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… You work in a massage parlour, potentially there is some risk there, but there has been nothing identified as a reason for this triple homicide,” Kelly said.

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The $100,000 reward has been renewed for a tip, some knowledge, a name – anything – that would help York homicide detectives arrest and convict the person who executed two women and a man at a Markham massage parlour.

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The rest of the novel follows the relationships between Roberto and the students as well as the police efforts to solve the murder, and it involves a daunting roster of characters — a teenage runaway hitchhiking to Toronto from northern Ontario dodging dodgy men on the way, Jasper’s parents, Roberto’s aunt and uncle, other medical students, Mexican Parabolists, a cuckold, a pimp, a couple of cops and a creepy anesthetist. And they all have their story. Here is where the problem lies, for The Parabolist, though comic and inventive, is the literary equivalent of minestrone soup. Everything is here: characters who seem superfluous, plot lines that serve no purpose, and more broad brush strokes than a prairie mural. And an excess of, for want of a better word, exuberance– Jasper is caught with his pants down too many times. Even farces have their limits.

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… The idea would be to try and turn it into a mid-winter multidisciplinary festival, where you run it like a music festival in a bunch of rock clubs, but it’s got this literary element. We’d be exposing all the great, vast amount of talent we have in the literary world in Canada, artists who just don’t get the recognition that sexy rock ‘n roll musicians get. I’m quite intrigued by it, seeing if something like that could fly – but it could take a couple years to get the ball rolling on that.”
In the meantime, Collett is open to pursuing other forms of artistic ‘cross-pollination’. Such relationships are certainly fostered on Rat a Tat Tat. Literary inspiration is engraved in songs like “Vanderpool Vanderpool”, whose lyrics were drawn from a book on the history of Chicago’s red light district. Nonetheless, he’s quick to acknowledge the differences between lyrics and prose.

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And more than likely it will be a goal.
Crosby, who at 26 has already won a Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins, brought the puck down the ice against the United States team about 8 minutes into sudden-death overtime.
Crosby passed the puck over to teammate Jarome Iginia, who battled U.S. defenseman Ryan Suter for the puck. As Crosby hovered around the net, like a dog looking for a bone, he took the feed from Iginia and fired a Crosby special past Ryan Miller, the best player in the Winter Olympic men’s ice hockey tournament.
As the puck entered the red light district, Crosby began his celebration that set off a celebration for an entire nation. It was threefold – a celebration, a relief and the climax to one of the greatest hockey games ever played.

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TORONTO – A Vaughan man who allegedly bought the services of a human-trafficking victim was in court Friday, accused of feeding the young woman drugs before having sex with her.
The case dates back to September when York Regional Police vice officers were called about a 19-year-old woman who was allegedly forced to strip at a Mississauga club after arriving from Alberta.
Marlo Williams was charged with human trafficking and several other offences involving allegations that the victim was forced to stay at a Mississauga condo and was beaten and choked when she tried to escape.
The day after she finally escaped, the woman went to a youth centre where she was picked up by her second alleged trafficker.
Investigators alleged Randy Estick forced the victim, along with a 22-year-old Mississauga woman, to strip and work as a prostitute. He was charged with several offences, including human trafficking.

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… Where I am now, guys learn to write a lot of tickets. They deal with a lot of shoplifters,” Const. Pilkey said. “Down here you are going to be dealing with street crime, robberies, break and enters, thefts, prostitution, drugs, drugs and more drugs and everything else.”
Lethal Rage is about a young cop who transfers to 51 Division and soon finds himself embroiled in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with a brazen drug dealer. With the struggles of policing one of the most overburdened regions in Canada weighing on him, he has to find a balance between his personal life and the tragedy he sees on a daily basis.
But 51 Division doesn’t need flight of fancy to build its reputation. Stretching from Bloor Street to Lake Ontario, bordered by Yonge Street and the Don Valley Parkway, it is home to one of the poorest neighbourhoods in the city and a hotspot for drugs, prostitution, robberies and assaults.

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Investigators alleged Randy Estick forced the victim, along with a 22-year-old Mississauga woman, to strip and work as a prostitute. He was charged with several offences, including human trafficking.

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ArtStars* is the TMZ of the Toronto art scene, in the good way: easily digestible, super-short, qualm-less videos about what the city’s self-proclaimed artisans have on offer. Torontoist is teaming up with ArtStars* to bring you one new episode a week (more or less).
Ex-stripper Christian Aldo is a big talker with bigger plans (and swears like a sailor, so be warned)—the painter, sculptor, and figurine-maker, who is the subject of a NFB doc series and moved to Toronto in November, is starting an avant-garde nudie magazine, filming an elaborate sci-fi short film, and launching a new art gallery in a Roncesvalles shoe store. Team Art Stars* dropped by his house party to learn that he’s doing a secret series of guerrilla cardboard spaceships on west-end rooftops in the coming months. You heard it here first. *snap*

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In other news, the Blackhawks acquired another defenseman tonight.  They traded perennial all star Future Considerations to the Ducks for Nick Boynton.  The Hawks immediately sent him down for Rockford.  That could mean they are simply building depth in case of an injury, or they could be preparing a package for a trade tomorrow. 
Either way, Boynton is a reliable 6th or 7th defenseman who can play physical, and is a decent enough skater.  I’d bet we’ll see him on the big club sooner or later. 
Trade Deadline Headquarters:  Hockey fans, this blog will be YOUR RESOURCE for Wednesday’s NHL trade deadline.  I will be live blogging from 9am until the deadline if OFFICIALLY passed.  I will have my eyes and ears on TSN, NHL Network, Twitter, the Fan 590 in Toronto, Team 1040 in Vancouver, and every one of my league sources for deadline news.  Keep it locked on the Red Light District for all your trade deadline needs and analysis.   

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