Saturday’s severe thunderstorm and strong winds caused extensive damage across Waterloo region and Guelph. Most noticeable were the uprooted trees and snapped branches that damaged cars, homes, property and in one case, killed someone in Brant county.
The family of Zane James alleges the Cottonwood Heights police and city leaders shut down their demonstration and used excessive force in retaliation for their yearslong criticism of the police department.
COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS Zane James family felt almost entirely alone after his death in 2018.
Few others had the same experience of losing a child to a police shooting, and their push for reform in their own city, Cottonwood Heights, seemed to be going nowhere, his mother Tiffany James recalled.
That shifted last year after the murder of George Floyd spurred national outcry and widespread demonstrations. With new momentum, the James family organized a march calling for justice and honoring their son s life over the weekend of what would have been his 22nd birthday.
The group of about 100 set out walking and dancing in their neighborhood on Aug. 2, but didn t get far. Patrol cars arrived and blocked the street in a scene that rapidly turned violent, with officers using batons, Tasers and chokeholds on Zane James father, Aaron James, and brother Gabriel Pecoraro.
While other stores closed their doors, Colonial Heights boutique opened and thrived At a time when stores and restaurants closed due to the pandemic, the owner of Daffodil Boutique expanded from a shed to a storefront thanks to social media and the desire to succeed.
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COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Va. While other stores were closing their doors forever, one Colonial Heights woman started a boutique that thrived during the pandemic. It was a very big jump, said Daffodil Boutique Owner Nicole Pegram. I thought this is what I want to so, so I went with it.