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More than 800 workers responsible for providing food and beverages on flights leaving Toronto Pearson International Airport are on strike. The Gate Gourmet workers, an airline catering and logistics company, went on strike Tuesday after voting 96 per cent to reject a final offer from the company, Teamsters Local Union …
Read More »Man dies after his car collides with large boulder east of Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A 61-year-old man was killed Saturday when his car went off the road and collided with a large granite boulder in Clarington, Ont. Police in Durham Region say members of the force were called to Regional Road 20, east of Mosport Road, …
Read More »Motorcyclist killed in collision with car in Brampton, Ont. – Toronto
A motorcyclist was rushed to hospital in life-threatening condition, and later died, after being involved in a crash with a car in Brampton, Ont., police said. Authorities say calls reporting the collision came in around 2:48 p.m. Sunday afternoon. First responders dispatched to the scene, at Hurontario Street and Wanless …
Read More »Police investigating after man dead in Toronto shooting – Toronto
Toronto police say a man has died after a shooting on Sunday night. Police said the shooting happened at around 5 p.m. near Lawrence Avenue and Ralph Street, just east of Weston Road. Det. Sgt. Mike Taylor said life-saving measures were performed on the man who was pronounced dead. There …
Read More »Water rescue search continues for missing teen boy at Ashbridges Bay Park – Toronto
Toronto police’s marine unit says a search continues on Monday morning after a teenage boy went missing in the water at Ashbridges Bay Park. Police said they were called to the area at around 6 p.m. Sunday for reports of a missing person in the water. Two people, a teen …
Read More »Crash on Lakeshore Blvd. injures driver, downs light posts: Toronto police – Toronto
A Saturday morning car crash in Toronto sent one person to hospital with minor injuries and downed two light posts, creating a traffic obstruction, police said. Responding officers arrived at the crash site in the area of Lake Shore Boulevard and Jameson Avenue around 6:13 a.m. On scene, they found …
Read More »Two arrested in Toronto tent encampment drug bust – Toronto
Toronto Police Service says two men are facing numerous drug charges after officers executed a search at a tent encampment at Clarence Square Park Friday night. According to police, officers carried out the search warrant in multiple tents located within the park around 8:30 p.m. in connection with a drug …
Read More »Toronto cherry blossom bloom ‘on schedule.’ When to expect them at High Park
Many Torontonians may be wondering when the cherry blossoms in High Park will bloom. The west-end park’s sakura trees, given to the city in 1959 by Japan’s ambassador to Canada, have drawn hundreds of thousands of people to the park every year. Despite the warmest winter ever in the city’s …
Read More »2nd-degree murder charge laid against Toronto man after fatal stabbing – Toronto
Toronto police say a man is facing a second-degree murder charge after a fatal stabbing earlier this week. Police said an altercation broke out between two men on April 6 at a commercial plaza near Bathurst Street and Wilson Avenue in North York. During the fight, police allege one man …
Read More »‘Magical’ reunion of swan mates in Toronto goes viral in heartwarming video
Descrease article font size Increase article font size In a heartwarming display of affection, a viral video has captured the loving reunion between a pair of trumpeter swan mates as they reunited after spending several days apart. The pair of birds were separated after Toronto Wildlife Centre (TWC) staff discovered …
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