Man sentenced to 11 years for shooting TTC bus driver
Although the violent shooting of Jaime Pereira happened nearly five years ago, the incident is still fresh in the mind of TTC bus drivers in the Scarborough area.
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Police look for missing teen
Meggin Chiande Farthing was last seen in the Scarborough area of Morningside Avenue and Lawrence Avenue East on Jan. 10.
Tax deadline sparks last-minute reno rush
The deadline for the home renovation tax credit has come and gone, causing a flurry of last minute shoppers trying to meet the Sunday night deadline.
Traveller finds alternative to unfriendly skies
Increased security at airports and hassles at U.S. border crossings have forced one Greater Toronto Area traveller out of the air, permanently.
Road safety workers wary of dangerous distractions
Toronto police and road safety workers agree, cellphones, iPods and other personal electronic gadgets are distracting pedestrians to death.
Cutbacks raise stink in Kensington Market
One size doesn’t fit all. That’s the message city councillor Adam Vaughan says needs to be heard by planners at Toronto Solid Waste Management.
Another pedestrian hit, but escapes serious injury
In the last three weeks, an increase in pedestrian accidents has shocked the city.
OPSEU rejects college’s final offer
Although neither side has walked away from the bargaining table, tensions are rising in the province’s college labour dispute.
Bendale-Thomson consolidation stalls
Students at Bendale Business and Technical Institute and David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute will have to wait even longer before the much anticipated consolidation of both schools.
Local heart for Haitians
Her phone keeps ringing off the hook. Donations pour into her restaurant daily. She had to rent an empty store beside her just to make room for the donations.
Her name is Sheyla Cadet-Walker. She is Haitian and this is Scarborough’s response to the Haiti quake disaster.