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| Canada police make explosives arrest before G8/G20 |
| 2010-06-24 |
| Police said on Wednesday they have charged a Toronto man with possession of explosives as security tightens in the run-up to the G8 and G20 summits of world leaders in Canada later this week. Police said a 37-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday and is facing several charges including possession of explosives for unlawful purposes, attempted mischief and intimidation of the justice system. The Integrated Security Unit did not disclose what, if any, direct threat the man may have posed to the summits. The Group of Eight meeting starts on Thursday in Huntsville, a lake district resort town in northern Ontario. The G20 meeting will follow in Toronto. Police using a search warrant raided the Toronto house where the man was arrested, police said in a news release. He was scheduled to make a court appearance on Wednesday afternoon, local media reported. Officials expect the summits to be the subject of a range of protests, with the leaders protected by a C$1 billion (643.4 million pound) security plan under which areas of downtown Toronto have been fenced off. There is already a heavy police presence in the centre of the city. Three people were arrested earlier this month in connection with an arson attack on a bank branch in Ottawa. An anarchist group claimed responsibility and said it also planned to disrupt the G20 summit. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 think they'll have a puppet of Soros or Chaves? No, they pull the strings |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-06-24 23:09 |
| #9 It wouldn't be a proper G8 summit without some broken shop windows, seething anarchists, an explosion or two and some giant puppets. Man, I *luv* them giant puppets. Do you think they'll have the little pink tank? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2010-06-24 22:26 |
| #8 The security costs alone have passed $1 billion CDN. Lot of Canadians are asking how that is value for money. Conservative Stephen Harper has a lot to answer for. Just Google fake lake |
| Posted by: Skunky Glins**** 2010-06-24 17:37 |
| #7 "allowing some real work to be done" Are you sure that's what you want from the G8/G20 clowns, OP? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-06-24 15:17 |
| #6 I think all these "conferences" should be held on Bermuda, and all the delegates be housed in a cruise ship. It would do wonders for Bermuda's economy, there wouldn't be many "protesters", and with the scenery never changing, quite a few of the entourage would drop away, allowing some real work to be done. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2010-06-24 13:47 |
| #5 You could have the summit in Newfoundland but then you'd have to 'screetch in' all the deligates. I'm not too sure that Obama is game for kissing a codfish. |
| Posted by: Chemist 2010-06-24 11:06 |
| #4 There's a place called Thousand Islands near Kingston, ON. No shortage of islands there for a summit. It's a few hours drive from Toronto. |
| Posted by: Chemist 2010-06-24 11:03 |
| #3 Crème brûlée of foie gras with Tonga beans Ravioli with guinea fowl and burrata cheese, veal reduction Imperial gingerbread pyramid with caramel and salted butter ice-cream And then down to business ... Has my room got a view . |
| Posted by: Oscar 2010-06-24 03:50 |
| #2 Newfoundland springs to mind. I lived in St Johns as a young lad (Dad was U.S.Army) it's nicely out of the way, usualy frozen except July when the temperature gets up around 55-60 or so. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2010-06-24 01:33 |
| #1 Doesn't Canada have a spare island or two where the G8 and G20 could assemble & not horribly inconvenience law-abiding Canadians? |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-06-24 00:58 |