The Bulldog

Toronto wants its police and “carding” to follow the crime

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As a background to carding, the police practice of gathering information to prevent crime, the linked column by Marcus Gee is useful. Still, many of the things which are cited by Mr Gee as newly-agreed upon at the police commission really seem rather obvious. One might have hoped singling out men because of their colour for questioning would long ago have been discarded. What is not mentioned in the column is the geography of carding as explained by the police last year. Carding, they pointed out, goes where the crime is. Maps of serious crime in the city reveal a close overlap with where the cops are asking questions. As has been said in the past, however much some people may dislike carding, there are many more residents of vulnerable neighborhoods who are protected by it. If it becomes necessary to stop and ask questions of young men in Leaside and Davisville Village because of crime, so be it. Globe and Mail 

John Lennon’s first wife Cynthia dead at age 75 from cancer

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John Lennon’s first wife Cynthia died today aged 75 at her home in Spain following a short battle with cancer. A message on her son Julian’s website said he was at her beside throughout, and the family ‘are thankful for your prayers’. Cynthia Lennon, nee Powell, married Lennon in 1962 and stayed with him as he rose to global stardom with The Beatles until the couple divorced in 1968.

Parking lot swallows car near Todd Bayliss Blvd.

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Thanks for the parking!

A car has been swallowed up by a sinkhole in a parking lot in the city’s west end. It happened off Todd Bayliss Boulevard near Black Creek Drive and Eglinton Avenue West early today (Wednesday, April 1, 2015). Metrolinx has looked into the big hole in case it was caused by the Crosstown LRT digging. But they say it was not.