June 17, 2015 at 5:45 pm

Extra, Extra: Love Hurts, Tory and Keesmaat Are Sorta OK, and Toronto’s Coolest Condoms

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York Regional Police have laid over 40 charges against nine people involved in an online romance scam, proving that when love sucks, it really sucks. Investigators say the primarily male suspects targeted women on dating websites, and created aliases to establish seemingly real romantic relationships with the victims who they then asked for money. Investigators say the victims lost more than $1.5 million in the scheme.

Last night, Toronto chief planner Jennifer Keesmaat walked away from a recorded interview when asked about the growing tensions between her and the mayor, a relationship that has seemingly grown worse since she publicly endorsed removing the east Gardiner over the mayor’s preferred option. Despite frosty tweets from the likes of Tory’s former campaign strategist Nick Kouvalis and Deputy Mayor Denzil Minnan-Wong (Ward 34, Don Valley East), Tory chalked up to social media hostility to the vagaries of Twitter, and said he looks forward to “continuing a professional relationship” with Keesmaat. To which we hope she says, “¯\_(ツ)_/¯.”
In other Pan Am–related news, the Toronto Public Health department has just launched their second city-branded condoms, featuring Pan Am and Parapan Am Games–themed wrappers. CondomTO, which was introduced last June during World Pride, says it hopes to “help reinvigorate condom use and help to promote safer sex in Toronto.”