Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Canada's International Year: The year that wasn't? - Embassy


Canada's International Year: The year that wasn't?
Embassy
The highlights were to be the Vancouver Winter Olympics and the G8 and G20 summits in Muskoka and Toronto, respectively. A year later, Melissa Lantsman, ...


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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Private security firm hired for G8/G20 summits

Miles of fencing has been constructed around Huntsville's Deerhurst Resort, with the message and intent to stop protesters from disrupting the G8 conference slated for early next month.


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Saturday, December 11, 2010

'Bubbles' exchange between protester, police blows up online

A soap bubble floating toward a heavily armed police line during the G20 summit in Toronto last month was apparently dangerous enough to prompt one police officer to threaten the playful bubble blower with arrest.


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Security officials woo Huntsville residents ahead of G8 summit

The security compound that will house the G8 Summit police officers and military personnel is shown in Huntsville June 1, 2010.


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Thursday, December 9, 2010

It pays to shop downtown

As another year comes to a close for us here in Huntsville and the businesses want to thank you for shopping downtown.


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Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Reader claims we have been had over G8 legacy lighting

Has everybody taken a look at the sporty new solar streetlights on the new section of road that connects Centre Street with Haynes Road lately? There are five of these lights here.


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Feds on G20's sweeping police powers: Wasn't Me

Federal Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said Wednesday he knew nothing about the Ontario government's decision to give police in Toronto sweeping powers during the G20 summit.


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