Richmond Hill

Bernard Terminal in Richmond Hill closed this weekend

Transit Toronto - Weblog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

A construction project at Bernard Avenue Terminal in Richmond Hill is banishing York Region Transit buses to the street this weekend.

Gas leak disrupts Richmond Hill GO train service

Transit Toronto - Weblog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

GO Transit detoured some early trains operating along the 61 Richmond Hill line this afternoon due to a gas leak near Old Cummer Station. GO diverted the trains along a different right of way to serve passengers traveling north of Langstaff Station, but skipped their regular stops at Oriole and Old Cummer. Trains arrived in Langstaff about 30 minutes behind schedule. Regular service has resumed....

Fenton Traces Kerouac’s Trail by Connor Adams Sheets - YourNabe.com

Lost in the Ozone... (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009

Read original... Pat Fenton began to chase the ghost of Jack Kerouac across Queens in 1986. From Ozone Park to Richmond Hill and the Van Wyck Expressway to Phil Rizzuto Park, he has followed the beloved writer’s footsteps throughout the borough the so-called father of the Beatgeneration inhabited for 12 years. Fenton, now 68, first discovered Kerouac when he was a 17-year-old growing up...

Surprise Visit by Police Commissioner Ray Kelly to the Woodhaven Residents Block Asssociation Meeting - October 21st, 2009

Lost in the Ozone... (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

I attended the Woodhaven Residents Block Association (WRBA) October meeting held at the Woodhaven-Richmond Hill Volunteer Ambulance Corps on October 21st... I had been debating whether to go to the 102nd Precinct Community Council meeting or the WRBA meeting since I knew NYPD Police Commissioner Ray Kelly was going to be at the 102nd Pct meeting, but I opted to go WRBA meeting...less hassles...

Judge not sympathetic toward Two-Ton Tony

Queens Crap (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

... daylong arguments at the Oct. 30 pre-sentencing hearing for Seminerio, a politician from Richmond Hill who pleaded guilty in June to taking money from Jamaica Hospital administrators in exchange for lobbying state health officials on their behalf.

• Judge Questions Defense’s Statements in Seminerio Case by Anna Gustafson - Queens Campaigner - Lost in the Ozone...

Equality under the law is abrogated by shari’a councils

Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

From Cranmer From ‘Very Worried of Richmond Hill: Islamic shari’a councils are now recognised as arbitration tribunals under the 1996 Arbitration Act, and are part of the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) procedure available to UK citizens. So far, at least five councils have been recognised as tribunals and moves are afoot to have scores more throughout the [...]

• Equality under the law is abrogated by shari'a councils - Archbishop Cranmer

Celebrations!

Diary of a Surprise Mum (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

... for burgers and champagne while watching the fireworks across London from the balcony of Mine's Richmond Hill hotel room. A fabulous evening spent with some people I now count as my dearest friends. Mine, you are beautiful in so many ways, and our daily chats mean the world to me. May you all be happy and the deepest depths only be those you dive to. xx Pictures taken by Leela

Equality under the law is abrogated by shari'a councils

Archbishop Cranmer (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

From ‘Very Worried of Richmond Hill: Islamic shari’a councils are now recognised as arbitration tribunals under the 1996 Arbitration Act, and are part of the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) procedure available to UK citizens. So far, at least five councils have been recognised as tribunals and moves are afoot to have scores more throughout the country. The tribunals cover all...

ACTION ALERT: Iranian Film Festival in Canada to Push Islamic Iranian Regime Propaganda

Jewish Internet Defense Force (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

... call and ask them not to support the Islamic Iranian propaganda and cancel this event, as the Richmond Hill Centre for Performing Arts did. Background: The festival was supposed to originally happen in June and then in August, 2009, at the Richmond Hill Centre for Performing Arts, in Richmond Hill, (the hub of Iranian community) Ontario. The festival in June was postponed to...

Judge Questions Defense’s Statements in Seminerio Case by Anna Gustafson - Queens Campaigner

Lost in the Ozone... (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

... daylong arguments at the Oct. 30 pre-sentencing hearing for Seminerio, a politician from Richmond Hill who pleaded guilty in June to taking money from Jamaica Hospital administrators in exchange for lobbying state health officials on their behalf. “Mr. Seminerio admitted what he did was wrong, but it was not the full-fledged scheme the government alleges,” said Pery Krinsky,...

Weekend events affect transit services, November 6, 7, 8

Transit Toronto - Weblog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

This weekend, Remembrance Day events — and the first of the year’s Christmas events — affect transit services. The events take place in Acton (Halton Hills), Ajax , Aurora , Bramalea (Brampton), Brampton , Bronte (Oakville), East York (Toronto), Guelph , Hamilton , Maple (Vaughan), Newmarket , Pickering and Richmond Hill .

WireIE and UOIT Release Collaborative Smart Grid White Paper

Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

RICHMOND HILL, ON, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ - WireIE Holdings International Inc.

• WireIE and UOIT Release Collaborative Smart Grid White Paper - PR News Wire

Open Letter to the Empire Theatres- By Joseph Akrami and Faramarz Shiravand

Shiro-Khorshid-Forever (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

... of Iran-Ottawa. This ‘festival” was originally planned for the Summer of 2009 in Richmond Hill, Ontario – the 20th Anniversary of mass execution of the Political Prisoners in Iran. This Festival was cancelled during the atmosphere of the uprising in Iran and brutality of the Islamic Regime in Iran and under the pressure of activists. Shockingly, the First prize of the “Festival”...

WireIE and UOIT Release Collaborative Smart Grid White Paper

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

RICHMOND HILL, ON, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ - WireIE Holdings International Inc. and University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) are pleased to release a comprehensive White Paper entitled, "Developing a Communication Infrastructure for the Smart Grid".

Hockey player charged with sexual assault

Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A U.S. marshals task force arrested a minor league hockey player in Connecticut on sexual assault charges after a game in Bridgeport.Twenty-one-year-old Robert Hughes, a center for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the American Hockey League, was taken into custody after Wednesday’s 4-2 loss to the Adirondack Phantoms at the Arena at Harbor Yard.Hughes, a Canadian citizen from ...

• Hockey player charged with sexual assault - Boston Globe