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stanley cup a calf being born in the farm exhibit.A genuine gee-whiz moment. Not something city folk see every day.I covered that years Ex for the Toronto Star and there were so many gee-whiz moments I was hard-pressed to decide which to focus on for my daily piece. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW I was there again as a reporter in 2006. Finding stories was harder. High spot was the human cannonball. But the CNE had shrunk and they were doing less with less.If Id been working last year when I visit
stanley cup ed, what would I have covered Apart from the latest outlandish foodstuff to be deep-fried ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW The spiraling number of booths selling cut-price perfume and cheap socks The Ex as flea market As the Stars Francine Kopun reported Thursday, COVID-19 has put the CNEs future in serious doubt. Without government money it may not survive past 2021. ARTICLE CONTINUE
kubki stanley S BELOW I tell myself Id be sorry to see it go. But maybe after 141 years, its time. . . ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW I used to love the CNE. Ive gone every year since I moved to Toronto in 1982.I loved the cheap food. I loved the special attractions 鈥?the Canadian Helldrivers stunt show, the lumberjack competition, the pregnant cows. I even enjoyed trying to figure out who bought all those ho Hgvb Could have been a knock-down-drag-out fight, Halton Hills council passes Vision Georgetown secondary plan
Two Hamilton city councillors have joined calls to cut the police budget to reinvest funds in other services amid outrage over the deaths of racialized people in custody. Today, were here at the request of thousands of residents that we serve to add our support to the call to defund the police and prioritize investing in community safety and in well-being, Nrinder Nann said live on Facebook with colleague Maureen Wilson on Wednesday. Hamiltonians have heard the call and are responding, Wilson added, noting nearly 4,000 have signed a petition calling on council to defund police. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW The death of George Floyd in Minneapolis 鈥?after a police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes 鈥?has sparked an international movement to reform police and slash budgets. In Hamilton, rallies have taken to streets and parks to protest police violence and anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism.
stanley cup We are not proposing any quick and easy fixes here because there arent any, Nann later told The Spectator via email. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Wilson noted they have no plans to formalize their call for police reform through a motion to council. We are listening intently and working towards solutions. Last week, the police board asked staff to examine the service implica
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