#greater-toronto-area

#greater-toronto-area

He said he's put in alarm systems and 24-hour security cameras at his collectable card stores in Ajax and Vaughan. The store's staff have vigorous security training and customers have to buzz in at some entrances, Amendola said. I treat it like a bank essentially, he said. In the past five years, the company has had three break-ins, an armed robbery, and six figures worth of mail fraud and theft, Amendola said.

Residents in the Greater Toronto Area are waking up to a winter wonderland with a new blanket of snowfall in the region on Sunday. But the freshly fallen powder may turn to slush when flurries transition to rain through the morning hours, according to Environment Canada. The national weather agency issued a special weather statement warning GTA residents of an additional two to four centimeters of snow on Sunday that could lead to challenging travel conditions.

Viral security camera and cellphone videos taken in the last two years show groups of masked robbers who appear to be young males wearing dark clothing, entering jewelry stores in malls and streetfront shops. They are brazenly using hammers to smash glass, filling bags with jewelry and running off to getaway vehicles before police arrive.

Canada's housing agency says the weakening condo market in the Toronto region has some parallels to the crash of the early 1990s, but several factors mean the current downturn will likely be less severe. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation says in the new report that a more diverse and stable economy, stricter lending rules, and an underlying shortage of homes in the Greater Toronto Area will all help soften the effects of the market pullback.