Kevin Ronald Brooks

A nasty character with a tattooed tear drop coming out of his right is on the loose somewhere in Canada after figuring out how to remove a court ordered tracking anklet. Kevin Ronald Brooks, 28, was released from prison in June, after serving every day of a seven-year manslaughter sentence behind bars. Because authorities consider Brooks a high risk to re-offend, they issued a public warning about his release and obtained a court order requiring him to wear an electronic ankle bracelet and submit to daily curfew checks. He was serving time for the manslaughter death in April 2007 of Kevin Palmer in Saint John, N.B. The two men were sitting in a car in a city park when Brooks shot Palmer, 29, with a sawed-off shotgun he said he carried for protection due to a drug debt he owed. Brooks is white, 28 and has an elaborate tattoo on his neck. He has criminal convictions in a variety of places and could be anywhere.

An out-of-control car has injured three people at Kennedy Road and Clayton Drive in Markham on Friday (September 4, 2015). It is reported that a boy is in critical condition. The vehicle drove into a church on the corner.

Mark your calendars to remember the Manor Road United Church Fall Fair. It’s Saturday, October 3, 2015 between 10 a.m.and 2 p.m. This year as usual the excellent  bake table with be joined by books, toys, crafts, a silent auction, crafts for kids, face painting and pony rides. Check it out. The church is at 240 Manor Road East.

The CBC reports Queen Street East at Coxwell Avenue is open again after being closed when a Toronto garbage truck apparently backed into a utility pole early Friday (September 4, 2015). The collision caused overhead streetcar wires to sag and come into contact with hydro wires. Streetcars were discontinued and buses took over. Photo Tony Smythe 

The eminent naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown will speak at Leaside Library, 165 McRae Drive on Wednesday, Sept.9, 2015. His topic will be Toronto’s Ravines and Urban Forests, Their Natural Heritage and Local History.  The talk is scheduled from 7 to 8 p.m.. It is part of  a Toronto Library tour, taking the author to Riverdale Library, 370 Broadview Ave. on September 23, Gerard/Ashdale Library, 1432 Gerard St. E., Sept 8,  Jones Library, 118 Jones Ave., on Sept 30 and Beaches Library, 2161 Queen St. E. on Oct. 27.  Mr. Ramsay-Brown will also guide a walk through Moore Park to the Evergreen Brick Works with Toronto Field Naturalists on Sept 27.  He is the author of Toronto’s Ravines and  Urban Forests.

The law remains unclear as a federal judge in Manhattan sets aside the punishment handed down by the NFL against Tom Brady of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Judge Richard Berman, threw out the four game suspension for whatever role Brady had in the deflation of footballs. “Because there was no notice of a four-game suspension in the circumstances presented here, Commissioner Goodell may be said to have `dispensed his own brand of industrial justice,”‘ Berman wrote, partially citing wording from a previous case. Roger Goodell quickly announced the NFL would appeal the decision, saying in a statement, “We will appeal today’s ruling in order to uphold the collectively bargained responsibility to protect the integrity of the game. The commissioner’s responsibility to secure the competitive fairness of our game is a paramount principle, and the league and our 32 clubs will continue to pursue a path to that end.” Professional sport must closely guard the integrity of the game or criminal interests will eagerly work to fix professional contests. There are easily won billions at stake.

There is a nasty exchange of insults going on among online royalty snoops over whether Kate Middleton is pregnant again. Gossip Cop insists that the Duke of Cambridge, Prince William, and the Duchess of Cambridge are not expecting a new addition to their family. Gossip Cop says it confirmed this and that a report to the contrary by Star Magazine is “rubbish.”