York Regional Police have laid charges against three people in connection with three separate incidents during a demonstration outside a synagogue in Vaughan on Thursday.
Pro-Palestinian protesters and pro-Israel counter-protesters lined up on opposite sides of the streetPolice said one man was taken into custody after being observed by officers allegedly carrying a knife. He has been identified as 40-year-old Kevin Haas of Markham and charged with possession of a weapon for a dangerous person.
The third incident began as a verbal fight between a man and a woman, police say. It escalated when the woman allegedly threatened to spray a coyote repellent at the man. She was quickly arrested. The hate crime prevention unit has been engaged, police say, adding that they take the incidents seriously and any form of hate crime will not be tolerated.Pro-Palestinian demonstrators were opposing an event at the synagogue, which they claimed included the promotion of real estate purchases in the West Bank - a territory Israel captured in 1967. Organizers of the event denied the claim.
Prince Albert RCMP seized more than 60 guns and 10,000 rounds of ammunition from a home in the Veillardville area Wednesday.Canadians don't usually worry about mosquitoes, ticks or other insects in early March. Yet the abnormally mild winter in the country could see some pests bug people earlier than usual in Canada, some entomologists say.
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