Results tagged “igorkenk”

Remember Igor Kenk? He's many things to many people. The world’s most prolific (suspected) bike thief? Check. Alleged drug trafficker? Affirmative. Raging hothead? Yup. Stellar recycler? Sure, that too. But movie star? Now there’s a new one.

Alleged sleazeball Igor Kenk's long-awaited bike theft bust by Toronto police in July captured the attention of media locally and beyond. With legal proceedings underway, a recorded 573 cyclists were reunited with their beloved bikes at public viewings over the summer. But according to police spokesperson Constable Wendy Drummond, 2,292 of the 2,865 seized bikes remain unclaimed and currently sit in an undisclosed location collecting dust.

Well, mark this one down in your calendars: according to I Bike T.O., Igor Kenk—you may have heard of him—"will be attempting to ameliorate his reputation by hosting a free bike repair session in Trinity Bellwoods Park on November 1." Maybe.

The Democratic party officially nominated Barack Obama as their candidate last night, which is news in the way that New Year's Day is news, except that at the Democratic National Convention nobody was visibly hung over or wondering what, exactly, they did with their underwear and where it went. Well, actually Bill Clinton was there, so maybe that's not entirely true.

The New York Times has gotten around to writing about Igor Kenk; an article by Ian Austen will appear on page A7 in Friday's paper, and at 1100+ words, it's apparently the longest article written about Toronto in the Times since that boring travel one in May. We're gonna be world-famous! [via Digg.]

Toronto Police have just announced that they are opening up their warehouse at 35 Strachan Avenue for seventeen more days in an attempt to get rid of some of the 2,396 bikes still unclaimed after being recovered from various raids of Igor Kenk's many properties last month.

Once a week, Vandalist features the best street art and graffiti from around Toronto. You should contribute.

People are scamming the city's parking machines to the tune of $1 million per year. Apparently you can use an expired pre-paid credit card to park for free because the machines don't check to see if the cards have credit left on them. The Toronto Parking Authority has known about this since 1998, but hasn't done anything because what the hell—it's only money.

DANCE: German electrohouse duo Booka Shade returns to Toronto for what will undoubtedly be a sweaty, sweaty dance party at CiRCA tonight. Hey, remember when CiRCA first opened and everyone was being all “Yeah right, I'm never going to CiRCA!"? Looks like the joke is on you, if you're a Booka Shade fan. CiRCA (126 John Street), 10 p.m., $18.50.

Sarah Lazarovic—curator of the garage-based Montrose Portrait Gallery of Canada—is painting a portrait of a Torontonian every day. Each Monday, we'll feature one of those portraits here. Suggestions for subjects welcome.

Toronto is the second most expensive city in North America and fifty-fourth most expensive city in the world, according to the Mercer's annual cost of living survey. In the worldwide list, Toronto jumped twenty-eight spots and now ranks as more expensive than Los Angeles, a city known for its frugality.

If your bike's been stolen in Toronto, there's a chance that it's one of the 150 recovered from a police raid at The Bicycle Clinic (927 Queen Street West) on Thursday night—and that you can get it back this weekend. The day before the raid, police arrested Clinic owner Igor Kenk after (allegedly) watching him tell another man to use a bolt cutter to steal two bikes. (Rumours had been circulating around the Clinic for some time before that.) The recovered bikes from the raid will be on display at Toronto Police's Central Garage (9 Hanna Street, near King and Dufferin) this Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and you'll have to bring some proof of ownership with you. Here's the Toronto Police press release, in PDF form.

Toronto is still under an extreme heat alert, with high temperatures approximating those on the surface of Mercury at 427° C. OK, 31° C but the humidity will make it seem hotter.