"It's a very complex investigation because it involves so many aspects," he told the BBC.**********
"You've got the receivers of the stolen sand, or what we believe to be the sand. The trucks themselves, the organisers and, of course, there is some suspicion that some police were in collusion with the movers of the sand."
RELATED: Got kids? Live in Toronto?
Then my only question would be... "Are you nuts?"
Sixteen months ago, Toronto discovered a cancer under its streets.**********
Old lead pipes, installed in the 1950s and earlier, was leaching the potent neurotoxin into tap water -- posing a serious health risk to pregnant women and children in particular.
Frank Zechner, the executive director of the Ontario Sewer and Watermain Construction Association, said he believes the city will take longer than nine years to replace its lead service connections.
But even its stated timeline, he charged, is far too slow. Similar programs in the U.S. have mandated timelines to replace lead pipes tied to test results. "Replacing 5,500 out of 65,000 in just over a year is still a pretty lax pace," Zechner said.
That work also does nothing to address lead pipes and connections that run on an individual's property.
LAST WORD: The other "lead-poisoning"
Police patrolling the area saw a man fire a round of bullets at the back of a nightclub in a parking lot near Richmond and Simcoe Streets. A suspect was then seen entering a white stretch SUV limousine that was parked nearby on Richmond Street.Just another reason.
Authorities stopped the vehicle and held it until the ETF arrived on the scene a short time later, around 3:30 a.m.
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