IT WAS EVER THUS...

-- "Riot police, equipped with shields and body armor, tried to contain the crowds as they clashed with people launching fireworks and throwing debris.   Smoke billowed through the streets and one video also appeared to show an officer down." --

Not surprisingly... not a single word on this over at the BBC.

HEY JUSTIN... YOU GOT ANY MORE SURPRISES FOR US?

-- "El Hachm El Moussi, a 45-year-old from Casablanca, Morocco has been charged in connection with multiple bomb threats against both religious and non-religious schools that occurred across Ontario." --

'Toronto Man' is at it again...

-- "A man from Toronto, 20-year-old Ricardo Newell, has been charged after he allegedly carjacked a vehicle in the Ajax area, drove it into a tree, and then attempted to steal two more cars." --

And let's not forget 'Whitby Man.'

RELIGION OF, WELL... YOU KNOW

ANOTHER DAY... ANOTHER AKBAR...

-- "Police in France arrested a 25-year-old Moroccan man over accusations that he beheaded his father. It appeared the man used a kitchen knife to cut off his 60-year-old father's head before carrying it around the parking lot. The man resisted arrest at the scene, shouting 'Allah Akbar' at police and attempting to stab one of the arresting officers." --

MEANWHILE BACK AT THE RANCH

Despite an arrest warrant being issued March 3, Barrie police are still trying to hunt down Zia Mohammed Chaudhry, 18, the alleged shooter." --

AND...

Toronto Police are searching for suspects after shots were fired into two units at an apartment building in North York on Tuesday evening."