Naked Gun star Leslie Neilsen passes at age 84
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Muhammad Ali arrives to downtown Toronto hotel on eve of appearing at David Foster fundraiser
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Emmy winner Jim Parsons of Big Bang Theory begins a busy day of Canadian press and interviews
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Leah Pinsent plants a big kiss on dad Gordon at annual Canadian Film Centre Barbecue
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Canada’s Next Top Model, Meaghan Waller leads a cast of 15 top Canadian designers for 2010 White Cashmere Collection [PHOTOS]
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William Shatner says hello to director David Cronenberg before greeting thousands at Fan Expo Canada in Toronto
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Marvel comics creator STAN LEE signs autographs for big crowds at Fan Expo Canada in Toronto
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Former Guns N’ Roses drummer Steven Adler in Toronto autographs Appetite For Destruction vinyl
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Celebrity grand marshall Greg Kinnear on way to wave checkered flag for start of Honda Indy Toronto
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Anti-poverty activists occupy Liberal Party Offices at 10 Mary St. in Toronto
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Actors NOAH REID & ALLIE MacDONALD at TIFF press conference announcing 2010 opening night film SCORE: A Hockey Musical
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TIFF co-directors Piers Handling and Cameron Bailey after press conference for SCORE: A Hockey Musical
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The Queen of England arrives at Legislative Buildings of Queen’s Park in Toronto
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Maceo Parker pays homage to friend and playing mentor Ray Charles during 2010 Toronto Jazz Festival
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Canadian blues guitarist Colin James joins Mavis Staples in surprise appearance at TD Toronto Jazz Festival
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Police Cars burn on Queen St. during violent protests on G20 Saturday in Toronto
June 29, 2010 by Richard Budman · Leave a Comment
RELATED – BLOG: My G20 Saturday – protests, violence, & chasing Black Bloc protesters.
Noted activist and protester Julian Ichim is stopped from entering Allan Gardens for G20 demonstrations until searched by Toronto police
June 26, 2010 by Richard Budman · Leave a Comment
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Welcome to the 2010 G20 Summit in Toronto – Police and Security ready, trained and waiting
June 23, 2010 by Richard Budman · Leave a Comment
RELATED: BLOG: Darker days ahead?
Protesters demonstrate in Toronto’s Allan Gardens days ahead of Toronto’s G20 Summit
June 22, 2010 by Richard Budman · Leave a Comment
RELATED: BLOG: Darker days ahead?
BLOG: Shooting the G20 – Was Monday’s first official march in downtown Toronto a taste of darker things to come?
June 21, 2010 by Richard Budman · 2 Comments
Not sure yet what the G20 Summit will bring to Toronto this week. But I hope to walk around the city each day and see what photo opportunities present themselves and write up a daily blog on the impact this huge event is having on the city and it’s peoples.
One obvious photo op every one is chasing is the inevitable showdown between police and protesters. When I decided to check out the first “official” G20 demonstration in Allan Gardens (or “community mobilization” as the protesters like to call it) I didn’t expect a small gathering of demonstrators, police, and media on a beautiful day in the park would spill out onto the streets in the first dramatic displays of the effects of the G20 Summit on the city.
The march and demonstration was relatively peaceful today. The protesters probably numbered at best 200. Number of police, at times, seemed to almost match that. But I did wonder if this demonstration today marching through the downtown core was ten or twenty times larger – I sensed their would have been some destruction and trouble.
Day started out easy enough. By the called for 2pm start-time, police and media outnumbered the protesters
It’s when the demonstration started their move to a march that it became interesting for police and media
At first, it appeared the police were not letting the demonstration march out of Allan Gardens. Protesters talked, cops relented, media recorded.
Thought it was interesting how the police used their bikes to create a make-shift fence and route the protesters.
The protest briefly occupied an Esso gas station at Dundas and Church streets. I was surprised that cops NEVER went into the store and intervened.
Reporters ended up getting their shots. Reporting LIVE! from a protest!
Showdown! at Sherbourne & Dundas st. Protesters wanted to continue south, police forced the route west onto Dundas st.