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Officers forced the removal of two tents outside Queen's Park which set up earlier Saturday as an offshoot of the larger Occupy Toronto movement.
Officers forced the removal of two tents outside Queen's Park which set up earlier Saturday as an offshoot of the larger Occupy Toronto movement.

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Date: Saturday Nov. 12, 2011 11:10 PM ET

A group claiming to be worldwide computer hacker "Anonymous" vowed to shut Toronto Mayor Rob Ford out of the cyber world if he moved ahead with his threat to evict the Occupy protestors from a Toronto park.

In a short message posted on YouTube Saturday, the group said it had promised not to get involved in the Toronto movement unless it had seen "any unlawful acts or any sort of interruption."

But it said recent threats from Ford, who said earlier this week that it was time for the occupiers to leave, have prompted it to contemplate action, which it had been planning for some time.

"It seems next week authorities want to put an end to the Occupy movement in Toronto. We, Anonymous are taking that as an interruption and we will not let that happen," the group said.

"We will not let the city or the mayor that uses vulgar language in public get involved."

Earlier on Saturday bylaw enforcement officers demanded that two tents be removed from Queen's Park.

Five men set up the tents in the northwest corner of Queen's Park Saturday afternoon, a short distance from the province's legislature, frustrated over the direction of the larger movement.

"We are going to revamp; create a new dream here. We are no longer occupiers," protestor John Erb told CTV News. "I think we want to call ourselves inspirers."

The men decided to set up camp on the provincially run land adjacent to Queen's Park in an effort to thwart Ford's attempts to remove the protestors from the much bigger encampment at St. James Park.

Protestors have hunkered down in Toronto's St. James Park for almost a month as part of the worldwide protest over so-called corporate greed and other social issues. Ford said earlier this week that the protest had run its course and suggested that it was time to force the protestors to close up camp.

"If they want to kick us out of a city park, we will go to a provincial park. And this is provincial, so now it is out of Rob Ford's hands. If he wants to kick us out, look a little higher," said protestor Christopher Lambe.

However, officers moved in after dark and ordered the tents removed from Queen's Park.

The men are believed to have been forced out of the St. James encampment by protest organizers who claim they are not affiliated with the bigger Toronto movement.

Also on Saturday, about 300 protestors marched from the current location at St. James Park through the financial district to the government building. The afternoon protest stopped at numerous points along the way including the U.S. consulate and the headquarters of the country's big banks to protest corporate greed and the treatment of indigenous people.

Occupy groups across Canada are being asked to leave some of the parks and public areas where they have been camping.

Police arrested 14 people at an Occupy Nova Scotia site Friday as officers dismantled their encampment in a downtown Halifax park.

On Wednesday, police and bylaw officers in London, Ont., dismantled tents set up in a local park by Occupy protesters, some of whom remain in the park without shelter.

Officials in Vancouver, Victoria and Calgary have also announced plans to start removing camps, while Regina's protesters have been asked to leave voluntarily.

In Edmonton, campers on land owned by a private company have been asked to leave and the mayor has talked about cutting off their power.

Montreal's protesters have been warned not to erect makeshift shelters.

A second home for the Occupy Toronto movement was quickly shut down Saturday after bylaw enforcement officers demanded that two tents be removed from Queen's Park.

Five men set up the tents in the northwest corner of Queen's Park earlier on Saturday, a short distance from the province's legislature, frustrated over the direction of the larger movement.

"We are going to revamp, create a new dream here. We are no longer occupiers," protestor John Erb told CTV News. "I think we want to call ourselves inspirers."

The men decided to set up camp on the provincially run land adjacent to Queen's Park in an effort to thwart Mayor Rob Ford's attempts to remove the protestors from the much bigger encampment at St. James Park.

Protestors have hunkered down in Toronto's St. James Park for almost a month as part of the worldwide protest over so-called corporate greed and other social issues. Ford said earlier this week that the protest had run its course and suggested that it was time to force the protestors to close up camp.

"If they want to kick us out of a city park, we will go to a provincial park. And this is provincial, so now it is out of Rob Ford's hands. If he wants to kick us out, look a little higher," said protestor Christopher Lambe.

However, officers moved in after dark and ordered the tents removed from Queen's Park.

The men are believed to have been forced out of the St. James encampment by protest organizers who claim they are not affiliated with the bigger Toronto movement.

Earlier on Saturday, about 300 protestors marched from the current location at St. James Park through the financial district to the government building. The afternoon protest stopped at numerous points along the way including the U.S. consulate and the headquarters of the country's big banks to protest corporate greed and the treatment of indigenous people.

Occupy groups across Canada are being asked to leave some of the parks and public areas where they have been camping.

Police arrested 14 people at an Occupy Nova Scotia site Friday as officers dismantled their encampment in a downtown Halifax park.

On Wednesday, police and bylaw officers in London, Ont., dismantled tents set up in a local park by Occupy protesters, some of whom remain in the park without shelter.

Officials in Vancouver, Victoria and Calgary have also announced plans to start removing camps, while Regina's protesters have been asked to leave voluntarily.

In Edmonton, campers on land owned by a private company have been asked to leave and the mayor has talked about cutting off their power.

Montreal's protesters have been warned not to erect makeshift shelters.

With files from The Canadian Press and a report from CTV Toronto's Colin D'Mello


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