Vandals hit Vancouver Olympic Countdown Clock with paint

Olympic vandals paint themselves into hot water Thu Aug. 28 2008 Darcy Wintonyk, ctvbc.ca Workers try to remove white paint from the Olympic Countdown Clock outside of Vancouver’s Art Gallery August 28, 2008. A group of vandals have hit Vancouver B.C.’s Olympic Countdown Clock. Police spokesperson Jana McGuinness says just after midnight Thursday they received [...]

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A Few Voices From the Woodsquat in Guelph

A Few Voices From the Woodsquat in Guelph [Posted by Anonymous on August 26, 2008, to friendsofgrassynarrows.com] First off we’d like to state that the following text is the work of a few individuals who take part in the occupation of the squat space and does not represent anyone but the authors of the text. [...]

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Schools vandalized in Kamloops and Barriere

Vandalism down, graffiti up at schools By Melissa Lampman – Kamloops This Week [British Columbia] Published: August 26, 2008 School District 73 saw a drop in vandalism on its properties, but is finding more graffiti than ever. During the 2007-2008 school year, the district spent nearly $40,000 on glass replacement, down from the 2005-2006 year [...]

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Guelph, Ontario: McDonalds attacked

Guelph, Ontario: McDonalds attacked [Posted by Anonymous, August 26, 2008, to no2010.com] On the afternoon of August 24, a McDonalds was attacked in Guelph Ontario. We cemented shut the pipes, disabling the toilet in the bathroom stall. We were inspired by a similar action in Victoria, BC on May 31 carried out against McDonalds because [...]

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Youth vandalism cancels Behchoko summer festival in the North

Youth vandalism cancels Behchoko summer festival Last Updated: Friday, August 22, 2008 CBC News North [Tlicho/Dene Nation territory, North West Territories] A popular summer festival in Behchoko, N.W.T., has been cancelled this week due to an ongoing rash of youth vandalism in the community, local officials say. The annual Happy Days Festival was supposed to [...]

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Schools attacked in Vernon and on Vancouver Island

Arson investigated at VSS By Richard Rolke – Vernon Morning Star [British Columbia] Published: August 19, 2008 Another Vernon school has been the target of arson. Firefighters arrived at Vernon Secondary School Sunday at 12:30 a.m. to find a stack of lumber on fire. “It did damage to the door frame of the shop and [...]

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Escape bid at Kingston Pen a bust

Poorly planned escape bid at Kingston Pen a bust MATTHEW TREVISAN From Wednesday’s Globe and Mail August 20, 2008 [Kingston, Ontario] Two federal inmates trying to escape from Kingston Penitentiary managed to get onto the roof of the maximum security prison and attach a homemade grappling hook to the razor wire near the walls before [...]

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Halifax bank trashed in anti-capitalist attack

Halifax bank trashed in anti-capitalist attack [Posted to 325collective.com] August 13, Halifax, Kanada – Bank trashed in anti-capitalist attack: “During the early morning hours of August 13th, the Toronto Dominion (TD) bank on the corner of Quinpool rd. and Monastery lane was rocked by five large stones, taking out several windows. This target was not [...]

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East Vancouver houses vandalized again

Houses vandalized again By MATT KIELTYKA, 24 HOURS Vancouver [British Columbia] August 12, 2008 Heritage homes in East Vancouver were once again the target of a vandal attack. Sometime Saturday night, police say suspects splattered paint on three renovated heritage homes in the 800 block of Gore Avenue. The culprits wrote “DIE YUPPIE SCUM” on [...]

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12 Montreal teens arrested for throwing rocks at police

12 Montreal teens arrested for throwing rocks at police Wednesday, August 13, 2008 CBC News [Quebec] Twelve Montreal youths face mischief charges after police cars were pelted with rocks Tuesday night in an east-end borough. A group of young people gathered in a park near 15th Avenue and Maurice-Duplessis Boulevard and started lobbing rocks at [...]

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