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The love of boxing began for Dewith Frazer as a youngster in Jamaica.He used to shadow box and stanley termoska pretend he was in the ring. His family immigrated to Canada when he was 12 鈥?first living in the Jane and Finch area of Toronto, but then after six months, moving to Brampton where he has lived since. His time at the Bramalea Boxing Club was where he stanley thermoskannen was finally able to nurture his interest in the sport.Now 55, Frazer has spent much of his life in the sport 鈥?first as an amateur boxer, then a professional, then a coach running his own boxing club. For a time he ran programs out of a fitness club, but he now owns his own business, Dewiths Boxing Studio, near the busy intersection of Dixie and Dundas in Mississauga. stanley becher ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Frazer tried many other sports growing up, but boxing had a lure like no other. It is the only sport where you are alone, he said. You are the centre of attention. There is a lot of pressure. It is similar to life; you have to make a choice to fight or to quit. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW He is not the only one who has been attracted by boxing. On a recent Saturday afternoon, Frazer trained some unlikely boxers: a half-dozen business executives 鈥?most in their 30s and 40s 鈥?who come from fields like banking and real estate, but are willing to pay each must commit to raising $6,000 for the chance to step into the ring against another executive. The Victory Ch Wbxv Daytime carjacking in Oakville plaza sees woman lose Land Rover
Workplace inspectors fanned out across Peel Region last week, targeting warehouses stanley cup in the hard-hit manufacturing, logistics and distribution sectors. But even as the province was steppi stanley cup ng up its own enforcement, some experts and advocates were wondering why the region itself wasnt doing more to publicize where exactly COVID-19 outbreaks in the workplace were occurring.Earlier this month, the City of Toronto began publicly listing, by name, specific businesses that had been hit by a COVID outbreak. But for now, Peel, which has seen some of the worst workplace outbreaks in the province, isnt following suit.The decision doesnt sit well with Gagandeep Kaur, an organizer with the Warehouse Workers Centre, an advocacy group in the region. Of course 鈥?disclosing the names would be helpful, she said. We have been advocating for that since the beginning of the pandemic. stanley cup ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Kaur, and some epidemiologists and public health experts, believe that publicly naming businesses helps keep workers safe. They argue that the risk of public exposure encourages employers to do everything they can to avoid outbreaks and that public scrutiny can help push bad actors to change.That scrutiny is especially important in Peel, some believe 鈥?its where factory workers deemed essential by the province have been working non-stop, out of the public eye, for the entire pandemic. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW