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The TTC was given two decades to make all of its subway stations accessible, but two years ahead of the deadline, its CEO admitted recently it will be unable to reach the target. Now a prominent disability advocate is calling on the province to hold the transit commission accountable. When …
Read More »‘This is not good’: Leslieville businesses affected by Metrolinx construction – Toronto
Business owners in Leslieville would like the province’s transit agency to better coordinate how it reduces traffic in the area, noting poor signage and congestion from infrastructure upgrades are scaring congestion-weary customers away. Metrolinx has been making upgrades to several bridges over consecutive months to strengthen them from the incoming …
Read More »Toronto police charge 2 in door-to-door home renovation scam – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Police in Toronto have arrested two men and charged them in connection with an alleged home renovation scam. Investigators said they believed a scam had run between June and October, involving two men going door-to-door. Toronto police said the two men would …
Read More »Men break into Toronto home, steal vehicle keys at knifepoint, police say
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A man from Whitby, Ont., has been charged in relation to a brazen carjacking that allegedly took place inside someone’s home. Toronto police said three men broke into a house around Yonge Street and Sheppard Avenue East around 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. …
Read More »Markham library apologizes after internal memo considered suspension of Islamic displays – Toronto
A Toronto-area public library has apologized after a controversial plan to suspend Islamic History Month displays amid the Israel-Hamas conflict was made public. The CEO of Markham Public Library issued a public apology on Tuesday after an internal email was shared on social media by a prominent Islamic group in …
Read More »Arrest made in daytime shooting death of 43-year-old man in Toronto – Toronto
An arrest has been made in the daytime shooting death of a 43-year-old man in Toronto earlier this year. Toronto police responded to the shooting shortly after 11:30 a.m. on June 12 in the area of Islington Avenue and Steeles Avenue West. Mississauga resident Tung Duc Do was found shot …
Read More »Toronto man given life sentence for killing estranged wife with machete – Toronto
Four years after 27-year-old Tharshika Jeganathan was fatally attacked by her estranged husband with a machete as she was walking home from the bus in Scarborough, Sasikaran Thanapalasingam has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years. During a brief sentencing hearing Tuesday morning, …
Read More »Toronto-area grocery store distribution centre workers walk out on strike – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Grocery workers at a Greater Toronto Area warehouse walked off the job Saturday as negotiations between union officials and a major supermarket chain broke down. The union representing workers at a Sobeys distribution centre in York Region began strike action after rejecting …
Read More »Man arrested after woman found dead inside Toronto home – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Toronto police say a man has been arrested and a woman has been found dead inside of a home on Sunday night. Police said they received a call about a person with a knife in the Davenport Road and Uxbridge Avenue area …
Read More »Man charged in connection with hate vandalism at Toronto mosque
A man has been arrested and charged one week after hate symbols were found written on the front of a mosque in the area of Toronto’s Danforth and Donlands avenues. News Source link
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