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Toronto Police say a 58-year-old man died after being hit by a car in Scarborough that did not stay at the scene. Police said the pedestrian was struck on Sunday just after midnight in the Markham Road and Sheppard Avenue East area. Investigators said a driver in a Mazda was …
Read More »Boy with autism receives haircut without consent at Toronto school – Toronto
Parents of a child with autism in Toronto have decided to take him out of his current school and move him after he came home apparently distressed after an educational assistant cut his hair. “We found that he was so aggressive — and traumatized,” his mother Sara Zahan told Global …
Read More »Crash on eastbound Highway 401 in Scarborough sends driver to hospital – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Ontario Provincial Police say a driver has life-threatening injuries after a crash on Highway 401 in Scarborough on Thursday morning. OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said the crash happened in the eastbound collector lanes of Highway 401 at McCowan Road just after …
Read More »17-year-old driver arrested after collision with TTC bus in Scarborough
Toronto police say they have arrested a 17-year-old driver after a crash involving a car and a TTC bus on Thursday night. News Source link
Read More »Man charged with sexual assault after women answer Kijiji job ads for massage therapist – Toronto
Toronto Police say a man has been charged after posting ads online for a massage therapist and allegedly sexually assaulting two women who answered them and attended a spa. Police said between September 2016 and December 2022, two separate women responded to job postings on Kijiji for a massage attendant …
Read More »37-year-old man facing 1st-degree murder charge in Scarborough shooting – Toronto
Toronto police say a 37-year-old man has been charged with first degree murder in connection with a shooting in Scarborough at the end of last year. On Dec. 30, at around 5:30 p.m., officers responded to reports of a shooting at a building at Birchmount Road and Sheppard Avenue. Police …
Read More »3 suspects wanted after theft at Scarborough Town Centre jewelry store on Boxing Day: police – Toronto
Toronto police say they are looking to identify three people who allegedly stole an item from a store at Scarborough Town Centre. Police said they were called to the mall on Boxing Day for reports of a theft at a jewelry shop. Investigators said the first suspect is described as a …
Read More »Teen charged with 2nd-degree murder in fatal shooting outside Scarborough high school
A 17-year-old wanted in a fatal shooting outside a Scarborough high school turned himself in and was charged with second-degree murder on Thursday, Toronto police say. The teen, who is from Toronto, cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. He is scheduled to appear at the Toronto East …
Read More »Scarborough parents call on school, TDSB to do more to prevent vaping in washrooms
A group of concerned parents is putting pressure on a Scarborough high school and the Toronto District School Board to stop students from vaping in the school’s bathroom. The group has sent a letter to principal Leslie Ann Klinger of Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate Institute asking her for “proposed solutions as …
Read More »‘Yes, In God’s Backyard’: Affordable housing proposed on site of Scarborough church
A new development company associated with the United Church of Canada is trying to breathe new life into a Scarborough church that officially closed in 2019 — by building affordable housing on the site while keeping some of its gathering spaces alive. Kindred Works wants to build an 11-storey tower and two rows of townhouses …
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