G7 Kananaskis summit updates: More security measures begin Tuesday White hat ceremonies curtailed
G7 leaders will gather in Kananaskis from June 15 to 17, marking a half-century of international co-operation among some of the world's most-advanced economies.
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Matters on the agenda will be divided into three major areas of discussion:
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Checkpoints blocking traffic on Highway 40 — at Mount Lorette Ponds to the north and the Galatea parking lot to the south — will mark the main boundaries to the zone, with the use of trails to the east and west prohibited as part of the massive security operation.
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'Access to this zone will be restricted to authorized personnel, residents and businesses,' said the RCMP, which is leading the security operation for the G7 summit. Leaders from Canada, the U.S., the U.K., Germany, Italy and France, Japan and the European Union will gather in Kananaskis Village.
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Activists protesting the G7 gathering say they'll assemble peacefully, but some doubt police will refrain from violently suppressing their right to demonstrate.
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An organizer with an alliance of 25 activist groups across the country that's bringing some of its members to Calgary said they avoid provoking police backlash, but might not confine their activities to three designated protest zones being set up for them in Calgary — near the airport, at Municipal Plaza and in Victoria Park.
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'Depending on the security situation, we might do a march and we'll see what the implications of leaving the designated zones are, but we don't want to put public safety at risk,' said Yasmeen Khan, North American vice-chair of the International League of Peoples' Struggle in Canada.
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