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Live audio feed- Red Friday in Toronto (Support our troops)
CFRB Radio ^

Posted on 09/29/2006 8:49:36 AM PDT by Squawk 8888

Broadcasting live from Yonge/Dundas Square now- rally begins at noon EDT.


TOPICS: Canada; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: rally; trooprally
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1 posted on 09/29/2006 8:49:37 AM PDT by Squawk 8888
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To: GMMAC; fanfan; Clive; headsonpikes; goldstategop

(((.)))


2 posted on 09/29/2006 8:50:20 AM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Pluto's been marginalized! Call the ACLU!)
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To: Squawk 8888

You mean Ontarians are having a protest that doesn't involve ball-babying? Cool! (I'm an American who lived in Toronto for 4 years, and I saw enough silly leftist demonstrations there to last a lifetime.)


3 posted on 09/29/2006 9:00:59 AM PDT by dinoparty
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To: dinoparty

Methinks that should have been "bawl-babying". My bad.


4 posted on 09/29/2006 9:01:35 AM PDT by dinoparty
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To: Squawk 8888; GMMAC; Pikamax; Former Proud Canadian; Great Dane; Alberta's Child; headsonpikes; ...
Canada ping.

Please send me a FReepmail to get on or off this Canada ping list.

5 posted on 09/29/2006 9:05:22 AM PDT by fanfan ("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
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To: Squawk 8888

Are you not able to go?


6 posted on 09/29/2006 9:05:44 AM PDT by fanfan ("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
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To: dinoparty
You mean Ontarians are having a protest

It's not a protest.

It's a support the troops rally.

7 posted on 09/29/2006 9:06:35 AM PDT by fanfan ("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
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To: fanfan

Stuck at the office :-((


8 posted on 09/29/2006 9:07:25 AM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Pluto's been marginalized! Call the ACLU!)
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To: Squawk 8888

Bump


9 posted on 09/29/2006 9:11:16 AM PDT by kanawa
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To: Squawk 8888; kanawa
And Kanawa's car broke down.
I wonder if any FReepers made it.
10 posted on 09/29/2006 9:16:59 AM PDT by fanfan ("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
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To: GMMAC; Squawk 8888; kanawa

The CFRB traffic guy just said thousands are there.

Way to go Toronto!


11 posted on 09/29/2006 9:32:53 AM PDT by fanfan ("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
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The reporterette just said around 1400 in attendance.
12 posted on 09/29/2006 10:03:48 AM PDT by fanfan ("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
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To: fanfan

Another loss- RIP

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1710723/posts


13 posted on 09/29/2006 10:05:59 AM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Pluto's been marginalized! Call the ACLU!)
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To: Squawk 8888

RIP


14 posted on 09/29/2006 10:16:58 AM PDT by fanfan ("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
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To: fanfan
First pictures coming in.....


15 posted on 09/29/2006 10:22:23 AM PDT by fanfan ("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
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From CTV News

Hundreds of people gathered at Yonge-Dundas Square over the noon-hour Friday to take part in a rally of support for Canadian troops in Afghanistan.

The gathering is a sea of red, as participants were asked to wear that specific colour.

Those attending included families of soldiers currently serving in the war-torn country, as well as wounded troops who have returned from their tours of duty.

Parents of fallen soldiers were also scheduled to attend the 'Red Friday' event and deliver speeches.

The parents of Orillia's Mike McTeague, who was wounded in a suicide bomb strike that killed four Canadian soldiers on Sept. 18, were also expected to speak.

His father, Sean, told CTV's Austin Delaney his son is still in the intensive care unit at Sunnybrook Hospital and is not well enough to watch the event on the television.

But Sean was excited to be a part of the rally.

"I'd just like to see a great turnout. Our members of the Canadian Armed Forces are part of our community, they serve us, just like the police, fire department, paramedics, doctors and nurses," he said.

"So it's an opportunity just to come out again to (praise) another special group of people who make Canada look good, and to come out and be proud, and say 'thank you.'"

Ties, baseball hats and Roots shirts were some of the red articles of clothing worn at the rally, and supporters waved Canadian flags.

Gordon Lightfoot was expected to attend as well, but it was not clear if he was going to perform.

The event wraps up at 1 p.m.


16 posted on 09/29/2006 10:23:35 AM PDT by fanfan ("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
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The CFRB hosts are disappointed with the turn out.

1400.


17 posted on 09/29/2006 10:31:12 AM PDT by fanfan ("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
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To: fanfan; Pikamax; Former Proud Canadian; Great Dane; Alberta's Child; headsonpikes; Ryle; ...

Unfortunately, I couldn't make it to the rally due to a
time conflict in meeting a plane at Pearson Airport.
To make amends, here's today's Toronto Sun front page:


18 posted on 09/29/2006 10:32:42 AM PDT by GMMAC (Discover Canada governed by Conservatives: www.CanadianAlly.com)
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To: fanfan

Sad. Toronto is the Liberal Mecca, but to be outdone by tiny Ottawa is a poor reflection of the people there.


19 posted on 09/29/2006 11:20:16 AM PDT by Grig
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To: Grig

The population comparison:

City of Toronto - 2.5 million
City of Ottawa - 820,000

Toronto metro - 5.6 million
Ottawa metro - 1.3 million (about 25% of which is in Quebec)

Another factor is you have to go much farther from downtown Toronto - about 50-60 miles - to get into a conservative area, while you need to go less than 15 miles from Parliament Hill to get into such.

Were there any anti-war protestors there?


20 posted on 09/29/2006 11:31:02 AM PDT by Heartofsong83
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