Live Blog: Sunday June 27

4:22 a.m.

The pictures below are of work crews taking down fencing and removing concrete barriers in the G20 summit zone. All main roads were expected to be open for the morning traffic rush.

From Henry Stancu

2:16 a.m.

At midnight, contracted work crews began removing the perimeter fence. The barriers on Front St. were brought down by workers around 2 a.m.

From Henry Stancu

Live blog, Sunday, June 27

6:20 p.m. DeGrassi and Queen What police horses left behind

More than the presence of cops on quiet residential streets, it's horse poop that is annoying people.

At DeGrassi and Queen, where police made some arrests, cops on horseback were heckled for leaving without cleaning up the mess left behind.

“This is poop on sidewalk -- who is going to clean up?” said Nathan, who lives in the neighbourhood.

At least two horses pooped as protesters and cops held a brief standoff for about 20 minutes.

6:22 p.m. Queen St. W. at Spadina

CTV is reporting that police, wearing gas masks, are bringing out sound cannon.

Live blog, Sunday, June 27

KING AND BAY THIS AFTERNOON

A peaceful protest at King and Bay (LUCAS OLENIUK/TORONTO STAR)

3:26 p.m. Toronto jail conditions "Deplorable"
Legal observer from Toronto Mobilization Network is calling conditions in at the Eastern Ave. detention centre "deplorable." He says arrested protesters "often not being given timely access to counsel."

At a news conference in Parkdale, he says protesters being denied water to drink for up to eight hours and are being crammed into small cells.

Hundreds in a bike rally near Queen's Park today (STEVE RUSSELL/TORONTO STAR)

3:25 p.m. "Confrontation is Welcome "

The web page for the group  Fire Works for Prisons organizing the 5 p.m. demonstration at the Bruce Mackey Park, also called the Jimmie Simpson Park, on Dundast Street E.,

offers their strategy for the event.

 "Representatives of media are not" welcome and anyone who films somone "without their consent will be confronted."

They say: "We are encouraging people to come organized with intention, to make this project their own," said the organizers on their web page. "Bring what you want to the demo: plans, noisemakers, banners, chants, and above all your passion for freedom. Confrontation is welcome."

The organizers  say: "Prison is everywhere; it is nothing more than a reflection of the society in which we live. It is a daily threat and reality that has permeated every facet of society. With the deepening of surveillance, the integration of police forces, the increased use of private security, the existence of courts, repression and isolation, the walls of prison are already built around us.

"We’ll see you in the streets!" 

Live blog: Sunday, June 27

12:27 p.m."It's a start," says Bono

U2 singer and activist Bono has given Prime Minister Stephen Harper a half-hearted endorsement for his moves on maternal health at the weekend summits.

“Prime Minister Harper’s plan for the G8 on maternal mortality is not everything that’s needed to tackle the moral affront of millions of mothers dying in childbirth, but it is a start on a job that world leaders need to finish,” Bono, co-founder of the advocacy group ONE, said in a statement.

 He encouraged leaders to step up efforts to make further progress on achieving the millennium development goals (MDG), notably when they meet at the United Nations this fall.

“The MDGs must stay at the heart of the G8, G20 and U.N. until leaders agree to a concrete plan to get them back on track. Time is ticking away,” Bono said.