Starting yesterday morning and moving on into today, Toronto has had a 30-hour period that can only be described as tragic and weird. We’ve already noted the anti-EDL scuffle where a police officer was injured, and the farce of the hastily written TTC budget. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the worst of the news over the past day and a bit. Here, a roundup of one of the strangest days we’ve ever seen in Toronto news.
In case anyone was wondering, it’s January 12th. It’s going to be a long, long 2011.
• Standoff on Yonge Street ends with arrest of two men [Globe and Mail] • Arrest after 2 Toronto bomb scares [CBC News] • Teen Taken To Hospital After Stabbing At Brampton High School [CP24] • Halton Catholic policy and GSA ban remains in effect [Xtra] • City pulls $10,000 offer for Hazel 90th bash [Toronto Star] • Toronto policeman killed by stolen snowplow [CBC News]
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