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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(...)

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(...)

Date7/10/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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 all. However a resident of Etobicoke; in her letter below; opposes Mayor Crombie's call for a two-year freeze on airport plans.
GeographyBuilding Monument ParkPickering Airport (1970s)
GeographyCity, town, townshipPickering
GeographyHistorical locationEtobicoke (Ont.)
GeographyRegion or DistrictDurham (Ont. : Regional municipality)
GeographyProvince stateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0011552F
Strong message: Residents of Pickering and Markham join their mayors yesterday at the Mark-ham-Pickering Town Line, south of Highway 7, to launch a campaign to fight proposed dump sites
Strong message: Residents of Pickering and Markham join their mayors yesterday at the Mark-ham-Pickering Town Line, south of Highway 7, to launch a campaign to fight proposed dump sites
12/11/1992
The whine of jets fed into the speaker system at a meeting of Pickering Township residents last night makes William Newman, member of the Legislature (...)
The whine of jets fed into the speaker system at a meeting of Pickering Township residents last night makes William Newman, member of the Legislature (...)
3/7/1972
It is impossible to get a comparable property anywhere around for the money we've been offered, says Gordon Auld, 81, who lives on Brock Rd. outside B(...)
It is impossible to get a comparable property anywhere around for the money we've been offered, says Gordon Auld, 81, who lives on Brock Rd. outside B(...)
3/13/1974
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
Gas grievance: Members of Flamborough Residents Against Propane (FRAP) demonstrate against a company's proposal to build a propane transfer station in the township, northwest of Hamilton
Gas grievance: Members of Flamborough Residents Against Propane (FRAP) demonstrate against a company's proposal to build a propane transfer station in the township, northwest of Hamilton
11/3/1983
This is a view of the main street of the villlage of Brougham, slated to make way for the proposed Pickering airport
This is a view of the main street of the villlage of Brougham, slated to make way for the proposed Pickering airport
3/10/1972
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
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
The wreckage of 100-year-old Gostick horse, demolished to make way for the proposed airport at Pickering, has been dumped next to the farm of Ernie Ca(...)
The wreckage of 100-year-old Gostick horse, demolished to make way for the proposed airport at Pickering, has been dumped next to the farm of Ernie Ca(...)
8/14/1975
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
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
9/25/1975
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