THE protests in Toronto during the G20 summit weekend led to the arrests of about 900 people, a Canadian record.
The Toronto Police Service and the federal Integrated Security Unit defend the police actions, as do Toronto's mayor and the head of its police services board.
Human rights groups like the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and Amnesty [...]
AT least 150 people were arrested as violence broke out after thousands of anti-G20 protesters marched through downtown Toronto on Saturday, prompting police to use tear gas in the city for the first time.
“I am profoundly disappointed in the criminal acts which have taken place,” Toronto police Chief Bill Blair told reporters.
"We have seen [...]
Councillor Adam Vaughan's Letter to the Residents
Dear Residents and Businesses of Ward 20,
The summit is here and the city is prepared as best it can to host the event.
Over the last two months my office has been sending security updates, holding town halls and advocating on behalf of residents, small business and large institutions in [...]
As Reported in Mississauga.com
16-year-old Aqsa Parvez was murdered by her father and brother.
By LOUIE ROSELLA
IN some ways, Aqsa Parvez became what many girls her age dream of — the most popular teen in school, famous around the globe and the talk of national and international media including broadcast heavyweights CNN and BBC.
But she paid [...]
CENTENNIAL COLLEGE
THE London-based Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) has accredited Centennial College’s School of Business as its first training provider in Canada. The college will offer a course in the CISI’s groundbreaking Islamic Finance Qualification (IFQ). This is the first international benchmark in the area of Islamic finance.
“We’re absolutely delighted to bring this [...]
A 107-PAGE report to be released today calls on Ryerson University in Toronto to do more to eliminate racism.
The report, commissioned by the university, follows a year-long probe that heard some visible minority students say they feel harassed.
Some students also complained about professors who don't always deal with offensive comments made in class and some [...]
A TTC fare collector is apparently caught napping at McCowan station on Tuesday. (Jason Wieler). A HASTILY snapped picture of a TTC fare collector apparently sleeping on the job, his jaw hanging open, will become the focus of an internal investigation by the Toronto transit authority. Toronto resident Jason Wieler took the photo of the fare collector at McCowan station just before 10 p.m. on Jan. 19, but said it took him a while to get around to posting it on Twitpic.
TORONTO's race for mayor has started in earnest as George Smitherman and Rocco Rossi took the first steps toward making a run at the city's top job
MOST TTC users will now have to pay a little more to ride the rocket as fares have increased across the board. Under the new price structure, adults will pay: * $3 cash fare, up from $2.75. * $121 for a monthly Metropass, up from $109. * $2.50 each for tokens purchased in batches of five or more, up from $2.25.
Police are searching for two suspects after a man was shot to death in the Junction area Tuesday night.
Officers were called to the scene at Gilmour Avenue, just north of Dundas, around 10pm and found 29-year-old Kenneth Mark on the ground. A TTC bus driver reportedly called in the crime.
