Plane Crashes Three Rescued, Halton Trash Idea Debated, Ipperwash Inquiry Ends

A small Cessna crashes into Lake Ontario after losing power. The three passengers had minor injuries but were all rescued by emergency workers.

11-year old Godfrey Wignarajah received an award from Toronto EMS yesterday. Godfrey calmly called 911 when he realized his grandfather had difficulty breathing. Sadly, his grandfather died of a heart attack but Godfrey's calm impressed emergency responders and the 911 dispatcher that received his call.

The Halton trash incineration idea gets batted around by city councillors. Councillor David Soknacki likes the idea and encourages the city to keep exploring it and not dismiss it outright. Councillor Adam Giambrone is a little more cautious and warns that incineration is often an expensive solution and doesn't think the idea would fly here in Toronto.

A street racer hit a car on the Gardiner causing it to flip and trapping the driver inside. Police were able to catch the street racers when they abandoned their car.

Is the Toronto Catholic School Board under the budget gun? The province wants to send an envoy to look at the board's budget and expenditures.

After 25 months the Ipperwash Inquiry on the shooting of native activist Dudley George is closed. The biggest target of the inquiry was former Premier Mike Harris. A lawyer for the Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto said Harris lied 17 times in the provincial legislature about meeting with people to discuss Ipperwash and influencing the OPP. A report was also tabled yesterday that contends that Black and Native persons were up to 37 times more likely to be die by police hands. The report drew strong criticism from the police. Inquiry comissioner Judge Sidney Linden says a report will be out by the end of the year.

Photo by BLA1NE from the Torontoist Flickr Group.