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Paris Jewellers robbed 5th time in recent years CONNOR LUCZKA Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Paris Jewellers has been robbed for the fifth time in recent years, according to the Stratford Police Service. On Nov. 13 at 4:45 p.m., police received numerous 911 calls regarding a robbery at the prominent jewellery shop in the Stratford Mall. Reportedly, three suspects entered the store armed with sledgehammers, smashed several display cases and fled the scene with an unknown amount of jewellery. All staff members present were able to leave the area when the suspects arrived, and no injuries were sustained. Victim Services Huron Perth has been contacted to provide support. The suspects fled the mall and entered a grey Honda Civic with tinted windows and black rims, bearing an Ontario licence plate BRTM868. The vehicle fled the scene and travelled eastbound on Ontario Street leaving the city. This vehicle was later determined to be stolen out of the greater Toronto area just a few days prior. The three suspects involved in the robbery have been described as having slim builds and an estimated height between 5’5” and 5’7”. The three suspects had their faces and heads covered with a mask and hood, and they were all wearing dark coloured clothing. As Darren Fischer, community resource and media relations officer, told the Times, since the identities of these suspects are unknown, police cannot confirm if CONTINUED TO PAGE 2
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Mark Rosenfeld, founder of the Provocation Ideas Festival (PIF), describes True Tapestries: Threads of Stratford Stories to an enraptured audience on Nov. 15. True Tapestries will be an anthology of Stratford-based stories, written by and for locals, and it all started with an evening of readings that night.
Stratford’s kaleidoscopic stories front and centre in True Tapestries reading
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Stratford Festival actress Barbara Fulton took to the stage at the Stratford Perth Museum on Nov. 15 to read Linda Webster’s “To Flush or Not to Flush,” a story chronicling her mother’s act of private protest when the City of Stratford changed its water-usage fee sometime in 1992, charging property owners a flat rate. “Mom was damned if she was going to be cheated on her share of municipal water,” Fulton read. “There was
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