A block of storefronts along a major Toronto road has been sitting empty, covered in black paint and awaiting demolition, since the spring. “It sort of degrades the area,” Michael Snider, the former owner of Snider Music, told CTV News Toronto. “When we moved here in 1986, there was every kind of business in the…
A 28-year-old Toronto man has been arrested after allegedly using social media to threaten a police officer in a dispute over a transgender flag being displayed on city property. According to a news release issued Friday, the man replied to a Toronto Police Service (TPS) social media post on Nov. 28 demanding that a transgender…
A male youth has been taken to hospital following a stabbing in Scarborough Friday afternoon. Toronto police say it happened in the area of Brockley Drive and Lawrence Avenue East, just east of Midland Avenue, before 4:15 p.m. When officers arrived, they located a youth suffering from a stab wound. His injuries are serious but…
Police in three provinces arrested 46 men this week as part of an anti-child pornography operation. Quebec provincial police say 26 men, aged between 17 and 84, have been charged with a range of offences, including producing and distributing child pornography. Police say there’s no link between the men who were arrested between Monday and…
A resident at a long-term care facility in Orillia has died following an alleged assault last month, Ontario Provincial Police said. Officers from the OPP Orillia Detachment were called to the unidentified facility on Nov. 13 to investigate reports of an assault involving two residents. Police said an 88-year-old man was taken to the hospital…
OTTAWA – Liberals are accusing Conservatives of delaying help for Ukrainians, after a Tory motion prevented the House of Commons from voting today on a bill meant to modernize the Canada-Ukraine free trade agreement. The heated exchange in the House today comes after the Ukrainian Canadian Congress sent a letter to Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre…
TORONTO – Flu season has officially begun in Canada, the federal public health agency said on Friday. “At the national level, influenza activity has crossed the seasonal threshold, indicating the start of influenza season,” the Public Health Agency of Canada said in its weekly FluWatch report posted online. The rate of tests that were positive…
The head of the Greektown on the Danforth BIA says new funding sources are needed in order to make the Taste of the Danforth festival viable going forward as member businesses can’t bear the full cost themselves. “The status is that the event is a very expensive event. It’s very expensive to host in this…
Commuters east of Toronto were met with a surprise Friday morning when a kangaroo was spotted hopping alongside the roadway. A video shared by local lost pet group Team Chelsea showed the marsupial moving down Winchester Road, heading west from Harmony Road, in Oshawa, Ont. According to the group, the video was captured by one…
Prince Edward County has made Airbnb’s list of the top “trending” destinations for holiday travel within Canada this month. The list is curated by calculating the growth in global searches this year through to Sept. 15 for stays with check-in dates between Nov. 1 to Dec. 31. Airbnb compares that data to the year before…