Entries from December 2009
11 Charged after massage parlour raid
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Police have charged 11 people following a raid on a brothel posing as an “exotic” massage parlour in downtown Toronto. One person accused of being a manager at the Toronto Health Spa was charged with keeping a common bawdy house, while the other 10 face lesser charges of being inmates of a common body house. Detective Sergeant Mike Ervick said he expects more charges to be laid against affiliates of the spa that were “higher up the chain.” Four male clients were at the spa at the time of the raid, but will not be charged, Det.-Sgt. Ervick said. Instead, they will be used as witnesses should the case come to trial, “whether they’d like to or not.” The spa was located at the intersection of Gerrard Street and Yonge Street, next to the popular Delta Chelsea hotel.
See the full article from “Kelowna.com”
Tags: Toronto massage parlors
A week to the day before Christmas Eve, Dr. Keiji Fukuda, Special Adviser to the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General on Pandemic Influenza, will address a virtual press briefing on Pandemic (H1N1).
The press conference also follows by one day the Copenhagen summit, during which world leaders and other UN frauds ignored ClimateGate, used the conference as a showcase to frighten people—including little children—that the world is coming to an end.
Interesting how Fukuda and company are putting swine flu back into the frighten-the-masses global chess game one day after the summit and one week before Christmas Eve.
If the Copenhagen summit, which even included a message from local prostitutes that their services were available for free to attending delegates proved, it’s that the pandemic, like most things UN, is hype.
See the full article from “Canada Free Press”
Tags: Toronto adult entertainment
Not only is Finkelstein facing trial on the original charges, she now faces a charge of prostitution.
She continues to profess her innocence, and her lawyer points out there is no corroboration for the salacious testimony, no video, no audio, just the cop’s word against that of his client.
Enough, already.
I’m not going to stand in judgment of Finkelstein. She’s paid a pretty steep price already, having lost her job in the fallout from the story.
I can’t help thinking this, however. Don’t the cops in Bensalem have anything better to do?
The Powers that be
The more I hear about Bob Powers, the more I admire him.
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1 more charge filed against the woman who police say offered sex for World Series tickets. After her preliminary hearing, Susan Finkelstein now faces a prostitution charge as well.
See the full article from “Delaware County Daily Times”
Tags: Toronto adult entertainment
… It takes the time and expense that we spend on cases that shouldn’t have that time and expense, and moves those resources to the cases that need more attention, helping them to be resolved faster and better as well,” said Bentley.
As part of the redistribution, some of the $150 million committed to legal aid over the next four years, for instance, will go toward providing more access to legal advice for people getting divorced.
The government has long promised to reform the province’s justice system, and has already worked to reduce the number of unproductive court appearances in criminal cases.
Last year, Bentley pledged to review the handling of child custody cases following the death of Katelynn Sampson, a Toronto seven-year-old who was allowed to stay in the care of a woman who had a criminal record for drugs, prostitution and violence.
See the full article from “CBC.ca”
Tags: Toronto adult entertainment
… Rock of Ages is pretty much a tribute to greatest hits of the ’80s,” Pedneault explains. “We just want people to have fun and have good memories in their heads, clap their hands and dance. It has a lot in common with We Will Rock You. We’re not trying to resolve the big mystery of life, we just want people to forget their troubles and have fun.”
Vancouver native MacKenzie, a relative unknown who shot to fame after winning CBC’s TV series How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?, landed the lead role in the 15-month run of The Sound of Music – a far cry from her cabaret-dancing lead in Rock of Ages. “Well it’s definitely something different. There’s one point where she becomes a stripper. I’ve never done that before, and it’s not something I’d say I’m comfortable with,” MacKenzie says.
See the full article from “National Post”
Tags: Toronto strip clubs
According to the newspaper, police discovered Actovegin, a drug banned for import or sale in the U.S., and human growth hormones in Galea’s bag. Galea was arrested in Toronto in October. His list of clients includes some of the world’s brightest sports stars like Donovan Bailey, a 1996 Olympic gold medalist in the men’s 100 m track. The paper added that Galea treated Woods at his Florida home on at least four occasions in February and March, when the billionaire golfer was recovering from knee surgery last year.
