Feliz Navidad y Feliz año 2006 desde beautiful Ontario

Feliz navidad Hans.
Espérame en Ontario, que para allá partiré pronto.
Saludos.

‘Tragic day’
15-year-old girl dies in brazen Toronto shootout

Canadian Press

Tuesday, December 27, 2005

TORONTO (CP) – Innocent bystanders were among the seven victims caught in the crossfire between two groups of youths in a shootout in a section of downtown Toronto crowded with Boxing Day shoppers.

Police say about 10 to 15 youths were on opposite sides of a Foot Locker when they began shooting at each other. Det.-Sgt. Savas Kyriacou says a number of the victims were innocent bystanders. A 15-year-old girl died in the brazen shootout.

Six others were taken to several hospitals and one of the victims remains in critical condition.

Two people were arrested at a nearby subway station Monday, but investigators are still trying to determine if they played any role in the shootings.

They have not been charged.

"I think it’s a day that Toronto has finally lost its innocence," Kyriacou said at a news conference.

"It was a tragic loss and a tragic day."

A handgun has been seized and police say they believe more than one gun was used.

The scene of the shootout along Toronto’s Yonge St. remained taped off Tuesday.

Officers are also gathering surveillance tape from nearby stores.

Two other brazen shootings have taken place this year in the same area, which is popular with tourists but not usually known for violence.

On a Saturday night in late July, a man was fatally shot in a crowd of about 1,000 people at Dundas Square despite a heavy police presence.

On a Sunday afternoon in April, three people – including two bystanders – were wounded after a gunman opened fire on another man on the same stretch of street where Monday’s shootings occurred.

There have been 78 murders in Toronto this year, including a record 52 by gunfire.

The city set a record for murders in 1991, with 88.

The wave of gun violence has outraged politicians at all levels of government, with Prime Minister Paul Martin even going so far as promising a ban on handguns if he is re-elected.

Alguien me puede explicar que es lo que significa Boxing day y que se celebra gracias

Boxing Day
The day after Christmas, the Feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, is better known as Boxing Day. The term may come from the opening of church poor boxes that day; maybe from the earthenware boxes with which boy apprentices collected money at the doors of their masters’ clients.

Nowadays, we often see, in certain families, gifts (boxes) given to those who provide services throughout the year.

"Boxing Day" is listed in the Canada Labour Code as a holiday.

Este día lo comenzaon a celebrar en Inglaterra durante la edad media. Algunos historiadores dicen que se creó este dia feriado porque los sirvientes tenian que trabajar durante la navidad pero tomaban el dia siguiente para descansar. Cuando estos estaban preparados ya para visitar a sus familiares los empleadores les regalaban cajas con regalos para que llevaran a sus familiares. Por la parte eclesiástica se dice que se abrian las cajas que se encontraban en las iglesias donde los fieles depositaban sus ofrendas para donar todo su contenido a los pobres el dia 26 de diciembre el cual coincide con las festividades de St Stephen.

Este dia se celebra en Gran Bretaña, Canadá, Australia y Nueva Zelanda. No asi en USA. Si por ejemplo la navidad cae un viernes o fin de semana el boxin day será movido al lunes siguiente.

Este resumen lo traduje de un texto que encontré. Ahora seguro que no mucha gente sabe todo eso lo más conocido es que en estos paises sinonimo de boxing day es irse corriendo a las tiendas que rematan todo lo que no puedieron vender en navidad. Algo parecido pasa aqui en USA el dia despues de accion de gracias la gente se va a las tiendas como locas a comprar los regalos de navidad porque "supuestamente" todo esta mas barato ese día y es el día cuando se comienza a preparar todo para la navidad, la gente pone sus arboles y decoraciones navideña etc. Aqui en USA este año por haber caido el feriado en domingo se le dió el lunes a los trabajadores y las tiendas quisieron hacer algo parecido al boxing day.

Tristemente siempre se pierde el verdadero significado de las festividades, todo es comercio. Los comerciantes hacen malabares para sacarle el dinero a la gente y el dinero plástico es el mas usado por el bombardeo de mercadeo en la radio y televisión. La gente sale a comprar así no tengan con que.

Bueno espero haber aclarado tus dudas. Ya cuando tengas la oportunidad de vivir en uno de stos paises te daras cuenta de la alaraca que arma la gente esos dias, ja,ja,ja,

Saludos

Y en Boxing day se caen a plomos los pandilleros que no tienen dinero pa comprar TV de LCD’s en pleno Young st. Que de paso no es cualquier catia!