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Podcast: Closer Look
Episode: Why communities everywhere are banning candy tossing at parades
Description: We cover a lot of different issues on this podcast: some extremely serious, some much lighter. Today’s topic can fall on either end of the spectrum, depending on your viewpoint.Should candy tossing be outlawed at community parades?There was a time, not long ago, when local parades were a literal rain shower of candy chucked from floats. But after a few tragic accidents — including the 2018 death of a four-year-old girl during a Christmas parade in Nova Scotia — many organizers across North America started banning candy throwing altogether.Today, most c...