Toronto news

• 17-year-old stabbing victim Toronto's 24th homicide - Toronto Sun

  07-05-2019 23:38 via torontosun.com
  17-year-old stabbing victim Toronto's 24th homicide  Toronto SunToronto Police are asking the public to submit photos or videos to assist them in the investigation of the city's 24th homicide of the year.Officers found Brendon ...
  
  Read more

• Ontario government eliminates tourism funding to Toronto and Ottawa - CityNews

  07-05-2019 22:58 via toronto.citynews.ca
  Ontario government eliminates tourism funding to Toronto and Ottawa  CityNewsOntario's Progressive Conservative government has eliminated all of its tourism funding to Toronto and Ottawa, to the tune of $13 million. Tourism Toronto said ...
  
  Read more

• Lawyers and doctors rally at Queen's Park against provincial cut to legal aid

  07-05-2019 22:58 via cbc.ca
  Lawyers and doctors gathered at Queen's Park on Tuesday to protest against a provincial government funding cut to legal aid that they say will endanger vulnerable people in Ontario.
  
  Read more

• Ontario government eliminates tourism funding to Toronto and Ottawa

  07-05-2019 22:23
  Ontario's Progressive Conservative government has eliminated all of its tourism funding to Toronto and Ottawa, to the tune of $13 million.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Man charged after senior injured in assault at Danforth coffee shop

  07-05-2019 22:19
  A 62-year-old man has been charged in connection with an assault at a Danforth coffee shop that seriously injured an elderly man.
  
  Read more

• PC fundraising email turns protest with guillotine into plea for donations

  07-05-2019 21:58
  “They want to cut off his head.” That’s the subject line of a new fundraising email that landed in the inboxes of Progressive Conservative supporters on Tuesday as the party looked to turn a gruesome act of protest into a plea for donations.
  
  Read more

• Bend It Like Beckham stage musical hitting Toronto - CBC.ca

  07-05-2019 21:28 via cbc.ca
  Bend It Like Beckham stage musical hitting Toronto  CBC.caA musical adaptation of the girl-power soccer film Bend It Like Beckham is set to make its North American premiere in Toronto this winter. The stage production ...
  
  Read more

• Toronto's Hot Docs festival reports record attendance numbers

  07-05-2019 20:59
  Toronto's Hot Docs festival is reporting another record-breaking year of attendance figures.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• 'Bend It Like Beckham' musical to make North American debut in Toronto

  07-05-2019 20:54
  A musical adaptation of the girl-power soccer film "Bend It Like Beckham" is set to make its North American premiere in Toronto this winter.
  
  Read more

• Cats removed from hoarding situation in Toronto doing 'surprisingly well,' rescuers say

  07-05-2019 20:44
  The cats removed from a dangerous hoarding situation at a Toronto apartment are doing “surprisingly well” given the living conditions they were discovered in, rescuers say.
  
  Read more

• Province slashing funds for Tourism Toronto, city estimates $100M total shortfall from funding changes

  07-05-2019 20:23 via cbc.ca
  Mayor John Tory says it's difficult for the city to "precisely" determine the impact of recent funding cuts due to a lack of specifics from the province, but said for this year alone, it's likely "well north" of a $100 million shortfall.
  
  Read more

• Women hold less than 20% of positions on corporate boards, StatsCan finds

  07-05-2019 20:03 via cbc.ca
  Less than 20 per cent board directorships in Canada are held by women, according to new data released by Statistics Canada.
  
  Read more

• QEW driver caught on video with car doors open, carting load of wood

  07-05-2019 19:13 via cbc.ca
  'It's just straight out ridiculous,' says OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt
  
  Read more

• Raptors want fans in seats earlier after commentator's rant

  07-05-2019 18:34 via cbc.ca
  The Toronto Raptors are opening Scotiabank Arena gates 30 minutes earlier than usual for tonight's playoff game against the Philadelphia 76ers after accepting a suggestion from longtime broadcaster Jack Armstrong.
  
  Read more

• Ont. municipalities getting at least $80M less for child care: advocacy group

  07-05-2019 18:26
  An Ontario child-care advocacy organization says municipalities are getting at least $80 million less from the province in child care funding this year.
  
