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Paul Culver’s gay past
Toronto

Paul Culver’s gay past

August 11, 1999
Not fit for faggots
Toronto

Not fit for faggots

Cops refuse to release public information to Xtra

August 11, 1999
Lies the cops told us
Toronto

Lies the cops told us

Community policing sounds good; we just haven’t seen any yet

August 11, 1999
Things are cookin’
Toronto

Things are cookin’

A game of hot potato with The Bijou

August 11, 1999
Police panicked?
Toronto

Police panicked?

Cops call for calm, hint that Bijou mess may go away

July 28, 1999
Top cop laughs at gay ‘domestic dispute’
Toronto

Top cop laughs at gay ‘domestic dispute’

July 28, 1999
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Cops arrest in vain
Toronto

Cops arrest in vain

July 28, 1999
Tubthumping
Toronto

Tubthumping

Sex in the city’s bathhouses is a sure thing. Or is it?

July 28, 1999
Hands off the sex
Toronto

Hands off the sex

Olivia Chow says cops need a cold shower

July 14, 1999
Cops & Queers
Toronto

Cops & Queers

July 14, 1999
Bijou blow out
Toronto

Bijou blow out

City councillor decides he’s now ‘pissed off’

July 14, 1999
Porn theatre’s shut down
Toronto

Porn theatre’s shut down

July 14, 1999
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Condoms are yucky
Toronto

Condoms are yucky

Mayor designates park bushes as high crime zones

July 14, 1999
Cops in the ‘hood
Toronto

Cops in the ‘hood

Bars are leery of being targeted by the heat

June 30, 1999
Bathhouses at the mercy of the local police
Toronto

Bathhouses at the mercy of the local police

June 30, 1999
Keep Toronto clean
Toronto

Keep Toronto clean

Gay sex insults tourists, says top cop

June 22, 1999
Cops charge 12 with indecency
Toronto

Cops charge 12 with indecency

Bijou porn theatre targeted in two separate raids

June 22, 1999
Eat the mike, baby
Toronto

Eat the mike, baby

Premier Harris and the naked ladies in North Bay

May 19, 1999
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