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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Toronto police say they are looking to identify a suspect after two people reported they were assaulted at a TTC subway station in January. Police said the assaults happened on Jan. 30 at around 12:50 p.m. at North York Centre subway station. …
Read More »Teens charged in Toronto high school shooting face new robbery charges in Peel Region – Toronto
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 10, 2023 7:14 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two teenagers accused in a shooting at a Toronto area high school last month are now facing new charges following a Peel Regional Police investigation into a series of armed robberies …
Read More »Toronto teens arrested in connection with robbery at pharmacy in Kitchener
Waterloo Regional Police say two teens from Toronto have been arrested in connection to a robbery at a pharmacy in Kitchener last month. Police allege the teens are linked to a number of robberies in other areas of Ontario and were arrested in Toronto on Dec. 29. The pair were …
Read More »15-year-old boy charged in series of pharmacy, bank robberies in Toronto area – Toronto
Toronto police say a teenager is facing a long list of charges in connection with multiple pharmacy robberies and one bank robbery across the Greater Toronto Area. Police said over a 2.5-month period, between Sept. 3 and Nov. 21, officers across multiple jurisdictions, including Toronto and Peel and Halton regions, …
Read More »Teens charged in stabbing incident at high school in Oakville, Ont.: police
Police arrested three teens and are seeking a fourth person following an altercation in which two people were stabbed at an Oakville high school on Wednesday afternoon. Halton police say the incident broke out at Garth Webb Secondary School around 4 p.m. and involved a group of youths in the …
Read More »Tegan and Sara revisit their high school years as queer teens in new TV memoir
While writing their 2019 memoir High School, Canadian musicians Tegan and Sara Quin joked that their coming-of-age story — which recounts the twin sisters’ lives as queer teens in 1990s Calgary — would make for a great TV show. Soon after the New York Times bestseller was published, that joke …
Read More »Some teachers are using TikTok to reach teens, but concern over app’s effects persists
When Shauna Pomerantz saw her daughter’s smartphone use rocket up during the pandemic, she investigated and discovered the reason: TikTok videos. Her next step? Pomerantz, a professor of child and youth studies at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ont., dug into the world of TikTok alongside her teen. Besides picking up some …
Read More »Crash that killed 2 teens prompts questions about police pursuits
A crash on the Burnaby-New Westminster border last week that killed two teens has reignited the debate and discussion around police pursuits. Officials are still investigating why the suspects in the crash allegedly sped away from a traffic stop and whether they were chased by police, but the tragedy has nonetheless …
Read More »B.C. teen’s harasser posed as child protection staff to family, Crown tells jury
A Crown attorney says British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd was lured, harassed and extorted with online messages demanding she perform sexual “shows,” or videos of her would be sent to her family and classmates. In closing arguments at the B.C. Supreme Court trial of Dutchman Aydin Coban, Kristen LeNoble told …
Read More »Portraits show Kitchener teens how much they’ve changed — and stayed the same — over 10 years
An end of year portrait project is giving a group of grads from Cameron Heights Collegiate Institute in Kitchener, Ont., a stronger sense of self as they set off into the next chapter of their lives. The photos are side-by-side images: portraits taken in the last months of Grade 12 …
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