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Office closed: Dr. Louis Myers closes up shop on Brunswick Ave. as doctors across the province start an open-ended strike. This latest move intensifies their protest against extra billing and officials hope for at least the 60-per-cent response they got in last month's two-day walkout.
Office closed: Dr. Louis Myers closes up shop on Brunswick Ave. as doctors across the province start an open-ended strike. This latest move intensifies their protest against extra billing and officials hope for at least the 60-per-cent response they got in last month's two-day walkout.

Office closed: Dr. Louis Myers closes up shop on Brunswick Ave. as doctors across the province start an open-ended strike. This latest move intensifies their protest against extra billing and officials hope for at least the 60-per-cent response they got in last month's two-day walkout.

Date6/11/1986
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6/7/1989
Chris Southgate: Director of the Metro police association, who estimates at least 15 per cent of police officers have drinking problems, says they need a separate facility where a man can see doctors in complete anonymity
Chris Southgate: Director of the Metro police association, who estimates at least 15 per cent of police officers have drinking problems, says they need a separate facility where a man can see doctors in complete anonymity
8/7/1981
Into the fray: St. Louis tough guy Charlie Bourgeois wades into battle against Toronto's Brad Smith, while Tom Fergus, referee Bob Myers and linesman (...)
Into the fray: St. Louis tough guy Charlie Bourgeois wades into battle against Toronto's Brad Smith, while Tom Fergus, referee Bob Myers and linesman (...)
3/3/1987
Discipline issue may have doctors marching on Queen's Park again as they did last year over extra-billing (above)
Discipline issue may have doctors marching on Queen's Park again as they did last year over extra-billing (above)
5/29/1986
Discipline issue may have doctors marching on Queen's Park again as they did last year over extra-billing (above)
Discipline issue may have doctors marching on Queen's Park again as they did last year over extra-billing (above)
6/16/1986
Information campaign: Striking doctors stood outside Exhibition Stadium yesterday to hand out literature on their reasons for their fight against extra-billing
Information campaign: Striking doctors stood outside Exhibition Stadium yesterday to hand out literature on their reasons for their fight against extra-billing
6/15/1986
Don River backdrop: NDP leader Bob Rae promised a law ensuring women and men get equal pay for similar jobs, to end doctors' extra-billing and cut tax breaks to big business
Don River backdrop: NDP leader Bob Rae promised a law ensuring women and men get equal pay for similar jobs, to end doctors' extra-billing and cut tax breaks to big business
4/10/1985
Opposing views: Showdown over extra-billing sets nurses and teachers (above) against doctors
Opposing views: Showdown over extra-billing sets nurses and teachers (above) against doctors
8/9/1967
Murray Elston: Health minister wants to deduct extra-billing from doctors' payments
Murray Elston: Health minister wants to deduct extra-billing from doctors' payments
4/15/1986
It opened when mortgages cost 4 per cent, it closes Friday, but Dorothy's ghost won't leave
It opened when mortgages cost 4 per cent, it closes Friday, but Dorothy's ghost won't leave
7/23/1982
The Axe has Fallen at Marmoraton Min 275 jobs will be lost in March when closes - that's nearly 66 per cent of the workforce in the village of Marmora(...)
The Axe has Fallen at Marmoraton Min 275 jobs will be lost in March when closes - that's nearly 66 per cent of the workforce in the village of Marmora(...)
1/4/1978
Dr. Earl Myers, The president of OMA says the right to extra bill is a question of freedom, not money. A feisty, fast-talking surgeon from Toronto, My(...)
Dr. Earl Myers, The president of OMA says the right to extra bill is a question of freedom, not money. A feisty, fast-talking surgeon from Toronto, My(...)
2/4/1986