Charges dropped in Scarborough ‘bomb scare’
A 27-year-old man has been arrested after a bomb scare shut down a large portion of northwest Scarborough on Monday, Sept. 14.
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Suspect injured in 5-storey jump
The province’s Special Investigations Unit is looking into an incident in which a man fell five storeys from a building during a police chase.
Tamil protest shuts down Gardiner Expressway
About 2,000 people protesting the latest bloodshed in Sri Lanka’s civil war closed down one of Toronto’s busiest expressways Sunday evening.
Councillors ponder pool rescue
Toronto District School Board trustees have voted to defer a decision on 26 school pools until its regular June meeting, granting at least a temporary reprieve to seven pools scheduled for closure and 19 more…
Big burglary hurts charity
Habitat for Humanity’s East York office has been hit by what’s believed to have been a group of at least four burglars – who broke in and stole the office’s safe, containing over $8,000 in…
Toronto awash in sights, sounds and scents of Vaisakhi
Tens of thousands of people converged on downtown Toronto April 24 to honour the Sikh celebration of Vaisakhi. Nathan Phillips Square was packed with people paying tribute to their religion through song, hymn, food and prayer.
Silent passage marks final miles of soldier’s journey home
As the hearse bearing the body of Major Michelle Mendes completed its final few miles to a downtown morgue, a small crowd gathered atop the overpass at Wynford Drive to take in the rare scene of solitude along the Don Valley Parkway.
43 Division’s 4th Annual Open House and Community Picnic
Local police are reaching out to the community with their fourth annual open house and community picnic. The Community Police Liaison Committee will host the event on May 9 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m….
Restaurants find bill to count calories hard to swallow
An agency representing restaurants in Canada thinks a bill to require the posting of calorie content in all Ontario eateries is regressive. On April 9, MPP France Gelinas (NDP) presented a Private Members Bill at…
RBC and Rouge Valley Health System partner up for the Gift from the Heart to Save a Heart Campaign
The Royal Bank of Canada has partnered with the Rouge Valley Health System for the Gift from the Heart to Save a Heart campaign. Branches in Scarborough, Ajax and Pickering will be selling raffle tickets…