Kemptville won't have to close its ER department after all

An Iranian-owned boxing gym in Thornhill was targeted by gunfire early Sunday morning in an apparent threat against activists speaking out against the Islamic Republic governing Iran. York Regional Police officers were called to Saliwan Boxing, near Yonge Street and Steeles Avenue West, at around 3 am following reports of a shooting. The gym’s entrance was riddled with bullet holes and broken glass in videos uploaded to social media by Salar Gholami, the business’s owner and a key activist in anti-regime protests across the GTA in recent months. “This happened exactly one hour...