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The elections are almost here and we would like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! We are also covering Judy Sgro blackface Trudeau love scandal and her retraction, remembering that she was the main supporter of a project that a lawyer with the African Canadian Legal Clinic had found racist.

We learned that our president and founder is considering running for office.

The story of police understaffing has been somehow dominating the headlines for quite a while. Although there are far more police per capita in Toronto than in London for instance, Toronto police officers are reportedly so “demoralized” that they took a symbolic vote against Chief Mark Saunders.

The major news of the week is the closing of a housing project at Jane and Finch.

Shots were fired and a kid forced another kid using a replica gun.

Yet another shooting, luckily no death, this time at Keele and Keelegate.

Social Housing, otherwise known as subsidized housing or TCHC projects is a subject fraught with controversy. Conversely, the news of “upgrading” such apartments at Jane and Finch will be met with various degrees of approval in our community.

The Downsview Park has taken decades from promise to existence and it seems like it will take a few more. It is nonetheless entertaining to read the “visions”.

Toll Roads may not be an optimal solution, but with Toronto willing to maintain the lowest property taxes in the are while cementing its reputation as a world class city, alternate sources of financing have to be found.

What would Friday night be without a good ol’ shooting?

A recent gruesome murder around the Jane and Finch area saw a stabbing victim seeking help in the closed Humber River Finch hospital. ERS came to the closed hospital but they were too late – he died of his wounds shortly thereafter. Now Police is asking for the public’s help.

Between a fatal stabbing at Jane and Finch and a condo replacing the Shriners building, the news could be better.

Residents were left guessing what may have affected the water taste in the past couple of days and the government is looking to change the landlord and tenant act with a view to improve landlord protection.

It is no secret that Toronto’s amalgamation, perpetrated by the Conservatives, happened against the will of the voters. In Montreal it happened on the same oppositional background under the Liberals. Two decades later, it is clear that the cost savings that were supposed to happen did not, we still do not have a harmonized legislation and corruption has increased, while representation and local democracy weakened.

Twenty year old man was robbed after being struck in the head this past Saturday.

News of interest keep accumulating! This time, a space centre is being built in the Downsview Park and he hear an explanation on hydro bills.

We have recently learned about a teen shot dead outside a housing complex at Shoreham Ct. This is North of Driftwood and South of Steeles. more > Here's a photo of the street from Google Maps: The full text, as published by CP24: Police say that a 17-year-old boy is dead after he was shot in front of his North York home on Saturday morning. The shooting took place in front of a Toronto Community Housing complex on Shoreham Court near Jane Street at around 11:50 a.m. Police say their preliminary invetigation suggests that the shooter or shooters fired on the victim over a fence before fleeing the scene. The victim was taken to hospital by someone other than paramedics but was pronounced dead a short time later. Police initially said that a young child had been shot, however they later corrected themselves and said that the victim is 17. According to police, there are a number of witnesses who are currently being interviewed at a nearby station. Police also plan to review surveill...

Yesterday an acid cloud threatened residents at Bloor and Lansdowne, which is a bit South of our area.

Two artists have started trolling Old City Hall (and, presumably, other sites) with fake “Development Proposal” signs as a commentary on the condo boom.