Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond.A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder.described as a senior, in shorts and a T-shirt, among a couple of dozen protesters. He wasit at horrified witnesses – one of whom was the man’s wife.
. Another officer was seen to take out his CEW device while encouraging people to retreat. A second personUPDATE: Protestor Billy Dalton is back home after being tased by Ottawa Police near Parliament Hill earlier today. He's had two previous heart attacks. His wife vocally informed police of his medical conditions. He was not resisting police nor did he initiate the confrontation.
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