Nighisti Semret murder suspect
Toronto Police have released additional photos of the
suspect who followed Ms Semret as she walked home. They’re tracing her exact route. You can read a police press release here
to get the suspect’s full description.
The Toronto Star has an article explaining what’s happening and
providing a link to the police photos of the suspect. (Please note that this is a frame-by-frame
collection and you’ll need to click constantly to get to the photos of this
man.) Obviously, this is a high priority
for everyone and you’re asked to contact either the police at (416) 808-7400 or
Crimestoppers at (416) 222-8477 if you know anything about her route that night
or about the suspect.
A week ago, Ms Semret's friends and neighbours gathered for a memorial vigil. As part of the event, a tree was planted in her memory in Winchester Parkette.
Hurricane pictures
Amelia Street.
When Superstorm Sandy roared through here this week, its
biggest impact was wind damage to our trees.
It’s a reminder that our tree canopy is ageing and can’t resist these
storms very well. Fragile limbs and, at
times, entire trees were blown over. In
turn, they landed on cars, trucks, hydro lines and homes.
Hillcrest Park.
Our thanks to Greg Cote for his great pictures. He climbed into places where I wouldn't go!
Incidentally, our commercial streets
stayed remarkably clean. The storm arrived when
business garbage was piled on the curbs and somehow it was collected and by
early Tuesday morning, the loose debris was swept up – congratulations to the
city workers who did a good job for us.
Allan Gardens
Crime across Toronto
Police data about crime trends over the past eight years
has been compiled onto a map by the CBC.
You can see it here.
They focused on seven categories – assault, sexual
assault, break-and-enter, robberies, drug charges, stolen vehicles, theft over
$5000 and murder. In each case they tell
us the number of occurrences and the ratio per 10,000 people. We’re covered in four districts between Bloor
and Front Street - Cabbagetown-South St Jamestown, North St Jamestown, Regent
Park and Moss Park.
In 2011, for example, there were 371 assaults in Moss
Park (ranked #2 in Toronto by population), 116 in Regent Park (#28), 84 in
Cabbagetown-South St Jamestown (#75) and 123 in North St Jamestown (#77).
When you look at these statistics, you’ll be interested
in the safety that we enjoy in our neighbourhoods right across the board. The North St Jamestown area regularly shows
very low incidents on the charts. Moss
Park (covering Cabbagetown South, Moss Park and Corktown) records very high
levels, especially with drug charges, assault and break-and-enter. Some rankings are meaningless – Regent Park
experienced one murder in 2011 but that was enough to put it at Toronto’s #6
ranking.
Save these dates
Plasterface at the Winchester K & B
Regent Park Film Festival
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It all happens in the new Daniels Spectrum (585 Dundas St
E). Admission is free.
Wednesday - 6:30 pm (opening panel and ten short films).
Thursday - 6:30 pm (Rezoning Harlem) and 8:30 pm (short
film program).
Friday - 5 pm (Regent Park talent), 6:30 pm (The
Interrupters) and 9:15 pm (more short films).
Saturday - 9:30 am (brunch and a movie), 12:30 pm (digital
storytelling), 2:30 pm (more short films), 5:00 pm (Doin’ it in the
Park) and 7:30 pm (Besouro- closing night).
Corktown Chamber Orchestra
Historic hats
Parliament Street events
Marilyn is back at Pet Valu
Bring your dogs, cats and other cuddly pets and get their
paws trimmed. Marilyn Wilputte is back
at Pet Valu (240 Carlton) from 10 to 4 pm on Saturday. $10.
New themes at Merryberry
Lea Vogel at MJG Gallery
Lea was a Holocaust survivor and a child of Tehran. A Polish refugee and
orphan, she was sent to Persia in 1942 via Russia and from there to Palestine
under the British Mandate in 1943 - all of this when she was barely 8 years
old. In Jerusalem, she found solace in
her art and explored various mediums to express herself.
Opening night reception on Thursday November 8. To RSVP, please contact
Mark at MJG Gallery. St. Tues-Sun 11-6.
Toronto Star article
One more hurricane upset
