{"id":5272,"date":"2020-12-21T21:10:49","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T02:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=5272"},"modified":"2020-12-21T21:11:14","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T02:11:14","slug":"tory-medico-stalinist-tyranny-metro-toronto-cops-fine-organizer-of-santa-claus-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=5272","title":{"rendered":"Tory Medico-Stalinist Tyranny: Metro Toronto Cops Fine Organizer of Santa Claus Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Unsanctioned anti-lockdown Christmas protest held in Toronto<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheartradio.ca\/newstalk-1010\/author\/Author\/Heather Seaman\">\n                            \n                    \n  \n\n\n\n\n            \n            \n        \n\n            \n                                            \n                                        \n                            Heather Seaman\n                        <\/a>\n            \n                                                                                                                    Sunday, December 20th 2020 &#8211; 5:16 pm\n                                            \n                            \n        \n\n\n        \n                                        \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iheartradio.ca\/image\/policy:1.14205648:1608488948\/police-cruiser.jpg?f=default&amp;$p$f=610cf66\" alt=\"police cruiser\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p>An anti-lockdown Christmas protest made its way northbound along Yonge Street this afternoon, impacting city traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It started at Yonge-Dundas Square around 1 p.m. and headed&nbsp;north on Yonge, towards St. Clair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A couple hundred demonstrators participated&nbsp;&#8211; most of them not \nwearing masks or physical distancing &#8211; many of them with children in \ntow.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organizers say&nbsp;they disagree&nbsp;with the cancellation of the Santa Claus\n Parade, saying that &#8220;Christmas is essential.&#8221; They also disagree with \nthe restrictions on gatherings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Police and city officials warned&nbsp;people to stay away from the area as the procession made its way north.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our media partner CP24 said that a couple days ago,&nbsp;police tweeted \nthat this was not a sanctioned event, that no city permits had been \nissued.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police warned&nbsp;that commercial vehicles in the procession will be ticketed. It&#8217;s unclear how many tickets, if any, were issued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CP24 even spotted a couple trucks decked out for the holidays, including Santa on a float.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Toronto Police tweeted out about 1 p.m. today that the event \norganizer had&nbsp;been&nbsp;&#8220;identified and served a summons to appear in court, \nunder the Reopening Ontario Act&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The organizer has not been named, because this is not a criminal \ncharge. It will be up to a Justice of the Peace to determine a fine.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unsanctioned anti-lockdown Christmas protest held in Toronto Heather Seaman Sunday, December 20th 2020 &#8211; 5:16 pm An anti-lockdown Christmas protest made its way northbound along Yonge Street this afternoon, impacting city traffic. 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