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Extra, Extra: Cufflink Vending Machines, Stolen Goods, and Frivolous Lawsuits
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Vintage ad. Source: Toronto Life, December 1985.
- Who hasn’t at some point thought, “I would like a doughnut right now, preferably one that’s all wrapped up and sitting in a large machine,” or “I would like a pair of cufflinks right now, preferably ones that are all wrapped up and sitting in a large machine”? If you find yourself hit by such an urge while walking through Cumberland Terrace, you’re set: just walk on over to the mall’s baked-good and cufflink vending machines.
- If you’ve been robbed of champagne, a designer handbag, or a 150-year-old Bible, it’s possible you were the victim of a “very sophisticated criminal organization” that staged break-ins over a nine-month period starting during last year’s ice storm. As part of an operation dubbed Project Yellowbird, police recovered many of the stolen goods, and they’ve launched a website to reunite them with their rightful owners.
- Mayor Rob Ford and Chief Bill Blair found themselves brought together through litigation—but both were on the receiving end, sued by a plaintiff apparently upset by a visit police paid to his home. The plaintiff was looking for “SIXTY MILLION United States Bank Notes (in lieu of lawful money),” or “the equivalent amount in Canadian Bank Notes (in lieu of lawful money), or the equivalent in lawful silver dollars in accordance with the Coinage Act of 1792.” The lawsuit will not be proceeding, though: it was deemed to be “frivolous, vexatious and an abuse of process,” and the action was dismissed.
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