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Downtown sit-in

Downtown sit-in

Date9/4/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: Downtown sit-in: Students protesting the presence of troops at Oka; Que.; block Yonge and Bloor Sts. yesterday; stopping afternoon rush hour traffic. The demonstration ended peacefully after a half-hour.
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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_0012064F
Weary nurses demand changes, Instead of going home to bed after their 12-hour midnight shifts, about 50 nurses from downtown Toronto hospitals marched on Queen's Park yesterday
Weary nurses demand changes, Instead of going home to bed after their 12-hour midnight shifts, about 50 nurses from downtown Toronto hospitals marched on Queen's Park yesterday
Loek, Dick
1/13/1989
Joining forces: Peace groups, free trade protesters and environmentalists marched from Queen's Park through the downtown core yesterday
Joining forces: Peace groups, free trade protesters and environmentalists marched from Queen's Park through the downtown core yesterday
Bull, Ron
10/29/1988
Passerby and protester exhchange heated words during downtown march yesterday by pro-Palestine Organization
Passerby and protester exhchange heated words during downtown march yesterday by pro-Palestine Organization
Cooper, David
12/27/1987
Three Metro police officers were injured and 31 demonstrators were arrested as violence flared during a downtown march by anarchists protesting the de(...)
Three Metro police officers were injured and 31 demonstrators were arrested as violence flared during a downtown march by anarchists protesting the de(...)
Griffin, Doug
7/4/1988
Thousands march yesterday in downtown Toronto celebrating Macedonia's declaration on Nov
Thousands march yesterday in downtown Toronto celebrating Macedonia's declaration on Nov
Spremo, Boris
11/22/1992
Pogey protest: Demonstrators rally outside Conservative party headquarters in downtown Toronto yesterday to protest federal government plans to restrict and cut unemployment insurance benefits
Pogey protest: Demonstrators rally outside Conservative party headquarters in downtown Toronto yesterday to protest federal government plans to restrict and cut unemployment insurance benefits
Lautens, Richard
2/9/1993
Image shows homeowners from Willowdale protesting and holding placards that read " burn th…
Hostile Homeowners from Willowdale; holding placards high; jam North York council chamber last night to protest North York Mayor James Service's plan to turn their residential neighborhood into a downtown area. [Incomplete]
Service, James Ditson, 1924-2014
2/24/1969
Getting the message, Greenpeace signs against car pollutions greet motorists heading downtown on the Gardiner Expressway today. The environment group (...)
Getting the message, Greenpeace signs against car pollutions greet motorists heading downtown on the Gardiner Expressway today. The environment group (...)
Stawicki, Andrew
6/10/1991
Better Aids Care Demanded, Activists demanding improved health care and drug funding for AIDS patients demonstrate yesterday outside downtown health m(...)
Better Aids Care Demanded, Activists demanding improved health care and drug funding for AIDS patients demonstrate yesterday outside downtown health m(...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
9/21/1991
Guards demand better pensions, About 200 angry jail guards picket outside a downtown government building today in a protest over contract talks. The g(...)
Guards demand better pensions, About 200 angry jail guards picket outside a downtown government building today in a protest over contract talks. The g(...)
Lennon, Frank
4/6/1989
Fashion statement: A visitor to Muironeyville in downtown Toronto yesterday makes his feelings clear about the federal government's policies and politicians
Fashion statement: A visitor to Muironeyville in downtown Toronto yesterday makes his feelings clear about the federal government's policies and politicians
Madonik, Rick
8/6/1991
A new low?, Teachers, parents and students protest Ontario Bill 127 in downtown Toronto
A new low?, Teachers, parents and students protest Ontario Bill 127 in downtown Toronto
Darrell, Dick
6/24/1982