Police from York’s holdup squad are looking for two chain-wielding suspects after a pair of early morning robberies in Vaughan and Richmond Hill last week. In both incidents, a chain was used to intimidate the victims, police say.
Joshua Collins knows a thing or two about basketball. And volleyball. Not to mention baseball. The 17-year-old Vaughan Secondary School student has been playing — and excelling at — one sport or another from a very early age, he says.
Mayor Linda Jackson says she was unaware of the apparent mismanagement of her 2006 campaign finances that has now placed her job in jeopardy. But if she didn’t know what was going on with her election dollars, her husband and campaign manager Mario Campese did, according to auditors Ken Froese and Glen R. Davison, who uncovered several apparent contraventions of the Municipal Elections Act.
Avete domande sulla spazzatura o le tasse? Precisa de informações sobre os centros comunitários? The City of Vaughan recently launched Language Line, a translation service designed to help a diverse population get answers from city hall in a tongue they’re comfortable with.
A depleted council of just three voted last week to deny self-described watchdog Paul De Buono’s trio of audit requests.
An audit into Mayor Linda Jackson’s 2006 election campaign books has reportedly uncovered several contraventions of the Municipal Elections Act.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper made a special appearance in Vaughan last Friday at the 6th annual Canadian Crime Victim Foundation gala dinner and fundraiser.
Eduardo Ojeda and his family immigrated to Canada from Chile on Dec. 13, smack in the middle of one of the most ferocious winters in recent memory. It was just the first test he would face as a newcomer to Vaughan.
Work crews are close to completing temporary repairs to Langstaff Rd. between Dufferin St. and Hwy. 7.
Council’s latest audit request targets were prepared for the inevitable. “Nothing surprises me anymore,” Ward 2 councillor Tony Carella said Monday.