Tag: Windsor Police
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Open for Business or Armed for Business?
Premier Doug Ford’s proposal to legalize pepper spray and empower private security is a “Mad Max” admission of policy failure. Instead of fixing a broken justice system or addressing bail reform, the government is outsourcing public safety to $18-an-hour guards. We need data-driven policing, not mall-level “Delta Force” fantasies.
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610 CKTB| Buck-a-Beer to Boutique-Bounty-Hunters: Premier Ford’s Wild West Retail Security Plan
Jon Liedtke joins Gene Valaitis to discuss Premier Doug Ford’s controversial retail security plan. Liedtke critiques the proposal to arm security guards with pepper spray, calling it a “Mad Max” policy shift that ignores proven, data-driven policing methods used successfully in cities like Windsor to combat retail theft.
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What is the line between newsworthiness and exploitation?
Yesterday I posted on social media that I was faced with an internal debate after coming into possession of video footage of an altercation between Windsor Police & a now deceased suspect who was wielding a machete at the public in the downtown core. The video clearly shows police shooting the suspect and him falling…
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Windsor Star: High society: Vaping lounge opens for business in downtown Windsor
[Windsor Star – Dalson Chen] The people behind the new vaping lounge in downtown Windsor say it’s not just about providing a place for medical marijuana users to toke up — it’s about clearing the air when it comes to pot. “We have medical users who are being discriminated against, who have stigmas lingering over them,” said…
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Cannabis Life Network: WINDSOR SEES OPENING OF THE CITY’S FIRST VAPOUR LOUNGE
[Cannabis Life Network] Windsor’s cannabis community has been brought to the next level with the opening of Higher Limits, a vapour lounge that owner Jon Liedtke said is the largest in the country. Less than two weeks old, Liedtke said the 6000 square foot facility was opened as direct response to Justin Trudeau’s election, earlier in the fall, a…
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CTV Windsor: Medical marijuana lounge opens doors in Windsor
CTV Windsor – Rich Garton Downtown Windsor is now home to the biggest medical marijuana lounge in Canada. Higher Limits has opened its doors on Ouellette Avenue, near University Avenue. According to police, it’s fully legal, but on the city level, unregulated. The vapour lounge quietly opened a few weeks ago. It’s a place for…
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Blackburn News: Police Comment On Cannabis Lounge
[Blackburn News – Adelle Loiselle] Windsor police are taking a hands-off approach to the city’s first cannabis vapour lounge. Higher Limits on Ouellette Ave. seeks to create a safe space for both medicinal and recreational users of marijuana. Co-owner Jon Liedtke says the establishment will also work to dispel myths and “correct narratives which exist surrounding…
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CBC Exlcusive: Medicinal marijuana lounge opens in downtown Windsor
Windsor’s first medical marijuana vaping lounge barely had time to open its doors and city officials are talking about finding ways to regulate this type of business.