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TORONTO — At 4:11 p.m. on Aug. 14, 2003, the system supervisor in the control room overseeing Ontario’s electrical grid saw four alarms pop up on his computer screen. Then came 30,000 more. “It looks like we’ve had a disturbance,” Todd Parcey recalls saying, in what proved to be a …
Read More »TTC employee injured after being ‘pinned’ by subway train at yard – Toronto
A man in his 70s has been injured after he was pinned by a subway train at a Toronto work yard, officials say. Toronto fire Capt. Dan Viera told Global News a Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) employee had been pinned by a subway train at the agency’s Greenwood yard after …
Read More »Industry minister asks telecoms for cell service agreement outline in Toronto subway – Toronto
Canada’s industry minister is calling on the country’s major telecom companies to come to an agreement over wireless service in Toronto’s subway system. In a letter on Twitter, Francois-Philippe Champagne said he has taken note of Rogers Communications Inc.’s recent announcement that it’s buying the company that owns the wireless …
Read More »Man arrested in connection with hate-motivated threats reported at Toronto subway station – Toronto
Police have arrested a man after he reportedly chased people inside a Toronto subway station Friday morning while holding a “sharp object” and yelling racial slurs. Toronto police said they responded to Kennedy Subway Station around 10 a.m. March 31 after receiving reports a man was making threats. The man …
Read More »Man arrested after allegedly exposing himself to women on Toronto subway – Toronto
Police in Toronto have arrested a man and charged him after he allegedly exposed himself to “multiple” women across the city’s subway system. Toronto police said they received reports of a man exposing himself to women on Oct. 6 at several subway stations. Police said the man exposed himself at …
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