Posted on 12/26/2018 5:13:05 PM PST by llevrok
A 7-year-old Ont. boy might have just added himself to next year’s naughty list after calling 911 for receiving snow pants as a Christmas gift.
Ontario Provincial Police Sgt. Kerry Schmidt -- who tweeted the incident -- said the call was placed in the early evening on Dec. 25.
He said the boy was upset with his present and wanted the police to help.
In a telephone interview on Wednesday, Schmidt told CTVNews.ca that the incident is "an awareness and educational moment" that prompts another reminder for parents and caregivers to talk to children about making 911 calls.
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I read stories such as this and think of our family’s Christmas 1943.
Also think of the others of the world, in those/these times.
For those that bitch about trivialities, I have no sympathy.
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