Posts Tagged ‘G-20 major economies’
Toronto Pride Parade
Image via Wikipedia The Pride Parade this weekend will likely gather a huge crowd this year along Yonge Street. In 2009, the event attracted an estimated one million people who contributed about $136 Million dollars to Toronto and unlike G20 we didn't have to board up any stores or buy a sound canon. In our view Pride Parade represents [...]
Toronto Police Sound Canon
But on a serious note, now that G20 is over what are we going to do the with sound canon? Does the police need to fine tune the sound each year? Did it actually work? We are not sure why it was not used last Sunday? Perhaps it doesn't work well in the rain. It is a mystery. Happy Canada Day Everyone ! Related articles by Zemanta Rights [...]
G8 and G20 Accomplishments, Public View and Impact on Toronto?
Image via Wikipedia Lets review the events of the past few days and see what has been accomplished after spending a billion dollars and having an estimated 19,000 law enforcement officers protecting the summits. Here are the key areas discussed at the summits: The European-turned-global financial crisis. Devastation to trade, [...]
G20 Toronto – Raw Street News
jeanmarcotte: RT @JacquieSicluna: Despite all the negativity w #G20 can we pls take a moment 2 B grateful and proud of what the Toronto Police do 4 us ... on June 22 at 09:48 p.m. jpuopolo: Nations are foes in G20 Cup - http://bit.ly/c9aOvC on June 22 at 09:36 p.m. jenniestanford: RT @laurakmiller: hey protestors. spray painting the war [...]
G20 Summit – Toronto Metro Convention Center
The Summit is held at 255 Front Street West, Toronto, ON. It is identified by letter A in the map below. View Larger Map Related articles by Zemanta Toronto hotel workers count strike vote (cbc.ca) Security cameras installed for G20 (cbc.ca) Hotel workers vote to strike with G20 looming (thestar.com) McGuinty balks at summit security [...]
Toronto G20 Summit – June 26, 27
The cost of two day G20 summit conference in Toronto on June 26, 27 is expected to reach $1 Billion. Almost all the bill is covered by the Federal government. Vehicular traffic restriction zone covers the area south of King St. W., between Spadina Ave. and Yonge St.. Access to street portions inside the Controlled Access Zone will be closed. [...]
