The Anti-Hate Security and Prevention Grant pays up to $10,000 for cameras, alarms, better locks and access control at community facilities. The next intake is expected in fall 2026, and last year’s window was only four weeks long. Here’s what the money covers, who qualifies, and exactly what to have ready before applications open.

Toronto logged 6,092 break-ins in 2025, down 10.7% from the year before. But the citywide number hides a 21x gap between neighbourhoods. Search any of Toronto’s 158 neighbourhoods for break-ins, auto theft, robbery, assault and six more offence types, going back to 2014, and see exactly how your area compares to the city average.

AlarmForce started in 1988, grew into Canada’s third-largest alarm company, then got sold three times: to Bell, partly to TELUS, and finally to a.p.i. Alarm when Bell quit home security in 2025. Here’s the full story, and the three options every former AlarmForce customer has now.

Most business owners have an alarm. Half couldn’t tell you what it actually does, what it doesn’t cover, or whether anyone’s listening. Here’s the full business security checklist we use on every audit in Hamilton, Niagara, and the GTA. Alarms, cameras, fire monitoring, access control, plus the 5 mistakes we see on almost every walkthrough.