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Originally Posted by old-fart
Weren't the idiots in Edmonton on private property - some corporation's lawn? I'm surprised they stayed this long without clearing out the garbage.
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Yup they were camping on a vacant/park lot owned by a development company in Edmonton. The company had long allowed the lot to be an urban park and allowed the public use of it, but it was never city owned for the sake of the occupy edmonton folks. The corporation did take a "hands off" approach at first (probably assuming like Nenshi that the cold would take care of it), but eventually they involved the police.
I admit I didn't follow Occupy Edmonton that closely but it at least sounds like they were a bit more respectful of the community/public than the Calgary group. They were content to protest without demanding free condoms and such.