According to York Regional Police, on Friday, July 24, at about 9:30 p...
Archive for July, 2009
UXBRIDGE -- An Uxbridge resident is one of five men arrested by York police in connection with an assault in Markham recently.
PICKERING -- An odour control facility originally planned for Pickering has been moved back into York Region. But, just barely.
The facility will be built on the west side of the York-Durham...
Tempers are rising around the apparent suicide of an employee at an Apple supplier in China two weeks ago: it’s thought he jumped to his death after an iPhone prototype was stolen from the company.
The New York Times reports that 25-year-old Sun Danyong, an employee in the logistics department of Foxconn Technology, jumped from his 12th floor apartment after allegedly being interrogated and beaten by the company’s security team. FoxConn received 16 prototypes in early July, one of which went missing.
The finger of blame appears to be pointed at Foxconn’s treatment of the worker, but questions are also being raised over the extreme pressures on suppliers to maintain the secrecy of Apple’s planned launches (the upcoming Apple tablet being the latest example). Worker rights groups, meanwhile, implore Apple to stamp out abuse in the Chinese factories that build its devices.
While Foxconn denies allegations of beating Sun Danyong, his family received $44,000 in compensation; his girlfriend, who received an anguished text message on the night of his death, received a free Apple laptop.
BROCK TOWNSHIP -- A weekend fire that destroyed a Ball Avenue home near Beaverton on the Trent Canal is being described as suspicious and police have now issued a description of a man spotted on...
DURHAM -- As the light drizzle quickly turned into a heavy downpour by mid-afternoon on Saturday, Margaret Middleton peeked out her window and held her breath in fear.
A Lawrie Road...
BROCK TOWNSHIP -- Beaverton fire officials remained on scene at about noon on Sunday after a fire broke out in a home located on Ball Avenue in Beaverton at 12:30 a.m.
No one was at...
WHITBY -- Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak will name former leadership rival Christine Elliott as deputy leader this week, sources told the Star.
Elliott, the MPP for Whitby...
DURHAM / NORTHUMBERLAND -- VIA trains are expected to start resuming service late Sunday with full service on most routes due to return on Monday morning after the union representing striking...
AJAX -- A man is in hospital with serious injuries after being assaulted with a machete in the Gardiner Drive area in Ajax early Saturday.
Two suspects, one adult and one young offender...
Two suspects, one adult and one young offender...
WHITBY -- Cara Whall’s eyes light up as a deafening noise pounds the sky and her mother Sandy cups her hands over her ears.
“It was really rocky but I liked seeing the canon...
