Posts Filed Under: Police

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Vintage Toronto Ads: How to Light Up a Policeman’s Face

Instead of arguing with the law, hand them a fine cigar.

By Jamie Bradburn Nov. 13th, 1:00 pm

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Three Years Later, Skinner Murder Still Unsolved

Family launches social media campaign on anniversary of killing to draw further attention to case.

By David Demchuk Oct. 20th, 3:00 pm

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Toronto Urban Legends: Cherry Beach Express

Is there any truth to the stories about police using Cherry Beach as a place to rough up perps?

By Edward Brown Oct. 3rd, 10:30 am

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Historicist: Softball Pitcher and Beauty Queen

Billie Hallam wins the 1937 Miss Toronto beauty pageant.

By Kevin Plummer Jul. 14th, 12:00 pm

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Vandalist: Happy Anniversary

To the weekend that turned downtown into a war zone.

By Stephanie Avery Jun. 29th, 3:00 pm

Almost There?

Proceedings begin for some officers charged under the Police Services Act in relation to G20 incidents; tribunal now adjourned until September.

By James Edgar • Photo by Ryan WalkerJun. 19th, 3:00 pm

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Bill Blair’s Message to Toronto About the G20

The full text of Chief William Blair's statement regarding OIPRD's G20 report.

By Hamutal Dotan May. 18th, 1:33 pm

Occupy Toronto Being Gradually Cleared in Calm Police Effort

Police move into St. James Park at 6:30 a.m.; protesters work to dismantle main yurt while City crews begin clean-up effort.

By Hamutal Dotan • Photo by Christopher DrostNov. 23rd, 9:00 am

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With and Against the Toronto Police Services

Toronto Police Accountability Coalition try to populate the huge space between friend and enemy by speaking in facts instead of emotion.

By Sarah-Joyce Battersby Oct. 21st, 11:00 am

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Historicist: A Perfect Crime, Forgotten

"We're completely in the dark," a Trans-Canada Air Lines official admitted after thieves took gold bullion from Malton Airport in 1952 in a seemingly perfect and still-unsolved caper.

By Kevin Plummer Sep. 24th, 12:00 pm

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Papers, Please

On "lawful access" and keeping the cops out of your email.

By Todd Aalgaard Sep. 16th, 1:00 pm

From the G20 Protests to the Toronto International Film Festival

How real-life G20 protests became part of a fictional film, now showing at TIFF.

By Wyndham Bettencourt-McCarthy Sep. 13th, 12:30 pm

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There’s a Riot Goin’ On Down Yonge Street

By Jamie Bradburn Aug. 11th, 1:00 pm

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Rob Ford: What Torontonians Care Most About is Police, Smooth Roads, and Clean Streets

By Hamutal Dotan Jul. 22nd, 12:43 pm

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Spotted: Rob Ford, Art Police

By Hamutal Dotan Jul. 22nd, 11:30 am

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All Aboard the Gravy Train: Libraries, TTC Service, Affordable Housing, Community Grants

By Hamutal Dotan Jul. 21st, 11:20 am

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Historicist: Raiding the Bathhouses

By Jamie Bradburn Jun. 26th, 12:15 pm

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One Year Later: Toronto Police, Social Media, and the G20

By Sarah-Joyce Battersby Jun. 22nd, 1:30 pm

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