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Toronto Zoo
Canada's largest zoo spanning 287 hectares with over 5,000 animals organized by geographic region.
6 km · about 10 min drive
Ontario, Canada · North America
West Hill works well as a base: 5 minutes from Woburn, 6km from Toronto Zoo.
West Hill is a town located in Ontario, Canada. With a population of 27,392, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, West Hill sits in Canada, where you drive on the right. It's in the America/Toronto time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add West Hill to your route.
The Danzig Street shooting, or Danzig shooting, was a gang-related shooting that occurred on the evening of 16 July 2012 at a block party on Danzig Street in the West Hill neighbourhood of Toronto, Canada. Rival gang members Folorunso Owusu, 17, and Nahom Tsegazab, 19, along with an unidentified third gunman, openedRead more
fire in a crowd of two hundred people. This resulted in the deaths of Joshua Yasay and Shyanne Charles, and the injury of twenty-four others (including two of the perpetrators), making it the worst mass shooting in Toronto.
A 2008 provincial report had warned of increasing trends in youth violence but key recommendations to stop at-risk youth from joining gangs had not been adopted. Around 2010 the West Hill-based Galloway Boys gang was re-forming, recruiting youths who obtained guns which they used in conflicts for control of the gang and territory. The block party, which began as a children's barbecue at a social-housing complex, was continued into the evening by some of these youths who attracted a crowd with a DJ and free alcohol. After a series of confrontations, threats escalated into the shooting.
Although initially believed to be the resumption of a 2003 gang war between the Galloway Boys and the Malvern Crew, it later became clear that the Danzig Street shooting was not part of a territorial dispute or retaliation for another incident but a disagreement between teenagers who then had a gunfight at a party. Police initially received few tips from frightened witnesses but were able to make two arrests that month; two additional arrests came following a reprisal shooting in September. The four young men convicted were aged 15 to 19 at the time of the shooting; two were minors and their names were withheld under the Youth Criminal Justice Act until they were sentenced as adults. Justice Ian Nordheimer said of the incident, "Ordinary persons do not understand how anyone, much less teenagers, can come not only to possess such weapons but to use them in such a brutal and indifferent way."
The incident, in conjunction with the Eaton Centre shooting six weeks earlier and a shooting in a Colorado movie theatre four days later, renewed debate on gun crime in urban areas. Despite falling national crime rates, a poll taken the following week showed that a majority of Canadians were in fear of "a violent crime wave". The shooting led the Toronto Police Service to develop new crime-prevention strategies for the Neighbourhood Officers Program, established to build community relationships in at-risk areas to gain information on local crime, making possible targeted crackdowns on gang activity and a dramatic reduction in shootings and other crimes. Police 43 Division (which includes Danzig Street) reported no homicides the following year, in 2013.
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West Hill is located in Ontario, Canada, North America. The coordinates are 43.7674 latitude, -79.1795 longitude.
West Hill has a population of approximately 27,392 people, making it a town in Canada.
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Canada's largest zoo spanning 287 hectares with over 5,000 animals organized by geographic region.
6 km · about 10 min drive
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Canada's largest museum of world cultures and natural history, topped by Daniel Libeskind's dramatic crystalline extension.
21 km · about 25 min drive
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Soaring 553-metre communications and observation tower that defines the Toronto skyline.
22 km · about 25 min drive
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Toronto's spectacular aquarium at the base of the CN Tower with a stunning underwater tunnel and 20,000 aquatic animals.
22 km · about 25 min drive
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Canada's premier amusement park near Toronto with over 200 attractions including 17 roller coasters.
30 km · about 35 min drive
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Museum celebrating Canadian motoring heritage with a collection of rare Canadian-built cars in Oshawa.
30 km · about 35 min drive
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Canada's premier road course near Bowmanville, Ontario, with dramatic elevation changes and a storied history including 1960s-70s Formula 1.
51 km · about 60 min drive
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A charming heritage town at the mouth of the Niagara River with award-winning wineries, the Shaw Festival theatre, and beautiful 19th-century streetscapes.
58 km · about 65 min drive
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