The victim of an attempted carjacking in Etobicoke yesterday says her situation could’ve been much worse if bystanders had not intervened and that the incident left her sad rather than furious. The woman, who asked not to be identified, had just parked her vehicle at the Walmart Supercentre near Islington Avenue and Bergamot Avenue Tuesday … Read more
The TTC set a new pandemic record for overall ridership last month as customers returned to the system in droves following the lifting of many public health restrictions. A new report that will go before the TTC board today reveals that there were a total of 1.69 million rides taken on the TTC during the … Read more
The Canadian Press Published Wednesday, May 18, 2022 2:47PM EDT Last Updated Wednesday, May 18, 2022 2:47PM EDT Ontario Provincial Police are investigating after the remains of a little girl were found in the Grand River in Dunnville, Ont. Police say officers were called to an address in Dunnville on Tuesday afternoon after human remains … Read more
Canadian airports are calling on the federal government to further ease COVID-19-related screening requirements as they continue to deal with disruptive passenger backlogs. Speaking with CP24 Wednesday, Interim President of the Canadian Airports Council Monette Pasher said that airports were able to accommodate the restrictions in a timely way when passenger volumes were way down … Read more
Two nurses protesting wage restraint by the Ford government were injured outside the provincial leaders’ debate in Toronto on Monday evening, their union says, as Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford’s bus arrived at the site and he prepared to disembark. Up to 200 registered practical nurses who are members of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) … Read more
Three people have been charged in connection with a crime ring targeting seniors in Durham Region and across the Greater Toronto Area. The arrests come following an investigation into more than 70 incidents of “grandparent scams” by Durham Regional Police Service’s Financial Unit. The scam begins when a senior receives a phone call from someone … Read more
Ontario reported 16 net new COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday, as the number of people in hospital testing positive for COVID-19 fell by nearly 100 in the past 24 hours. The Ministry of Health says 14 of the deaths occurred in the past 30 days and two others occurred prior to that period. Nine of the … Read more
Another teenage boy has been charged following an armed carjacking in Toronto last week, as the city faces a growing number of carjackings. On May 11, police responded to a carjacking robbery in the Millwick Drive and Islington Avenue area. Police said a man was standing outside of his Jeep Wrangler in a parking lot … Read more
TORONTO — A wave of buyer’s remorse is taking shape in several heated real estate markets, after housing prices started dropping and the number of sales slowed over the last two months. Realtors and lawyers in Toronto and Vancouver say they have noticed buyers looking at what options they have to get out of a … Read more
Jake Bleiberg and Jamie Stengle, The Associated Press Published Tuesday, May 17, 2022 2:18PM EDT DALLAS (AP) — The girlfriend of a man arrested in Dallas Tuesday in a shooting that wounded three women in a hair salon in the city’s Koreatown told police he had been admitted to health facilities because he was having … Read more
