Businesses decry lack of consultation By Annemarie Brissenden Chinatown business owners are apprehensive about the Evergreen Centre for Street-Involved Youth’s relocation to the area, but community leaders are confident that any concerns can be addressed before it opens in September 2017. Brent Mitchell, the mission program officer for the Yonge Street Mission (YSM), which operates […]
NEWS: Youth centre moving to Spadina Avenue
March 9th, 2016 · Comments Off on NEWS: Youth centre moving to Spadina Avenue
NEWS: Crime down overall in 14 Division
March 9th, 2016 · Comments Off on NEWS: Crime down overall in 14 Division
Incidents connected to Entertainment District By Brian Burchell An overall reduction in crime across 14 Division, particularly in key categories, is overshadowed by a city-wide increase in shootings, some of which have occurred in the division’s southern flank. There were 395 recorded shooting incidents, defined by the Toronto Police Service as those in which a […]
New 14 Division police building open
December 3rd, 2012 · Comments Off on New 14 Division police building open
Community and officers welcome the modern police facility By Andrew Russell Police officers, political dignitaries and community members packed the entrance of the new home of Toronto’s 14 Division at 350 Dovercourt Road. Minister of International Cooperation Julian Fantino, police Chief Bill Blair and councilor Frances Nunziata representing the absent mayor Rob Ford, were among […]
Locals say Kensington Market shooting outside after-hours an isolated incident
June 6th, 2011 · Comments Off on Locals say Kensington Market shooting outside after-hours an isolated incident
By Julia Hennessey The Kensington Market community was back to its peaceful self just two days after three men were wounded from gun shots fired in an alleyway. Just after 4:30 a.m. on the morning of Sunday, May 29, police responded to a distress call in Kensington Market. Six shots were fired in an alley […]