Toronto’s missing and murdered gay men
Torontonians have been shaken by these murders and shocked that their city may have housed another serial murderer.
Torontonians have been shaken by these murders and shocked that their city may have housed another serial murderer.
An East York resident was at home relaxing on Feb. 28 when she saw a crowd of people and police through her window. She saw them gathered near Coxwell and Cosburn avenues a block away and later found out a 16-year-old boy was a victim of stabbing just steps from a nearby high school.
The commotion caused by the media frenzy four days into the Bruce McArthur investigation has some Leaside residents distressed. Police set up a large tent Monday in the back yard of a property where human remains were discovered of at least three missing Toronto men.
One of Toronto’s best-known drag queens says Thursday’s arrest of a suspect in the murders of two gay Toronto men, with possibly other victims yet to be named, would not have happened without the LGBTQ community’s persistent pressure on Toronto police to solve these cases. Matt Coccia, who performs as Katinka Kature, was reacting to the announcement of murder charges against Bruce McArthur, 66, a self employed landscaper.
A peaceful day in a Vaughan, Ontario plaza turned into a dire situation Wednesday when a man entered an RBC bank branch with a gun and took 13 people hostage.
York Regional Police got the call at around 1 p.m. and arrived at the Royal Bank branch at Dufferin Street and Major Mackenzie Drive West shortly after.