The city of Toronto has seen a 35 per cent increase in gun violence from 2016 over the year before. According to figures released by the Toronto Police Service, in 2015, there were a reported 414 victims of gun violence. In 2016, there were over 513.
A man in his 40s is dead after being shot outside a social club in East York about 10 p.m. last night.
A 23-year old man is facing six charges after a fatal crash on Bloor Street near Parliament Street on Monday.
The Ontario government will be moving the tax rebate up to $4,000 for first-time homebuyers.
Three pedestrians were injured when a car jumped the curb near Danforth and Logan avenues about noon on Sept. 27.
Jason Mullis waited patiently for the funeral to end. People paid their respects at a coffin draped with the Canadian flag and with flowers all around the gravesite.
“I knew something was different,” he said, “so I stood there for … hours waiting for everyone to leave.”
That’s when he finally spoke to Denise, the mother of the deceased veteran being buried. Mullis simply wanted to offer his assistance to her. He recognized the difficulties she might have faced as the mother of a former soldier who died by suicide.
A person was killed on the tracks after being hit by a westbound GO Transit train at Greenwood and Walpole avenues this morning.
Motorists will no longer be receiving a slap on the wrist when parking their vehicles illegally, starting today.
The terrorist attacks in Brussels have left a group of Toronto students stuck in the city after their March Break trip got cancelled on Tuesday.
“It’s easy to digest when you see it on TV, but when it happens in front of your eyes, it’s hard to believe,” said Brice Hall.