Police chief stands by decision to deploy sniper at St. Patrick's Day street party in Waterloo, Ont.
The Waterloo Regional Police Service's chief is standing by the decision to deploy a tactical officer to an unsanctioned St. Patrick's Day street party in Waterloo, Ont., after sightings of what appeared to be a sniper were post...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/police-chief-stands-by-decision-to-deploy-sniper-at-st-patrick-s-day-street-party-in-waterloo-ont-9.7133587?cmp=rss
Police ask public to avoid Waterloo's university district as crowds gather for St. Patrick's Day party
Waterloo regional police are asking people to avoid the area of Marshall Street and Regina Street North due to crowds of people moving through the area. The area typically sees hundreds of people gather for unsanctioned pa...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/police-ask-public-to-avoid-waterloo-s-university-district-as-crowds-gather-for-st-patrick-s-day-party-9.7129210?cmp=rss
Waterloo declares 'community safety event' to prevent unsanctioned St. Patrick's Day street parties
The City of Waterloo has declared a "community safety event" that will start at 12:01 a.m. Saturday in an effort to curb unsanctioned street parties that have become common on or near St. Patrick's Day.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/waterloo-community-safety-event-st-patricks-day-street-parties-9.7124577?cmp=rss
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A drop of sweat ran into Ty's eye.
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The dwellings in the #unsanctioned settlement were a jumble of tarps, corrugated metal, scrapwood. Reporter Natan, making his way down the narrow paths between them, looked for one with a length of red gauze hung over the threshold: Granny Jata's place. Finding it, he called out a greeting.

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Is This Anything?

A companion podcast to "My Brother, My Brother, and Me" where I take the listener questions submitted to The Brothers and actually try to answer them. Each episode would be no more than two minutes long. I’d call it: “Me, Myself, Just Me: An Unsanctioned MBMBaM Companion.”

Hashtags:
#iTA #isThisAnything #MBMBaM #podcastidea #comedy #microcast #bitidea #parody #unsanctioned #shortformcontent

Did you know that #MicrosoftEdge's new tab page relies on msn.com so heavily that when you set #MSN #unsanctioned in Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps you can't use the new tab page anymore?

This is gonna be fun.

Man jailed in Turkey for 20 days just because he ‘looked gay’

A gay Portuguese man claims he was arrested in Istanbul, Turkey and held for 20 days in jail, just because he “looked gay”.

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When Crosswalks Go Rogue

Activists are painting unsanctioned DIY crosswalks at intersections in cities like Seattle and LA. Transportation officials should understand why.

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