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Elections Ontario is warning up to 2.4 million Ontarians could have their personal information released due to a recent security breach. At Elections Canada’s Birchmount Road warehouse, two USB keys with voters’ names, home addresses, dates of birth and gender went missing, said media relations officer Sophie Auclair. “They were left … [Read more...]
After an act of arson severely damaged High Park’s Jamie Bell Adventure Playground, Canadian Tire has stepped forward with $60,000 to help rebuild the popular wooden castle. Following extensive media coverage and community outcry over the early morning March 17 fire, Ward 13 councillor Sarah Doucette was ecstatic when she received a call from … [Read more...]
Ward 22 councillor Josh Matlow says he is going to do everything he can to shut down the nightclub Mint, which has been operating illegally on Eglinton Avenue near Mount Pleasant Road. The St. Paul’s representative says he is fed up with the club, which is in an area zoned for bars and/or restaurants, for not cooperating with the city and … [Read more...]
Less than 24 hours after the newly restored war memorial atMalvern Collegiate Institute was unveiled, it was vandalized. The cenotaph, originally created in 1922 by sculptor Emanuel Hahn, was wrapped in blue duct tape and had three letters knocked off the monument. They will cost roughly $2,000 to replace. The Malvern Memorial was built to … [Read more...]
This story originally appeared in the Vaughan Citizen. A Vaughan firefighter has been charged with careless driving in connection to a fatal car collision earlier this month, in what police say appears to be the first time such a charge has been laid against a local firefighter. The accident occurred on Feb. 2 at about 10:35 a.m. when a … [Read more...]
For many, 13 is an unlucky number. For Ken Jeffers, it marks the year he discovered his calling. Jeffers first got involved in fighting for civil rights as a teenager. Living in Trinidad and attending Queens Royal College, he was an avid member of the school’s cricket team. When one of his friends was kicked off the team for looking … [Read more...]
A recently opened Danforth spa was forced to close after a massive police raid connected it to allegations that the spa’s furnishings were paid for with fraudulent credit cards. The Jung Spa, located at 257 Danforth Ave., opened on Feb. 8 and was raided by over 48 officers on Feb. 19. Four people now face a total of more than a hundred … [Read more...]
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