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Brampton refuses to disclose records on Patrick Brown’s home renovations. Decision called a ‘secretive’ violation of freedom of information rules (opens the original)
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The City of Brampton has refused to release 455 pages of building records related to extensive renovations at Mayor Patrick Brown’s home in a decision that experts in freedom of information law say is out of step with transparency legislation. Brampton officials say that releasing information on Brown’s building permits would endanger the “life and physical safety” of an unnamed individual, but have offered no further details to explain that decision. It has been nearly one year since the St
The end of the Harold Ballard curse? Home of controversial ex-Maple Leafs owner is demolished in Etobicoke (opens the original)
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As the Toronto Maple Leafs take to the ice for their 110th season this week, a landmark of one of the most controversial â and never dull â owners in their storied history has just been razed in Etobicoke. Heavy machinery, which came on the heels of workers in haz-mat suits, has demolished the longtime home of former Toronto Maple Leafs owner Harold Ballard, who died in 1990. The house at Montgomery Road and Bloor Street in The Kingsway played a key role in sending Ballard to prison for frau
Why the big bosses behind Canada’s car theft crisis remain untouchable in their 'huge mansions' (opens the original)
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The hunt for the elusive Mr. Big is on. Make that Mr. Bigs. Police across Toronto and the GTA have task forces with catchy names, like Project Joker, Poacher, Vector and Chickadee. Ontario has poured millions of dollars into boosting enforcement. Hundreds of undercover officers have nabbed hundreds of thieves as young as 11 for all kinds of car theft, from simple driveway jobs to violent home invasions and even more violent carjackings. Special prosecutors have been assigned in an attempt to ma
He carjacked a Mercedes-Benz with a handgun. Why a judge sentenced him to just one day (opens the original)
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In the old days, when a horse was stolen, they’d round up the thief and hang him. That’s a half-serious, half-joking refrain among victims the Star has spoken to. Today, much to the consternation of vehicle owners, car thieves are almost never caught, and if they are, the public belief is that they get a slap on the wrist. A Star review of 20 criminal cases that made it to an Ontario courtroom over the past five years shows that is partly true. Since the car theft “crisis” began in 2020, senten
Canada’s car theft crisis was fuelled by tech. Now it’s powered by rocks and violence (opens the original)
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With the grace of a major league pitcher, Naz Tokhi’s partner-in-crime plants his feet, transfers his weight back, then explodes forward with a snap of his right arm, firing a carefully selected rock through the glass of a front door. He reaches in, turns the lock, and both men enter the Toronto home, running shoes crunching over shattered glass. Tokhi’s goal is to obtain the car keys belonging to a $140,000 BMW parked in a Toronto driveway. He will do this 10 times over a span of two months. W
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