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Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'carribeanculturalcommittee'

August 8, 2006

The Star does a little digging and pulls out the startling fact that 21 of the 32 accused murderers this year were under court orders. Toronto homicide detectives are concerned that so many people accused of violent and gun crimes are able to get bail so easily. Police and residents near Keele and Sheppard are on guard after a brutal sexual assault last night outside an apartment building in the area. School Trustees have given......

Continue Reading "Criminals Breaking Court Orders, School Trustees Give Themselves Huge Raise, Stop On Red Week Starts"

June 13, 2006

Police announced this morning that eight men have been arrested for the Boxing Day shooting of Jane Creba. Police have pointed their fingers at two west-end gangs. The Creba shooting was a huge priority for the police and at one point 20-full time investigators were working on the case. The province passed the new City of Toronto act yesterday. The new act doesn't fix everything but Mayor Miller feels it's a step in the right......

Continue Reading "Creba Shooters Caught, Pitfield Wants To Phase Out Unions, "Caribana" Goes On"

March 15, 2006

Things are getting ugly between the city and the Carribean Cultural Committee, the organizers of the huge Caribana festival. Citing the lack of a clean audit, the city is refusing to give $400,000 or so of funding and asked another group, the Toronto Mas Band Association, to take the reins of the festival. TMBA won't be able to use the name though, the CCC owns that, and CCC organizers have vowed they'll put the fest......

Continue Reading "Caribana Chaos"

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