Etobicoke News

Detective Marcel Chiasson, from 14 Division, updates the media on an investigation that led to the seizure of illegal DVDs.

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“Drugs have had a significant impact on crime in the past and they continue to play a significant role in today's society.”

You are contributing to organized crime if you buy illegal drugs, Chief Armand La Barge said today. via Vaughan Citizen

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“This is just terrible, so terrible for someone so young with many hopes and goals to die like this”

Rehan Tanvir was many things to many people. To his father, he was a budding graphic designer. via Mississauga

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“There was a car that veered across the lanes because it was going at a high speed ... I believe alcohol was a factor.”

At least one person was killed and two others were clinging to life after a horrific five-car crash late last night on Eglinton Ave. via Canoe

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“There were seats available, but before people could disperse, they had made contact with one another and that led to verbal comments back and forth that quickly escalated”

A Brampton teenager wanted for a shooting on the Spadina subway was arrested in the area of Islington Avenue and Duncanwoods Drive in Toronto Sunday night. via The Brampton Guardian

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“If we don't build this centre, guys are still going to get in their cars and go to Eglinton or go to North York. Folks are resistant to change. But we're not telling them they have to shop here.”

Chris Young for National Post Twelve-year-old Camille Audette holds up her placard during a rally held yesterday to urge Queen's Park not to allow a retail development in Leslieville. via National Post

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“It's a huge waste of [hydroelectric] resources.”

Lake Ontario's water levels will be high for the next little while, all in an effort to save Montreal from flooding. via National Post

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Two teenage boys face a slew of weapons and robbery-related charges after a violent jewelry store heist in Chinatown that ended with a woman shot in the arm and police officers dodging pepper spray. via Toronto Sun

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Three Brampton men have been accused in the kidnapping and execution-style murder of a young Markham man last year. via The Brampton Guardian

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“For me it's an emotional time, it's excitement and it's thrilling, and we just want peace to be declared.”

- As Israel celebrates its 60th birthday, Canadian Jews an ocean away are remembering the momentous birth of the state and marking the occasion with pride.

At the time, Bayla Chaikof was 17 and a member of the thriving Jewish community in Toronto, which was centred near the university at Spadina Avenue and College Street. She was part of the Zionist youth movement and recalls the spontaneous reaction of people in her neighbourhood.

"We just came out on the streets singing and dancing because we just ... it was a dream come true," said Chaikof. Read more

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