Cellphone photos recorded G20 mayhem

Release Date ‎Jun 18, 2011‎ in Toronto Sun

 
   
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'It's intoxicating': reformed rioter on 1994 chaos

CTV.ca - 20 Jun, 2011
A Surrey man who took part in the 1994 Stanley Cup riot as a teenager says he regrets what he did, and he's using his experience as a lesson for his children. Ian Welch was 15 when the Vancouver Canucks lost to the New York Rangers in Game 7 of the ...

I was there: A Province reporter's account of the Stanley Cup riot

The Province - Ian Austin - 20 Jun, 2011
Hockey fans riot Wednesday on Georgia Street after Game 7 of Stanley Cup final between Vancouver Canucks and the Boston Bruins. A sense of dread started early Wednesday evening. As the Vancouver Canucks ...

Toronto cops G20 'whipping boys'

Toronto Sun - Chris Doucette - 20 Jun, 2011
A year after the G20, public trust in the city's police is at an all-time low â€" and so is the morale of many officers. The situation has worsened with each new allegation of police brutality and little has been done to restore the faith in those sworn ...

Kaberle hopes to come back

ESPN (blog) - James Murphy - 20 Jun, 2011
BOSTON -- Defenseman Tomas Kaberle confirmed to the media Sunday that he would prefer to sign with the Bruins before he becomes an unrestricted free agent on July 1. “Obviously we're going to talk the next few days," Kaberle said. ...

Canucks players disgusted by post-game rioting

Vancouver Sun - Brad Ziemer - 20 Jun, 2011
Vancouver Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo hugs manager of media relations Stephanie Maniago after cleaning out his locker at Rogers Arena Friday, June 17, 2011. VANCOUVER â€" Henrik Sedin didn't think he could ...

Letters: Chickens have come home to roost for entitled generation

Calgary Herald - Robert Low - 20 Jun, 2011
BC Premier Christy Clark helps sweep up debris left by rioters in Vancouver. Reader says rampaging youth are aimless, valueless, spoiled kids. The behaviour in the Vancouver riots is the result of hundreds of ...

Chara (not just Tim Thomas) was the foundation for Boston's Stanley Cup win

Edmonton Journal (blog) - David Staples - 20 Jun, 2011
The Stanley Cup finals between the Boston Bruins and the Vancouver Canucks was much closer than the final goal-scoring margin indicated, but Boston had two huge difference makers, Tim Thomas and Zdeno Chara, that pushed them to victory. ...

Bruins celebration

USA Today - 20 Jun, 2011
Boston's Brad Marchand, left, and Shane Hnidy sit at a table with the Stanley Cup at Tia's Restaurant in Boston on June 16, one day after the Bruins beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-0 in Game 7. Boston Bruins' Tyler Seguin, left, holds up the Stanley Cup ...

Kolby Solinsky: Real Canucks Fans Wouldn't Riot

Huffington Post - 20 Jun, 2011
The words have been said, the tears have been shed, and the wrong people's blood has been bled. At least, some of the wrong people's blood. I have no remorse for those who rioted, broke glass, and smashed ass, and I have little remorse for those who ...

Boston Bruins Rolling Rally Celebration

WPRI.com - 20 Jun, 2011
Fans gathered to celebrate the Bruins first Stanley Cup win since 1972.

Vancouver riots: A smashing failure

TheChronicleHerald.ca - 20 Jun, 2011
Scenes of drunken louts looting in the aftermath of dashed hockey hopes were beamed across the planet last week. Overnight, the city went from a potential Stanley Cup victor to a victim of self-inflicted violence. The peaceable reputation that went ...

Small comfort

Calgary Herald - Maurice Freer - 20 Jun, 2011
BC Premier Christy Clark has stated that the perpetrators of the violence on Wednesday night will be prosecuted to "the fullest extent of the law." How comforting is that? When young offenders do no jail ...

Premier's pledge must be realized by judges

The Province - Michael Smyth - 20 Jun, 2011
Premier Christy Clark wants to throw all the rioters and looters in jail, and most of the public would agree with her -but there's just one little problem. Premiers don't jail the bad guys. Judges do. ...

Moments of reflection

Boston Globe - 20 Jun, 2011
They arrived at the TD Garden with cups of coffee and a sense of anticipation, looking more like average Joes than hockey royalty. As the Bruins players prepared to board the duck boats that would carry them through the streets of Boston yesterday, ...

Revelers get early start at Hub's pubs

Boston Globe - Martine Powers - 20 Jun, 2011
If it's 5 o'clock somewhere, then “somewhere'' was everywhere at bars and pubs along the route of yesterday's parade celebrating the Boston Bruins. As throngs of fans crowded downtown streets yesterday to celebrate the city's first ...

Second chance rewards Ference

Boston Herald - Steve Conroy - 20 Jun, 2011
Since the Bruins [team stats] won the Stanley Cup in Vancouver, every player has been wearing the perma-smile. Not only did he just miss out on winning the Cup with the Flames in 2004 when the Tampa Bay Lightning came from behind in ...

