Mayor’s conflict trial postponed until May
A squabble over a contentious scheduling issue in Newmarket court led to the recent postponement of the conflict of interest case brought by Gino and Mary Ruffolo against Mayor Linda Jackson.
Monthly Archives: March 2008
Second audit sought on current mayor
Quintino Mastroguiseppe and Gino Ruffolo have made good on their threat and formally asked council for a second audit of Mayor Linda Jackson’s 2006 campaign books.
Now the former mayor is target of audit request
The headache that is the bitter 2006 municipal election flared up again this week for former mayor Michael DiBiase.
NDP hopeful named
Simon Strelchik has long felt a bond with the New Democratic Party. He remembers a 1993 classroom exercise that asked students what political party they’d vote for if given the chance. He voted NDP.
DiVona fights to clear his name in finance appeal
Councillor Bernie DiVona was not content to sit idly by when a trio of residents took their pursuit of an audit into his campaign finances to Newmarket court last month.
Conflict case in court
Gino and Mary Ruffolo were set for legal battle with Mayor Linda Jackson in Newmarket court yesterday after a nearly month-long delay. The case, however, has been adjourned until the middle of May.
Cops look to link heists
York police are looking at a possible connection between two convenience store heists in Woodbridge that occurred just days apart.
Watering holes to go green on traditional date for celebration
Rivers of green beer will flow from countless taps in bars and pubs across the city Monday, as barkeeps and thirsty patrons alike enjoy the luck of the Irish doled out in pint-sized portions.
Final chapter for bookstore
Illiteracy in the southeast corner of town skyrocketed recently. Or, more accurately, sales of literary works have fallen off precipitously.
Subway delays blamed on Ottawa
Subway trainspotters waiting for shovels to break ground on the Spadina extension into Vaughan are widely condemning the recent federal budget.
Millennium scholarship dies with federal budget
It didn’t last 1,000 years, not by a long shot. It’ll barely make it to 10, in fact. After less than a decade in existence, the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation is a casualty of last week’s federal budget.
Just say ‘Kung Hei Fat Choy’
The crowd continued to swell past the party’s advertised 2 p.m. start time. The delay was a good thing, too. Organizers needed those few extra minutes to add chairs for the impressive and ever-growing throng.