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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Toronto police say two people in their 20s have been stabbed at Christie Pits Park on Thursday night. Police said the stabbing happened at around 11:55 p.m. at the park. Paramedics said they transported two people, a man and a woman to …
Read More »2 councillors ask city to make Toronto’s ‘alcohol in parks’ signage smaller – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two city councillors are asking the City of Toronto to reduce the size of signage for the alcohol in parks pilot project. Coun. Paula Fletcher from Ward 14 Toronto Danforth and Coun. Alejandra Bravo from Ward 9 Davenport wrote a letter to …
Read More »Woman dies after being struck by fallen tree branch at Toronto’s Trinity Bellwoods Park – Toronto
A 71-year-old woman has died in hospital after she was struck by the limb of a large tree at Trinity Bellwoods Park last week. A longtime friend of Pari Nadimi told Global News she is shocked and saddened by the death of her friend who was put into a coma …
Read More »Man wanted after break-and-enter, theft in Toronto’s Danforth neighbourhood – Toronto
Toronto police say they are looking for a suspect wanted after a break-in and theft in the same neighbouhood in the city’s east end. Police said a break-and-enter happened around Danforth and Greenwood avenues on July 11. Investigators said the suspect got into a home and allegedly stole a laptop …
Read More »Woman dead after crashing into tree in Toronto’s Forest Hill neighbourhood – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A 72-year-old woman has died following a single-vehicle collision in Toronto’s Forest Hill neighbourhood on Wednesday evening, police say. Toronto police were called to the scene of a collision in the Spadina Road and Silverwood Avenue area, which is south of Eglinton …
Read More »Toronto’s speed cameras show a reduction in speeding, report indicates – Toronto
An evaluation of three years’ worth of data from Toronto’s automated speed enforcement (ASE) cameras shows a reduction of speeding, the City of Toronto says. The City said the data collected from ASE cameras from January 2020 to December 2022 at 204 locations “highlight how speed cameras have been effective …
Read More »‘Radical Love:’ Toronto hospice takes new approach to help Toronto’s homeless – Toronto
A last-minute assist has sent Kevin Ackroyd’s life into overtime. While sitting on a patio in downtown Toronto on a warm June day, he thinks back to his life four months earlier when he faced a return to the streets. His home at the time, a room at the Royal …
Read More »Toronto’s smoky air to improve west to east on Saturday – Toronto
Environment Canada says poor, smoky air quality in Toronto is set to improve from the west to east through the day. The City of Toronto on Saturday morning was under an air quality special statement due to forest fire smoke, with the haze causing “high levels” of pollution in the …
Read More »A look at the 7 candidates leading the race to be Toronto’s next mayor – Toronto
Toronto residents will elect a new mayor today, four months after former leader John Tory admitted to having an affair with a staffer and stepped down from the city’s top job. Voters heading to the polls will face a crowded ballot with a record 102 candidates to pick from. Here …
Read More »‘The worst possible system:’ Critics call for reforms to Toronto’s mayoral election – Toronto
When Torontonians enter the polling booth on June 26 to elect a new mayor, they will stare down a ballot with 102 candidates before marking a single vote. Whoever gets the most votes wins, regardless of their share of the overall ballots cast. With more than half a dozen high …
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