  Read more

• Ontario slashing more than $80M from municipal child care funding, group warns

  07-05-2019 18:25 via cbc.ca
  An Ontario child-care advocacy organization says municipalities are getting at least $80 million less from the province in child care funding this year — a figure that could rise even higher.
  
  Read more

• Women filled 19.4 per cent of seats on board of directors: Statistics Canada

  07-05-2019 18:10
  Women filled 19.4 per cent of the seats on corporate boards of directors across public, government and private organizations, but more than half of all boards were composed entirely of men, according to a new study by Statistics Canada.
  
  Read more

• Beautiful cherry blossoms are blooming in Toronto right now (PHOTOS) - Daily Hive

  07-05-2019 18:07 via dailyhive.com
  Beautiful cherry blossoms are blooming in Toronto right now (PHOTOS)  Daily HiveHigh Park isn't the only place to see cherry blossoms in Toronto every spring. Here's a look at the flowers that are already blooming in the city!
  
  Read more

• No grounds to investigate OPP deputy’s firing: Integrity Commissioner

  07-05-2019 18:03
  The province’s integrity commissioner says there are no grounds to support an inquiry into the firing of OPP Deputy Commissioner Brad Blair, who was a vocal critic of the failed selection of Ron Taverner as the OPP’s Commissioner.
  
  Read more

• Community members gather in Gay Village in response to anti-LGBTQ demonstration

  07-05-2019 17:37 via cbc.ca
  Dozens of people gathered in Toronto's Gay Village on Monday evening in hopes of demonstrating that homophobic and transphobic speech is not welcome in the community.
  
  Read more

• Scotiabank Arena to open earlier for Raptors game tonight after commentator's rant

  07-05-2019 17:32
  The Toronto Raptors are opening Scotiabank Arena gates 30 minutes earlier than usual for tonight's playoff game against the Philadelphia 76ers after accepting a suggestion from longtime broadcaster Jack Armstrong.
  
  Read more

• Millions of calls to federal agencies go unanswered, auditor general finds

  07-05-2019 16:53
  Half of the 16 million Canadians trying to reach one of three government agencies by telephone are unable to speak to live humans, according to Canada's interim auditor general.
  
  Read more

• Police identify boy, 17, who died in stabbing near Scarborough high school

  07-05-2019 16:42 via cbc.ca
  Toronto police have identified a teen boy fatally stabbed near a Scarborough high school on Monday.
  
  Read more

• 2 men charged in fatal stabbing of teen boy near Scarborough high school

  07-05-2019 16:42 via cbc.ca
  Toronto police have charged two men with second degree murder in the fatal stabbing of a teen boy near a Scarborough high school on Monday.
  
  Read more

• Fire chief provides update on 6-alarm fire at Toronto high school | Watch News Videos Online - Globalnews.ca

  07-05-2019 16:31 via globalnews.ca
  Fire chief provides update on 6-alarm fire at Toronto high school | Watch News Videos Online  Globalnews.caFire Chief Matthew Pegg provided an update on a second blaze that broke out at York Memorial Collegiate Institute early Tuesday morning that has since ...
  
  Read more

• Newfoundland man charged in sexual assault investigation in Durham Region

  07-05-2019 16:18
  A Newfoundland man has been charged in connection with a sexual assault investigation in Durham Region.
  
  Read more

• Witnesses sought after cyclist hit and killed by dump truck in Richmond Hill

  07-05-2019 16:16
  Police in York Region are searching for witnesses after a crash claimed the life of a cyclist in Richmond Hill on Monday.
  
  Read more

• Teen victim of afternoon stabbing in Scarborough neighbourhood identified by police

  07-05-2019 16:14
  Toronto police have identified the teenager stabbed to death in a residential Scarborough neighbourhood on Monday afternoon.
  
  Read more

• Aerial footage of scene as firefighters battle second fire at Toronto high school | Watch News Videos Online - Globalnews.ca

  07-05-2019 15:24 via globalnews.ca
  Aerial footage of scene as firefighters battle second fire at Toronto high school | Watch News Videos Online  Globalnews.caAerial footage captured the scene as firefighters battled a second blaze that broke out at York Memorial Collegiate Institute in Toronto early Tuesday morning.
  
