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  • A showdown is inevitable

    11/16/2011 5:34:47 AM PST · by Clive · 6 replies
    Toronto Sun ^ | 2011-11-16 | Joe Warmington
    Perhaps Justice David M. Brown does not live in the vicinity of St. James Park and its stench of outhouses, a burning fire and bongs of marijuana. However, from the bench of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, he has allowed all of it to continue. At least for now. Talk about throwing a wrench into the spokes for all of those hoping to bring the occupation to a rapid conclusion. “I think the most appropriate way to balance the interests of all concerned is to maintain the status quo for a very short period of time,” Brown said, while...
  • London cops clear Occupy camp; Toronto could be next (London Ontario Canada)

    11/09/2011 7:28:58 PM PST · by Clive · 5 replies
    Police in London, Ont., removed Occupy protesters from a city park early Wednesday, and officials in Toronto, Vancouver and Ottawa suggested they're ready to follow suit. Dozens of officers in London surrounded the park at about 12:30 a.m., as Day 18 of the anti-corporate-greed protest began. Police were back Wednesday night and a man with his leg in a cast was forcibly pulled from a tent, the first arrest in the Occupy London protest. The city had ordered the protesters to vacate the park by 6 p.m. Tuesday, and told them they'd be charged with trespassing after 10 p.m. But...
  • Drug overdose reported at Occupy Toronto site (different than Friday's overdose death)

    11/09/2011 7:15:52 PM PST · by Libloather · 10 replies
    City TV ^ | 11/09/11 | Shawne McKeown
    Drug overdose reported at Occupy Toronto site11/09/2011 | Shawne McKeown, CityNews.ca A man was rushed to hospital after he suffered a reported drug overdose Tuesday at Occupy Toronto’s home base at a downtown park. The incident happened after a 23-year-old woman was found dead at the Occupy Vancouver site Friday after an overdose. Paramedics in Toronto were called to St. James Park, at King and Church streets, late Tuesday morning to take the man, said to be in his 20s, to hospital, according to published reports. His condition wasn’t said to be life-threatening.
  • For Your Amusement: 17 Occutard Cartoons

    11/09/2011 8:53:09 AM PST · by peopleofows · 22 replies
    People of OWS ^ | 11/09/2011 | Spotter
    Hi, folks. Here's a collection of some of the better Occutard political cartoons I've come across. Hope you enjoy! 17 Occutard 'Toons