Published Tuesday, April 13, 2021 5:32AM EDT Last Updated Tuesday, April 13, 2021 4:53PM EDT A long-awaited independent review has found “serious flaws” in how the Toronto police force handled a number of missing persons investigations in the city’s Gay Village and is calling for a new approach that would shift some of the responsibility for handling these files onto civilians and community agencies. Retired Ontario Court of Appeal justice Gloria Epstein was asked to conduct the review back in 2018 amid public criticism that police had not done enough in response to a number of missing person reports in the Village. The probe wasn’t initially supposed to include the case of serial killer Bruce McArthur as it was before the courts at the time. But its scope was later widened after McArthur plead guilty to eight counts of first-degree murder.
An independent review of the Toronto police force's handling of missing-person cases, including the victims of serial killer Bruce McArthur, has found that "systemic discrimination" contributed to failings in a number of investigations.
With six nationalities represented and six debuts this year, the Women’s Prize for Fiction plans a July winner’s announcement after a shortlist in April.
The Women’s Prize for Fiction’s big longlist comprises 16 titles. Image: Women’s Prize
An Award Program in Its 26th Year
Overnight in London, the Women’s Prize for Fiction has announced its 2021 longlist with 16 titles to be winnowed down to six for the shortlist, to be announced April 28. The winner is expected to be named this year on July 7.
The purse for that winner will be worth £30,000 (US$41,926) and is endowed by an anonymous donor. The winner also traditionally receives the limited edition “Bessie” figurine made and donated by artist Grizel Niven.
Alliant Credit Union Expands Vehicle Leasing Program, Powered by CULA
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Alliant opens up vehicle leasing to members in Pennsylvania
As consumers emerge from the economic and personal challenges of the pandemic, they are seeking affordable, flexible options in vehicle financing, which is exactly what leasing provides SAN DIEGO (PRWEB) March 11, 2021
Credit Union Leasing of America (CULA), the leader in indirect vehicle leasing for credit unions for over 30 years, is helping power the expansion of Alliant Credit Union’s vehicle leasing program into Pennsylvania, completing their first leases in the state in February 2021. CULA has been successfully working with Alliant Credit Union since 2017, administering their existing vehicle leasing programs in Colorado, Michigan, and Florida.
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A view onto Hamer Bay, which connects to Lake Joseph, where two boats crashed around 11:30 p.m. ET on Aug. 24, 2019. One was driven by Linda O Leary, wife of businessman and reality TV star Kevin O Leary, and the other by Richard Ruh. Two people died as a result of the crash. (Robert Krbavac/CBC)
The operator of one of the boats in a 2019 fatal crash involving a vessel driven by Linda O Leary, wife of businessman and reality TV star Kevin O Leary, was convicted in absentia last September of failing to exhibit a navigation light, according to provincial offence documents obtained by CBC News.