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Flag flying: Ruby and Wally Hamilton of Scarborough watch as rainbow flag is raised for first time at City Hall yesterday prior to Pride Day parade Sunday
Flag flying: Ruby and Wally Hamilton of Scarborough watch as rainbow flag is raised for first time at City Hall yesterday prior to Pride Day parade Sunday

Flag flying: Ruby and Wally Hamilton of Scarborough watch as rainbow flag is raised for first time at City Hall yesterday prior to Pride Day parade Sunday

Date6/21/1993
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0128135F
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For first time the Red Ensign in raised on the city hall flag pole by civic employee Malcolm Bell, replacing traditional Union Jack. Edgar Norris, cit(...)
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Tejinder Singh Kaloe, 36 (left), a Hamilton businessman described as a lieutenant in the Babbar Khalsa, leaves a Hamilton court with lawyer Clayton Ruby beside him
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