Norval Morrisseau,also known as Copper Thunderbird,was an Indigenous Canadian artist from the Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek First Nation. He is widely regarded as the grandfather of contemporary Indigenous art in Canada. Known as the "Picasso of the North," Morrisseau created works depicting the legends of his people,the cultural and political tensions between native Canadian and European traditions,his existential struggles,and his deep spirituality and mysticism. His style is characterized by thick black outlines and bright colors. He founded the Woodlands School of Canadian art and was a prominent member of the “Indian Group of Seven."
Joseph Frank Fontana is an Italian-born Canadian politician. He was a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1987 to 2006,and mayor of London,Ontario from 2010 until his 2014 convictions for fraud and forgery.
Operation Soap was a raid by the Metropolitan Toronto Police against four gay bathhouses in Toronto,Ontario,Canada,which took place on February 5,1981. Nearly three hundred men were arrested,the largest mass arrest in Canada since the 1970 October crisis,before the record was broken during the 2006 Stanley Cup Playoffs in Edmonton,Alberta.
Raymond Lavigne is a former Canadian senator and businessman,and a former Member of Parliament (MP).
Elections Ontario is an independent office of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario responsible for the administration of provincial elections and referendums. It is charged with the implementation and enforcement of the Election Act,Election Finances Act,Representation Acts (various),as well as specific portions of the Municipal Elections Act,1996,Taxpayer Protection Act,1999,and Fluoridation Act. The agency collects information about political parties,candidates,constituency association,leadership contestants,and third parties involved in Ontario politics. Elections Ontario is led by the Chief Electoral Officer,a non-partisan Officer of the Legislative Assembly chosen by an all-party committee. Greg Essensa,appointed in 2008,is the current Chief Electoral Officer. His predecessor was John Hollins,who held the position from 2001 to 2008.
The Barrie Police Service (BPS) is the police service of the city of Barrie,Ontario,Canada. It is made up of 218 police personnel and 94 civilians that serve a population of 135,711,as of 2011,in an area covering 100.71 km2 (38.88 sq mi).
The Reesor Siding strike of 1963 was one of the defining labour conflicts in Canadian history,resulting in the shooting of 11 union members,three of whom were killed. The violent confrontation occurred near the small Francophone hamlet of Reesor Siding,which is located just west of Opasatika,approximately halfway between Kapuskasing and Hearst in Northern Ontario.
Victor AnthonyFedeli is a Canadian politician who has been the Ontario minister of economic development,job creation and trade since 2019 and chair of Cabinet since 2018. He is the Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Nipissing,and has held his seat for the Progressive Conservative (PC) party of Ontario since the 2011 provincial election. Fedeli has previously served as the province's minister of finance,Opposition leader,and interim PC party leader. He stood as a candidate in the 2015 Ontario PC leadership race,but ultimately withdrew and endorsed Christine Elliott.
Constable Martin Cardinal is an Ottawa Police Service member who sparked national outrage on November 25,2000,when an amateur video taken by Darcy Peterson from his balcony showed an officer repetitively slamming a handcuffed and restrained female's head on his police cruiser.
Patrick Brazeau is a Canadian senator from Quebec. At the age of 34,he was and is the youngest member of the Senate during his appointment. From February 2006 until January 2009 he held the position of national chief of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples. Brazeau was expelled from the Conservative caucus following his February 7,2013 arrest for domestic assault and sexual assault. On September 15,2015,Brazeau pleaded guilty to simple assault and cocaine possession as part of a plea deal in which other assault charges were dropped,and he was acquitted of sexual assault.
Operation Bid Rig was a long-term investigation into political corruption in New Jersey conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation,the Internal Revenue Service,and the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 2002 to 2014.
Brian H. Greenspan,is a Canadian criminal defence lawyer. He is the senior partner in the Toronto firm Greenspan,Humphrey,Makepeace LLP and one of the most prominent defence lawyers in Canada.
The Windsor Police Service is the municipal law enforcement agency in Windsor,Ontario,Canada. It succeeded the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment.
In May 2013,the American website Gawker and the Toronto Star reported that they had viewed a cellphone video that showed then-Mayor of Toronto Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine and commenting on political issues. Gawker raised money to buy the video,but were unable to acquire it when the seller broke off contact. On October 31,2013,the Toronto Police Service announced that they were in possession of the video,"and at least one other". The video was retrieved in the course of an investigation of drug gangs,entitled "Project Traveller". Ford's associate Alexander "Sandro" Lisi was charged with extortion for attempting to retrieve the video,in exchange for marijuana.
The death of Sammy Yatim occurred early in the morning of July 27,2013,in Toronto,Ontario,Canada. Yatim,an 18-year-old Toronto male armed with a switchblade knife,was shot at nine times,and was hit by eight of the shots fired by 30-year-old Toronto Police Service (TPS) officer James Forcillo. After being shot,while lying on the floor of the streetcar he was tasered. He later died from the injuries. The incident occurred after Yatim,brandishing a 12 cm (4.7 in) switchblade knife in a Toronto streetcar,advanced on a passenger,threatened other passengers,and exposed himself. The confrontation between Yatim and the police was recorded and footage of it was released publicly,prompting strong reactions across Canada.
Melissa Ann Shepard,also known as Melissa Ann Weeks,Melissa Ann Friedrich,Melissa Ann Shephard and Melissa Ann Stewart,sometimes given the sobriquet of Internet Black Widow,is a Canadian murderer and habitual offender. Shepard has been convicted of manslaughter in the death of one of her husbands,convicted of poisoning another,and convicted of numerous fraud offenses.
General Jonathan Holbert Vance is a retired Canadian Forces officer who served as a general in the Canadian Army. Vance was the chief of the Defence Staff from 2015 to 2021.
Thunder Bay is a 2018 podcast hosted by Ryan McMahon on the Canadaland network. The podcast critiques the government and police responses to systemic racism and violence directed toward Indigenous peoples in the northern Ontario town of Thunder Bay,Ontario,Canada.
Barbara Kentner was an Indigenous woman from Wabigoon Lake First Nation who died in 2017,six months after being struck by a trailer hitch thrown at her by Brayden Bushby from a moving vehicle in Thunder Bay,Ontario,Canada.