Heaven on ice

Boston Globe - John Powers - 20 Jun, 2011
It's not as though agony followed by ecstasy is anything new in this most sporting of cities. The Red Sox put their fans through a hellish torment in 2003 before lifting them to paradise in 2004. So it also was this year for the Bruins, ...

These Bruins will be frozen in time forever

Boston Globe - Christopher L. Gasper - 20 Jun, 2011
Long after the confetti has been cleaned up and the Duck Boats have been returned to their day jobs, we're going to be remembering a remarkable Bruins team that brought the city its first Stanley Cup championship since 1972. ...

Bruins' parade a reminder

Boston Herald - Dan Duggan - 20 Jun, 2011
Not that there is a need for added motivation, but watching the Bruins [team stats]' Stanley Cup parade yesterday gave the Red Sox [team stats] a reminder of how sweet it is to win a championship in Boston. “When you see three million ...

Nation + world: Bruins delight fans at 'rolling rally' celebration

Detroit Free Press - 20 Jun, 2011
Goalie Tim Thomas, left, and defenseman Zdeno Chara exult during the Bruins' Stanley Cup victory parade Saturday in Boston. / JIM ROGASH/Getty Images Fans dressed in the black and gold of the Bruins screamed, waved and stood on bus shelters as they ...

Bruins, Boston celebrate with Cup | Big hit

msnbc.com - Joe Haggerty - ‎Jun 18, 2011‎
BOSTON â€" The Bruins basked in the love of over one million Bruins fans Saturday while fully enjoying their rollicking rolling rally from TD Garden to Copley Place, and the celebration alternated between hearty waves, aggressive thumbs ...

Kelly savors being on winning side

Boston Herald - Rich Thompson - ‎Jun 18, 2011‎
Bruins center Chris Kelly let go of his memory of sitting in the losing locker room following the Stanley Cup finals. Before leaving the Garden for his duck boat victory tour yesterday morning, Kelly revisited the emotional divide that ...

The Wrap / Ron Judd Vancouver officials know how to skate around a riot

The Seattle Times - Ron Judd - ‎Jun 18, 2011‎
After losing to Boston the deciding Game 7 of the Stanley Cup, Vancouver Canucks fans turned into rioters, destroying significant parts of downtown. Sorry, but I'm well aware of the perception of Bettman, and the "tradition". ...

A rough ride for Marc Savard

Boston Herald - Steve Conroy - ‎Jun 18, 2011‎
Marc Savard was smiling yesterday morning and ready to take his rightful spot on a duck boat as the Stanley Cup champion Bruins [team stats] wove their way through the hundreds of thousands of fans in the streets of Boston. ...

Bruins' victory makes the grade with Hub's best

Boston Herald - Steve Buckley - ‎Jun 18, 2011‎
When the Bruins [team stats] put the Vancouver Canucks out of their misery Wednesday night at Roger Arena, clinching their first Stanley Cup in 39 years, the achievement served the dual purpose of adding to an era of dominance in the ...

Vancouver should be Auckland's warning

Stuff.co.nz - ‎Jun 18, 2011‎
WHAT A RIOT: A Vancouver Canucks fan holds a hockey stick after smashing the windows of a bank during yesterday's riots in the city. OPINION: Upturned cars and shattered windows scarred downtown Auckland yesterday after furious New Zealand fans reacted ...

Celebration 'icing on the cake' for Bruins fans

Boston Herald - Richard Weir - ‎Jun 18, 2011‎
After a 39-year drought, it rained black and gold in the streets of Boston yesterday as a frenzied Bruins [team stats] Nation threw a rocking welcome home party for Lord Stanley's cherished cup. More than a million screaming fans danced ...

Bruins Rally a million-hit parade

Boston Herald - Joe Dwinell - ‎Jun 18, 2011‎
For the first time in the Hub's storied rolling rally history, rabid Bruins [team stats] fans yesterday lit up Twitter, Facebook, yfrog and chats in a social media storm rivaled only by the 1 million-plus crowd. ...

Sports briefs: Bruins, fans celebrate with Stanley Cup

Salt Lake Tribune - ‎Jun 18, 2011‎
NHL • Screaming fans dressed in the black and gold of the Boston Bruins smiled, waved and stood on trees and bus shelters as they watched the NHL champions â€" and the Stanley Cup, of course â€" roll through city streets on a balmy, breezy day. ...

Flashbacks to scenes from Vancouver's Stanley Cup riot

The Seattle Times - Danny O'Neil - ‎Jun 18, 2011‎
Cars burned, bottles flew and social contracts collapsed as a reporter from Seattle watch Vancouver and its people transformed into something ugly and violent. By Danny O'Neil 40 years ago I was in a similar situation. The crowd built up to a riot and ...

 

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