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Plan your route before you’re in your car: The Ministry of Transportation has scheduled 37 closures in Toronto on Oct. 2 for roadwork on Highway 400, Highway 401, Highway 404, Highway 427 and Queen Elizabeth Way. Highway 400 northbound off-ramp at Finch Avenue: one left lane closed until Oct. 5 at 3 pm Highway 400 … Read more
The province’s police watchdog is investigating the discharge of a less-lethal firearm by a Toronto police officer during an interaction with a man in Etobicoke on Friday. The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said Toronto police officers were called to the Royal York Road and The Queensway area shortly after 8 pm for reports of a … Read more
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have released an image of a person of interest in connection with a fatal crash that left one woman dead in Vaughan yesterday. At around 3 am on Friday, the OPP said witnesses reported a red Volkswagen Jetta speeding on Highway 400 southbound near Rutherford Road. Police said the Jetta … Read more
A 66-year-old Calgary man has been charged after barricading himself inside a Mississauga medical building with several firearms for 17 hours on Friday, Peel Regional Police say. Police responded to a medical office building in the area of Eglinton Avenue West and Erin Mills Parkway, near Credit Valley Hospital, at around 7:40 pm Upon arrival, … Read more
It’s estimated that thousands of protesters marched in a freedom rally in Richmond Hill, Ont. Saturday afternoon in response to the death of an Iranian woman who was arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab improperly. “We are taking to the streets to protest for our loved ones back home who are living in fear, who … Read more
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Iranian and Canadian flags fluttered over the masses of protesters in Richmond Hill Saturday afternoon as thousands chanted “Mahsa Amini,” the name of a young Iranian woman who died following her arrest by the country’s morality police. Signs were held high showing her face de ella accompanied by impassioned calls to “say her name de … Read more
The lawyer who was acting on behalf of city councilor Michael Thompson when he was charged in a sexual assault investigation has stepped away from the case. Lawyer Calvin Barry told CP24 on Saturday that he will no longer be representing Thompson as he fights to clear the charges. Barry first confirmed earlier this week … Read more
Peel Regional Police say one person had been taken into custody early Saturday morning, ending a nearly 19-hour standoff at a medical facility in Mississauga. It began shortly after 7:30 am on Friday when emergency crews were called to a building next to Credit Valley Hospital in the area of Eglinton Avenue West and Erin … Read more
Toronto police are investigating a shooting in Scarborough Friday evening that left a boy injured. Police were called to Ellesmere Road and Dolly Varden Boulevard, west of Markham Road, shortly before 10:30 pm for shots fired. When officers arrived, they located evidence of gunfire but did not initially find a victim. However, police later confirmed … Read more
One person is dead after a collision on Highway 401 in Mississauga. It occurred on the westbound collector lanes at Dixie Road Saturday morning. Peel paramedics say one person has been pronounced dead at the scene. They added that they will be transporting several injured people, but they cannot confirm the exact number and the … Read more