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Crowdfunding campaign for kitten gets messy No police investigation, but it’s unclear where funds will be distributed
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TAMARA SHEPHARD tshephard@insidetoronto.com The majority of nearly $10,000 in donations to a crowdfunding campaign to help an injured kitten thrown onto Hwy. 427 pledged to Toronto Humane Society, the organization treating him, is now being redirected to other animal rescue chari-
ties. Toronto Humane Society (THS) officials filed a fraud complaint with Toronto police after an email sent to them in December by the Indiegogo campaign administrator stated they would not be getting the funds, THS officials reported. Toronto police confirmed Wednesday the investigation, at this point, is closed. “As of right now, there is nothing criminal,” Toronto police spokesperson Const. Victor Kwong said. “The Indiegogo >>>THS, page 10
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THE RUN AROUND: Silverthorn Collegiate’s Abdullah Mohamed (11) dribbles past George Harvey Collegiate defender Roshane Richards during high school senior boys’ basketball action at Harvey on Monday. Silverthorn went on to win the game 52-33.
Ward 1 councillor and deputy mayor Vince Crisanti’s decision to quit two boards just weeks after being appointed was simply a time management issue, he said in an interview. The decision had nothing to do with health matters indicated from a trip by ambulance to hospital last week, said
Crisanti. “Really all that happened there is when I was asked to be deputy mayor by our Mayor John Tory, I decided at that time to just review my committees given that I wanted to focus on my role as deputy mayor… so what I decided to do was act very quickly to make some adjustments,” Crisanti said. Crisanti submitted his res>>>councillor, page 9
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