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A tense vigil ends happily for John Nielson, 29, of Kitchener as he leaves Toronto International Airport today with his pregnant wife, Lynn, and his 1(...)
A tense vigil ends happily for John Nielson, 29, of Kitchener as he leaves Toronto International Airport today with his pregnant wife, Lynn, and his 1(...)

A tense vigil ends happily for John Nielson, 29, of Kitchener as he leaves Toronto International Airport today with his pregnant wife, Lynn, and his 1(...)

Date11/13/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: A tense vigil ends happily for John Nielson; 29; of Kitchener as he leaves Toronto International Airport today with his pregnant wife; Lynn; and his 17-month-old son; David; both of whom had been on board the hijacked Air Canada plane. They; and 116 other passengers; were released by hijacker in U.S.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0120280F
Facing Charge of hijacking a jet from Labrador to Montreal last night, 21-year-old Larry Maxwell Stanford leaves Dorval police cells for his court app(...)
Facing Charge of hijacking a jet from Labrador to Montreal last night, 21-year-old Larry Maxwell Stanford leaves Dorval police cells for his court app(...)
12/15/1972
Lee Matthews of Port Burwell leaves the building where hijackers dumped him after stealing his truck loaded with 317 cases of cigarettes. Matthews was(...)
Lee Matthews of Port Burwell leaves the building where hijackers dumped him after stealing his truck loaded with 317 cases of cigarettes. Matthews was(...)
1/18/1978
Terror in the air during foiled hijacking of an Israeli El Al airlines jet is recounted at Toronto International Airport as David Meranda greets his w(...)
Terror in the air during foiled hijacking of an Israeli El Al airlines jet is recounted at Toronto International Airport as David Meranda greets his w(...)
9/7/1970
Newsmen crowd around police at Toronto Airport terminal early today after Southern Airways DC-9 jetliner was hijacked by three men and forced to fly t(...)
Newsmen crowd around police at Toronto Airport terminal early today after Southern Airways DC-9 jetliner was hijacked by three men and forced to fly t(...)
11/11/1972
Tortured. By Peter Rickwood Toronto Star. A 33-year-old Canadian Sikh say he got on help from the Canadian High Commission when police in India detained and tortured him as he was about to fly home. Dalbar Sidhu, a Kitchener auto worker, told a Toronto news conference yesterday he was held at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport for two days. He claims he was denied foor and seep, was threatened with revolver and had his fingernails pulled and hair tugged out of his beard and scalp. His wife Satwant, who was travelling with him, contacted the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi after his arrest said. [Incomplete]
Tortured. By Peter Rickwood Toronto Star. A 33-year-old Canadian Sikh say he got on help from the Canadian High Commission when police in India detained and tortured him as he was about to fly home. Dalbar Sidhu, a Kitchener auto worker, told a Toronto news conference yesterday he was held at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport for two days. He claims he was denied foor and seep, was threatened with revolver and had his fingernails pulled and hair tugged out of his beard and scalp. His wife Satwant, who was travelling with him, contacted the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi after his arrest said. [Incomplete]
1/29/1986
Bus driver Joseph Kiomall wears a patch on injured eye after hijackers poured lighter fluid over him and threatened to set him, his bus and passengers(...)
Bus driver Joseph Kiomall wears a patch on injured eye after hijackers poured lighter fluid over him and threatened to set him, his bus and passengers(...)
10/31/1976
Probe ends, his work begins. Mr. Justice Campbell Grant (left) leaves court house with Tom Wilson, York County deputy sheriff, carrying his papers. Mr(...)
Probe ends, his work begins. Mr. Justice Campbell Grant (left) leaves court house with Tom Wilson, York County deputy sheriff, carrying his papers. Mr(...)
7/22/1968
He's running: Former Liberal finance minister John Turner leaves Pearson International Airport yesterday after flying from Ottawa, where he announced his candidacy for the Liberal party leadership
He's running: Former Liberal finance minister John Turner leaves Pearson International Airport yesterday after flying from Ottawa, where he announced his candidacy for the Liberal party leadership
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Welcome home: Relatives cluster around Shainaz Bhatia to shower her with hugs and kisses as she arrives at Pearson airport last night with her husband, Arif Gulamani, both on stretchers
Welcome home: Relatives cluster around Shainaz Bhatia to shower her with hugs and kisses as she arrives at Pearson airport last night with her husband, Arif Gulamani, both on stretchers
9/13/1986
Hijacker gives up at Montreal's Dorval Airport yesterday and is escorted from Air Canada Viscount by police
Hijacker gives up at Montreal's Dorval Airport yesterday and is escorted from Air Canada Viscount by police
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Airport sets up metal detector, Air Canada stewardess Shirley Paproski, of Winnipeg, passes through electronic gate, consisting of two poles connected(...)
Airport sets up metal detector, Air Canada stewardess Shirley Paproski, of Winnipeg, passes through electronic gate, consisting of two poles connected(...)
11/10/1970
Poles reunited in Canada, Stephen Przybyiski greets his wife Wiesia with a kiss while his son Marcin smiles happily during ar tion reunion at Toronto International Airport last night
Poles reunited in Canada, Stephen Przybyiski greets his wife Wiesia with a kiss while his son Marcin smiles happily during ar tion reunion at Toronto International Airport last night
12/10/1983