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Man Faces 26 Charges Related To G20

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.16.2013 | Canada
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TORONTO - Toronto police say they've charged a 27-year-old New York City man with 26 offences arising from the G20 Summit in Toronto in June 2010.Inve...

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American Faces G20 Charges

CP | Linda Shearman, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.29.2013 | Canada Politics
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TORONTO - An American man has been charged with several offences in connection with incidents at the G20 Summit in June 2010, Toronto police said Wedn...

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Harper's Seven Top Screw-Ups in Seven Years

Rachel Décoste | Posted 03.26.2013 | Canada Politics
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Rachel Décoste

January 23 marks seven years since Stephen Harper was first elected Prime Minister of Canada. As the PM took the opportunity to pat himself on the back in tweeting his self-assessed greatest accomplishments, perhaps the seven-year itch is the right time to recognize PM Harper's biggest blunders.

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We Should Be Proud of Pint-Sized Protestors

Danielle S. McLaughlin | Posted 02.28.2013 | Canada Politics
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Danielle S. McLaughlin

Recently, I heard a Grade 6 student explain that he and his friends had walked out of school to protest against a government measure that they believed had resulted in their teachers' rights being taken away. The principal was not impressed. I think we should be very impressed. What are our children in Canada seeing in the streets of our cities and towns? Idle No More, Occupy, protests in Ontario and Quebec by teachers and students -- and remember the G-20 protests in Toronto in 2010? While some of us looked the other way, the children are still watching.

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Strip Joint Among Businesses Reimbursed For G20

CP | Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.30.2012 | Canada Business
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OTTAWA - The federal government has reimbursed a Toronto strip club that lost money when the city hosted the G20 summit.Newly released figures show Za...

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Hairy Legs Profiling At G20?

CP | Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press | Posted 09.30.2012 | Canada
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TORONTO - Women claiming to have been profiled because of their hairy legs are among a group of seven people planning to serve a $1.4-million claim ag...

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'Zero Remorse For G20 Rampage

CP | Posted 09.18.2012 | Canada
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TORONTO -- An unrepentant vandal was sent to jail for 11 months Thursday after the judge delivered a scathing assessment of her role in the destructio...

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Hundreds Of G20 Arrests Processed By ONE Officer

CBC | Posted 08.28.2012 | Canada
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When Toronto police arrested hundreds of people during the G20 summit two years ago, they took them to a temporary processing facility where just a si...

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G20: Police Oversight Body Was In Dark

CP | Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press | Posted 08.28.2012 | Canada
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TORONTO - The civilian agency responsible for overseeing Toronto's police force failed to live up to its responsibilities when it came to policing the...

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'Mistakes Were Made' By G20 Toronto Police Service Board

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 08.28.2012 | Canada Politics
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Toronto Police Slammed In G20 Report

CP | Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press | Posted 07.15.2012 | Canada Politics
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TORONTO - Police violated civil rights, detained people illegally and used excessive force during the G20 summit two years ago, a new report concludes...

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Communication Breakdown

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.26.2012 | Canada Politics
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ORILLIA, Ont. - A report on security at the G8 and G20 summits in 2010 says there was some confusion when Ontario Provincial Police were unexpectedly ...

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Police Union Vows To Block G20 Charges

CBC | Posted 03.21.2012 | Canada
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The head of the Toronto Police Association says he intends to challenge any attempt to lay disciplinary charges against five officers inv...

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Charge G20 Officers, Police Watchdog Orders

CBC | Posted 03.20.2012 | Canada
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Ontario's top police complaints watchdog has concluded five officers involved in the now infamous arrest of G20 protester Adam Nobody sho...

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Swarmed By Toronto Police On His Way To Church

CBC | Posted 01.28.2012 | Canada
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A Toronto man who was arrested on his way to church has settled a financial claim against the police. Jason Wall, 25, was wal...

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Occupy Toronto: Memo to Police--"Oh Behave!"

Justin Beach | Posted 12.13.2011 | Canada Politics
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Justin Beach

With Occupy Toronto approaching, I wrote a letter to Toronto Police and asked others to sign on. The letter listed many of the abuses of the G20 and asked the police not to repeat their mistakes. It asked them to behave calmly, rationally and professionally. My goal was 2,500 and I'd managed to push past 200 signatures.

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Police Board Refuses To Promote Toronto G20 Officers

CBC | Posted 11.02.2011 | Canada
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The Toronto Police Services Board has taken the unprecedented step of turning down promotions for nine officers, all of whom were discipl...

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You Still Have Some Explainin' to Do, Toronto Police Brass!

Stephen LeDrew | Posted 08.27.2011 | Canada
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Stephen LeDrew

The G20 report does not answer those questions that embarrass rank-and-file officers and still make the average citizen shake their heads. Torontonians of all walks of life deserve better -- Chief Blair should come clean.

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A Year Later, G20 Toronto Riot Marked With March

CP | Posted 08.25.2011 | Canada
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THE CANADIAN PRESS -- TORONTO - Hundreds of people marked the one year anniversary of the G20 riots in Toronto by holding a rally at the Ontario legis...

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Canada's National Shame

Stephen LeDrew | Posted 08.18.2011 | Canada
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Stephen LeDrew

Is this what policing in Canada has come to? Let the thugs take over and then ask the public for clues? If the rank-and-file officers in Vancouver are anything like those in Toronto, they are embarrassed by their leadership.

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G8-G20: Police Made Millions

CBC | Dave Seglins | Posted 07.30.2011 | Canada
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(CBC) Police officers from forces outside the Greater Toronto Area brought in to work at last summer's G8 and G20 summits made millions of dollars thr...

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