The Toronto District School Board confirmed to CTV News Toronto that it is aware of a number of incidents involving a “limited number of students” from the York Memorial College Institute and Hilltop Middle School, which are located side by side at its western end. city. This Dollarama is located on the 1500 Royal York Road in Toronto, approximately 300 meters from the two schools. A Dollarama spokesman told CTV News Toronto that their staff had called police “after harassment by several people who were present at the store”. “We understand that the police subsequently issued breach alerts directly to the schools the people were attending based on their assessment of the situation and we respect their decision,” Dollarama said. “Dollarama aims to promote a safe, efficient, non-discriminatory and inclusive store environment for both customers and employees.” The company and TDSB declined to give details of the incident, but Toronto police said they were called to Dollarama on March 30 “in connection with an attack.” “Officers have spoken to local school staff about the current issue of students going to the store. The store has announced that students are no longer welcome or will be violated,” Toronto police said in a statement. No charges were filed. In a video posted on the Internet last week, a student appears to be recording a message through the public notice system from school officials about the ban. “You have been permanently excluded from Dollarama. I have received a trespass notice for the entire student population,” one person was heard saying. “For those students whose behavior was unacceptable this afternoon, congratulations, you have now ruined it for everyone.”
