Albert Wallace said he was “very fortunate” to have survived the Second World War after being shot down behind enemy lines and placed in the prison camp made famous for ‘The Great Escape’ of allied troops – although he didn’t know it at the time. , Toronto Mayor David Miller has announced an independent panel of business, education and labour professionals to review the city’s books and suggest ways to improve the government’s performance. , A number of Toronto city councillors hold the balance of power in deciding if two proposed taxes will be passed onto residents during Monday’s vote at city hall. , Scarborough Councillor Brian Ashton’s seat on Toronto Mayor David Miller’s powerful executive council could be in jeopardy. , Toronto city council has deferred a vote on adopting a set of controversial proposed taxes until after the provincial election this fall. , A recent rash of accidents caused by suspected speeders and aggressive drivers has renewed calls for photo radar, but Toronto police Chief Bill Blair says the initiative alone won’t solve the epidemic. , Rebecca Middleton’s family members celebrated what would have been her 37th birthday this past Monday with a cake, two decades after the Belleville, Ont., woman was raped, stabbed repeatedly and left to die on the purported island paradise that is Bermuda. , The mother of a young Toronto woman killed in a pre-dawn hit-and-run made a tearful appeal for information Monday. , A group of biker gang members and affiliates who are serving life sentences for the slaughter of eight fellow Bandidos is moving forward with appeals of their dozens of murder convictions. , A Super Bowl party in Markham, Ont., came to an abrupt end Sunday evening after police raided the venue in connection with an illegal online gambling investigation, arresting six people at the scene.