Through his attorney, Galea denied using banned drug on Woods. But the golfer’s popularity has already plummeted to an all-time low in the U.S. A recent poll by USA Today and Gallup of 1,025 Americans put his popularity at 33 percent, a 52-percent drop from the 85 percent enjoyed in June 2005 by the golfer, who presented a squeaky-clean, impeccably boring image to the outside world until it was revealed that he likes to spend time with high-class call girls. His unfavorable rating soared from 8 percent in 2005 to 57 percent.
See the full article from “The Chosun Ilbo”
Tags: Toronto escorts
The changes don’t involve any new funds, but rather a redistribution of the province’s current resources.
Some of the $150 million committed to legal aid over the next four years, for instance, will go toward providing better access to legal advice for people getting divorced.
The government has long promised to reform the province’s justice system, and has already worked to reduce the number of unproductive court appearances in criminal cases.
The government has long promised to reform the province’s justice system and has already worked to reduce the number of unproductive court appearances in criminal cases.
Last year, Bentley pledged to review the handling of child custody cases following the death of Katelynn Sampson, 7, of Toronto, who was allowed to stay in the care of a woman who had a criminal record for drugs, prostitution and violence.
See the full article from “CBC.ca”
Tags: Toronto adult entertainment
As Lieutenant McDonagh, Cage is electric. He embodies both his character’s slumped posture and bent morality with conviction. He nails the whole corrupt/corrupted dichotomy. He moves between states of drug-addled disorder with believability. He swings between effortless cool and Magnum-waving frenzy with schizophrenic precision. He smokes crack with Xzibit. He calls perps “shit-bird.” He half-assedly tries to rescue a prostitute (Eva Mendes) while also fuelling her coke habit. Most importantly, he entertains. He makes you imagine how fun and exhilarating it must have been to first see Brando in On the Waterfront, DeNiro in Raging Bull, or Herzog’s own Kinski in Aguirre. Cage also proves just how talented he can be when he’s not chasing pay cheques to make mortgage payments on his Bavarian castle, aviary, tropical island, and haunted house. If you haven’t caught him in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (or BL:POCNO to fans) yet, do yourself a favour and see why Cage is so deserving of the TFCA’s accolades.
See the full article from “Torontoist”
Tags: Toronto adult entertainment
… After 29 years of business in Japan, Wendy’s is closing its 71 outlets across the country and leaving McDonald’s as the lone American fast food burger chain. If there was ever any competition between the two for the hearts and minds (and bellies) of the Japanese, no one really noticed. The Golden Arches has a whopping 3,720 outlets and controls 65 per cent of Japan’s burger market. [The Independent]
• Liza Minnelli’s fourth ex-husband, David Gest, who has been learning to cook for an appearance on Celebrity Come Dine With Me, has revealed his secret for making his potatoes “stand up tall”—mixing Viagra in with the goose fat. Although Gest apparently learned the recipe from his cousin Rita, who allegedly works as a high-priced prostitute, what we are almost afraid to know is if he cooks the dish for himself or to serve to a room of diners. [Yahoo]
See the full article from “Toronto Life”
Tags: Toronto adult entertainment
Number of years since Snoop Dogg released his first album, Doggystyle. Really, Snoop, has it been that long? Seems like yesterday that we were trashing somebody’s bungalow at a house party to the sound of Gin & Juice. Anyhoo, starting today at noon and running all week, Snoop will be reminiscing about the bad ol’ days on Sirius Canada. Grab your pimp cup and just kick back.
Number of princesses promised to appear in Princess Classics, the latest frozen treat from Disney on Ice, coming to the Rogers Centre in Toronto on Friday for 16 performances. But as any eight-year-old in fluffy slippers will tell you, sneaky Tinker Bell is no princess, and Mulan doesn’t need a Prince Charming to kick butt. As if.
10th
Incarnation of Doctor Who played by David Tennant, who stars in the TV special Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars, Saturday at 9 p.m. on Space. Tennant is set to leave the series, which made its debut in 1963, and will be replaced by 27-year-old Matt Smith – the youngest actor ever to play the time-travelling saviour of the universe.
See the full article from “Globe and Mail”
Tags: Toronto adult entertainment