Ever since I read about the murder of Kenneth Mark, I couldn’t help thinking about it. He was called an anti-gang activist and stood up to the bad guys here in Toronto when called upon to do so. He was a good man who bought ice cream for local kids. So what happened? Well the gangs were angry with him [...]
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Theresa fought her way off the street, out of despair (My Toronto Sun Article)
She was a prostitute. A whore. A sex-trade worker and homeless. She was the type of throw-away woman homicide officers might scoff at, had she been murdered. But she wasn’t. In fact one day soon she’ll be a certified social service worker. From 1997 to 2005, Theresa Schrader, now 33, walked the streets around Islington [...]
Toronto: From ‘Good’ to ‘Luke Warm’ (Toronto Sun by Avrum)
Saturday, October 3, 2009 By AVRUM ROSENSWEIG, GUEST COLUMNIST Over the last few years, as Toronto grows, it seems Torontonians have become angrier, less trusting and somewhat colder. We barely look at each other on the subway, rarely stand up for our elders on the bus and are more suspect of crowds of young men [...]
