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A seemingly harmless toy is causing mounting frustration for the RCMP, who say they are spending more and more time responding to fake 911 calls from old cellphones. Many parents give their children deactivated cellphones to play with. But cellphone carriers are required to keep the 911 function active, even on deactivated phones. And every 911 call, phoney or not, has to be investigated.

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