George Lengvari, centre, is seen with his sporting companions in the 1930s.

Entrepreneurial spirit took George Lengvari to the top of his field
Fred Langan
From Tuesday’s Globe and Mail
Published Tuesday, Mar. 27, 2012 9:33PM EDT

George Lengvari arrived in Canada in 1951 as a penniless Hungarian immigrant and went on to become one of Canada’s most successful life insurance brokers. It was a profession he came to relatively late in life, starting when he was almost 40 after spending the postwar years in refugee camps in Europe and in menial jobs first in Britain and then in Canada.

The wars of the 20th century shaped Lengvari’s life. His father was killed in the opening months of the First World War. George was born five months later in April, 1915, the third of three sons. In an effort to help out a war widow, his uncle adopted his brother Ferenc who took his family name, Csik. That brother, Ferenc Csik, went on to become a national hero in Hungary when he won a surprise gold medal in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. All three brothers excelled at school. The oldest, Akos, became a lawyer, Ferenc Csik became a medical doctor and George earned a doctorate in political science and law.

Female suspect sought in pair of 2009 bank robberies

CBC News

(police release)

Toronto police are trying to identify a female suspect in connection with a pair of bank robberies that they believe she pulled off in the same day, nearly three years ago.

The first robbery occurred at 1:50 p.m. on June 19, 2009, at a bank on Albion Road.

Police say the woman approached a teller, produced a note and demanded cash. She left with an undisclosed amount of cash.

Later that same evening, the same suspect pulled off a very similar robbery at a Wilson Avenue bank, at about 7:20 p.m. Again, she produced a note, demanded cash and got away with an undisclosed amount of money.

In both cases, the suspect claimed to be armed, but police say there is no indication she was.

The suspect is a black woman who is believed to be between 20 and 25 years old, with braided hair extensions tied in a bun.

She was last seen wearing dark, thick-framed sunglasses and carrying a dark shoulder bag.

On Thursday, March 29, 2011, the Toronto Drug Squad, with the assistance of Durham
Regional Police Service, concluded a two−month investigation. Police executed eleven search
warrants across the GTA.
It is alleged that:
− police seized 362 grams of cocaine, 520 grams of marijuana, 71 Oxycontin pills, a .22 cal
handgun and $112,000 in cash
Willis Manning, 39, of Toronto, has been charged with:
1) six counts of Trafficking Cocaine
2) six counts of Possession of Proceeds
Atu Dolo, 50, of Ajax, has been charged with:
1) six counts of Trafficking Cocaine
2) eight counts of Possession Proceeds
3) two counts of Possession Cocaine
4) two counts of Possession Marijuana FTP
5) Possession of Oxycontin FTP Trafficking

Man seriously injured by baseball bat in gang brawl

TORONTO – A 19-year-old man has been arrested following a street fight between two gangs early Saturday morning in which his victim was seriously injured when he allegedly bashed him with a baseball bat.

The gang brawl occurred on March 31st at 3.30 am in a parking lot in the vicinity of Dupont and Dufferin Streets.

The suspect, Sinan Hazan, of Toronto, fled the scene but was later arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon.

Hazan is to appear at Old City Hall court on Tuesday to face the charges.

More diversity on next city council would be a good thing

April 2, 2012 – 4:22am ANGELA MOMBOURQUETTE DON’T GET ME STARTED

IN ROUGHLY six months, each and every one of us is going to have the chance to get out and vote for our new municipal government. The coming municipal election is nothing short of a golden opportunity to create momentum toward a new future for HRM. It’s also a chance for people to engage with their communities in ways they’d never really considered before.

It’s vitally important to make sure we see fresh faces and hear new ideas in the leadup to the municipal election on Oct. 20, and that means finding ways to get people from typically under-represented groups involved in the process.

The provincial government, in conjunction with the Union of Nova Scotia Municipalities, Dalhousie University and the Association of Black Social Workers has been holding workshops designed to encourage one such group — African Nova Scotians — to get more involved in local government.