Two men wanted for machete attack in North York
Two unidentified men are sought for an assault last month in North York that involved a machete.
Toronto Police say the attack occurred near Jane St. and Sheppard Ave. W. around 12:30 a.m. on March 7.
Mayor Olivia Chow says she won’t condemn six councillors who criticized the Toronto Police Service’s handling of a recent pro-Hamas rally. Neither will the six councillors who signed the letter answer questions put to them by The Toronto Sun, detailing the links between the groups organizing the protests and support for terrorism.
Mayor Olivia Chow has no plans to condemn some city councillors for supporting Torontonians’ right to protest following a pro-Palestinian demonstration that included clashes with police officers.
”Whether they are councillors, a deputy mayor or ordinary citizens, they have the right, under the Charter of Freedoms, to assemble, to have their voice heard,” Chow told reporters Monday, responding to a question about the police officers’ union demand that she criticizes the councillors’ actions.
Society is in the grip of irrational ideas that defy common sense and drive dystopian policies. Some inane beliefs and trends are made up out of whole cloth; others derive from ideas that have resurfaced, Zombie-like, from the crypt of historic failures. They are advanced by “progressive” activists in thrall to a post-modern woke-ism steeped in Marxist-Leninism. What makes the phenomenon so threatening is its pervasive influence in politics, academia, media, not-for-profits and big business.
In the summer of 2022, police got a tip from Shoppers Drug Mart. Security at the pharmacy chain had spotted a pattern in a string of shoplifting incidents at suburban stores outside Toronto.
According to police, Shoppers reported that a group of thieves was repeatedly going into stores and picking out expensive items, like electric toothbrushes, vitamins and breast pumps. They scanned the items through a self-checkout kiosk so none of the staff got suspicious but didn’t actually complete the transaction, they just walked out with the merchandise.
“We can’t rely on police to attend car thefts or home invasions in a timely manner,” Rommy Metyas, one of the driving forces behind the neighbourhood initiative, said in a statement.
“While stolen cars are one thing, the attempts to invade homes while families are sleeping have put us in a perpetual state of fear.”
The fact is we live in a very different Toronto than what we grew up in. I’ve been a resident since 64. It is verging on shithole status.
Bad immigration policy, the Ferguson effect it all takes a toll here in People City.
It makes no sense to rely on the police any longer.
This is Toronto at the Yonge and Wellesley TTC station. Our beautiful city is now being over run with individuals with mental health issues. What are you doing about this Mayor Chow and city officials #TOpoli @joe_warmington @CP24 pic.twitter.com/Ibrxg0R1WV
— Blake J Acton ran for Mayor of Toronto in 2023 (@BlakeJActon) April 6, 2024
Video shows man smoking crack on TTC streetcar
Video shows another person smoking what appears to be crack on the TTC’s Line 1 – 📹 Submitted to blogTO pic.twitter.com/cXEoFQOHOz
— blogTO (@blogTO) February 5, 2024
Mary Walker said she got a “bit of shock” when she opened up a piece of mail from the City of Toronto last month, informing her that she owed more than $2,500 in taxes for the “vacant” Scarborough condo where she currently resides.
She said she was hit with the unexpected tax bill after she failed to make her Vacant Home Tax declaration for 2023 and the city deemed her condo unoccupied.
“Obviously it is a bit of shock to get this kind of bill in the mail,” Walker told CP24.com on Thursday.
They tax you for being away from home.
There’s something wrong when more and more GTA residents feel compelled to hire private security firms to patrol their neighbourhoods, watching for auto thieves, a city councillor says.
“It’s a terrible sign of a terrible problem,” Coun. Dianne Saxe of University-Rosedale Riding said in an interview.
“Clearly, it’s an enormous problem.”
I guess the Hamas Support Marches are depleting resources.
Or is the TTC overwhelming the TPS?
Maybe diversity is making Toronto stronger!
All Toronto Police hear is they need to be tougher on the dangerous TTC subway.
But as soon as cops make an arrest it’s the officers under scrutiny more than the suspect alleged to have roughed up and robbed a female passenger.
Didn’t kick him hard enough.
Toronto Police officers were seen dragging and brutally kicking a man on the TTC pic.twitter.com/WiFas3KMKH
— 6ixBuzzTV (@6ixbuzztv) March 29, 2024
This is in Toronto, Canada.
Yup. Canada. https://t.co/KWbKvmge0U
— Ari Goldkind (@AriGoldkind) March 29, 2024
Toronto is considering a change in the way it charges homeowners and businesses for water. The new charge is referred to as a “stormwater charge,” although many on social media are already calling it a “rain tax,” since it has to do with stormwater runoff.
As a transit fan, it was hard not to feel worried, sad and a little angry seeing the new numbers on fare evasion provided to the TTC’s audit and risk management committee last week.
The agency is now estimating that it lost a staggering $123.8 million in 2023 because of people not paying their fares when they board subways, streetcars and buses.
I wonder if they have a fare evader profile?
