Members of the Voice of Women, Women's Liberation Movement, new Feminists and Young Socialists demonstrated at Queen's Park in April, asking support f(...)
Members of the Voice of Women, Women's Liberation Movement, new Feminists and Young Socialists demonstrated at Queen's Park in April, asking support f(...)
4/28/1970
Pickering resident Gordon Auld hopes that since Ontario won't build access roads for the Pickering Airport at present, he may not have to move after a(...)
Pickering resident Gordon Auld hopes that since Ontario won't build access roads for the Pickering Airport at present, he may not have to move after a(...)
7/10/1975
Anti-airport protesters run tour of 119-year-old farmhouse near Claremont this summer
Anti-airport protesters run tour of 119-year-old farmhouse near Claremont this summer
4/30/1975
The first stage: The protest against the building of a new international airport in the PIckering area started with a huge mass meeting
The first stage: The protest against the building of a new international airport in the PIckering area started with a huge mass meeting
6/20/1972