Author Archives: Bulletin Editor

Local officer shapes up for widows’ fund to help victims

Kimberly Spice – A detective in the Homicide Division, Mary Vruna wanted to restart her workouts and bring up her athleticism by joining the Toronto Police Headquarters team for the Insanity Challenge, a 60-day hard-core workout pitting divisional teams against ...

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OMB an ‘irritant’: Murray reveals Section 37, appeals reforms Minor variances are often backdoor rezoning: Murray

Dennis Hanagan – Toronto Centre residents have given their MPP Glen Murray an earful about how Toronto’s planning process can be made better so that neighbourhoods get development they want, not so much what large-scale developers want. As it stands, ...

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Former stable added to heritage lists

Dennis Hanagan – City council will hear a recommendation to have a 108-year-old building on Berkeley St. in the St. Lawrence Neghbourhood included in Toronto’s inventory of heritage buildings. The call comes in the wake of preliminary discussions regarding the ...

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Missing girl Leticia Marshall, 14

The Toronto Police Service is requesting the public’s assistance locating a missing girl. Leticia Marshall, 14, was last seen on Saturday, May 31, 2014, in the Yonge Street and Richmond Street West area. She is described as light-skinned brown, 5’6″, ...

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I stormed in on my white horse and lost a friend

Robert Evans Wilson, Jr. — Recently I posted an article on Facebook about a high school kid who was punished severely for something I considered to be a minor infraction. My friend, Jay, posted that he thought the kid deserved ...

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Ideas from other industries can be what you need

Robert Evans Wilson, Jr. — In the early 2000s, Dr. Allan Goldman, a chief physician at the Great Ormond Street Hospital, a children’s hospital in London, observed that too many mistakes were being made when patients were transferred from surgery ...

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The May report of U.K.-based Privacy International

Private Thoughts, Privacy International’s monthly newsletter detailing our latest investigations, legal actions, and campaigns, along with other updates in the world of privacy and surveillance. It’s been a busy few weeks here at PI, so we hope you enjoy! There are ...

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April 2014 new home starts down in Toronto: CMHC

Housing starts in the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) were trending at 32,678 units in April compared to 34,555 in March according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six month moving average of the monthly ...

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Super-Grit ‘Furious George’ Smitherman backs Olivia

George Smitherman — Rob Ford cannot be taken lightly.  No one knows that better than me. Lots of us were surprised by his 2010 victory.  He fights hard. He fights dirty. And he fights with a well-financed campaign. I believe ...

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Island jets pitch may not fly says CommunityAIR

Brian Iler— In a letter dated May 5 addressed to Toronto MP Andrew Cash, Toronto Port Authority Board Chair Mark McQueen states: “For 30 years, the TPA (and its predecessors) has operated the BBTCA (Billy Bishop airport)  under the aforementioned ...

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