On the evening of September 24, 1952, $215,000 worth of gold bullion was stolen at Malton Airport. The heist—which, at the time, was the largest gold robbery in Canadian history—involved no threat of violence and no gun play. In fact, no one had even seen stick-up/hold-up men. Of 10 boxes of gold removed from a [...]

Lou Reed as Christ, (2009). Jenny Hart, an Austin, Texas–based artist, has been working in the medium of hand embroidery for 11 years, but this February was the first time she’d ever had work of hers vanish without a trace. Two pieces went missing in an apparent theft, and the last place either of them [...]

If you’re a tree hugger who takes the GO bus instead of driving like a regular person, you might want to limber up that hippy hitchhikin’ thumb. GO bus drivers are leaning towards a strike sometime in the next few days, although they’ve agreed to give 48 hours notice before any walkout. A strike wouldn’t [...]

It's the holiday season, which means that stress is high and we're not always thinking when we spend our money. But this time of year is also a busy season for fraudsters, who love to take advantage of people's holiday forgetfulness. Paying by debit is one of the easiest ways of paying for your goods, but it's the easiest to compromise. We know several people who have had thousands of dollars drained from their...