  Read more

• 2 injured, 1 in life-threatening condition, after car crashes in the Beach

  07-05-2019 14:46 via cbc.ca
  Two people were injured, one critically, after a driver lost control, hit a parked car then a hydro pole in Toronto's Beach neighbourhood early Tuesday, police say.
  
  Read more

• Alexander? James? Arthur? Guessing game on royal baby's name

  07-05-2019 13:52
  Now that everyone knows Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have a baby boy, there is widespread speculation about what he will be called.
  
  Read more

• Second fire breaks out at York Memorial C.I., roof collapses: Toronto fire - Global News

  07-05-2019 13:02 via globalnews.ca
  Second fire breaks out at York Memorial C.I., roof collapses: Toronto fire  Global NewsToronto Fire is back at a high school in North York after flames and heavy smoke broke out again just before 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, causing the roof to collapse.
  
  Read more

• Massive fire at west-end Toronto high school upgraded to sixth alarm

  07-05-2019 12:35
  A number of homes in the Eglinton West area are being evacuated as crews work to stamp out a raging six-alarm fire that continues to tear through a school in the city’s west end.
  
  Read more

• Crews continue to battle 'complicated' fire at west-end Toronto high school

  07-05-2019 12:35
  A number of homes and schools in the Eglinton West area are being evacuated as crews work to stamp out a raging six-alarm fire that continues to tear through a school in the city’s west end.
  
  Read more

• Crews battling five-alarm fire at west-end Toronto high school

  07-05-2019 12:35
  Fire crews are working to stamp out a raging five-alarm fire that continues to tear through a school in the city’s west end.
  
  Read more

• Toronto woman raising awareness about medical assistance in dying days before she plans to end her life - Global News

  07-05-2019 12:00 via globalnews.ca
  Toronto woman raising awareness about medical assistance in dying days before she plans to end her life  Global NewsVioleta Mikaia is just days away from ending her life and wants to tell others who are suffering that medical assistance in dying is now legal.
  
  Read more

• ‘Possible link’ between two shooting victims who walked into different hospitals, Toronto police say - Toronto Star

  07-05-2019 11:34 via thestar.com
  ‘Possible link’ between two shooting victims who walked into different hospitals, Toronto police say  Toronto StarToronto police are currently investigating a “possible link” between the shootings of two men who walked into different hospitals late Monday night with serious ...
  
  Read more

• Going to a Raptors or Jays game this week? Here's why you should take public transit

  07-05-2019 11:00 via cbc.ca
  The Jays take on the Minnesota Twins Tuesday at the Rogers Centre starting at 7:07 p.m., while Jurassic Park will host a tailgate party during Game 5 of the Raptors' NBA playoff series with the 76ers. A number of road closures and restrictions will be in place ahead of and during the games. Here's what to watch for.
  
  Read more

• A 'foul mood' in Vancouver, a 'floor' in Toronto, a 'new normal' in Ottawa: The state of Canadian housing - The Globe and Mail

  07-05-2019 10:54 via theglobeandmail.com
  A 'foul mood' in Vancouver, a 'floor' in Toronto, a 'new normal' in Ottawa: The state of Canadian housing  The Globe and MailLocal real estate board numbers highlight big differences across the country.
  
  Read more

• Fare changes will make it more expensive to get to work, UP Express riders say

  07-05-2019 10:00 via cbc.ca
  A Toronto couple who recently purchased a home near the Weston GO station say they're reconsidering the decision after recent changes to UP Express fares.
  
  Read more

• Canadians want something done about gun violence — they just can't agree what

  07-05-2019 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Some polls suggest two-thirds of all Canadians want more gun controls to address firearm-related violence, but others say this approach won't to anything to prevent crime.
  
  Read more

• 5 things to do in Toronto today: Tuesday, May 7 - Daily Hive

  07-05-2019 06:01 via dailyhive.com
  5 things to do in Toronto today: Tuesday, May 7  Daily HiveIn case you're looking for a reason to leave your home and have some fun, we've put together a list of the top events happening in the city today. From a massive ...
  
  Read more

• Stroman struggles again as Twins crush Blue Jays in series opener - Toronto Sun

  07-05-2019 04:57 via torontosun.com
  Stroman struggles again as Twins crush Blue Jays in series opener  Toronto SunHeight doesn't measure heart, but stats measure value.And in the case of Marcus Stroman, who was roughed up for a second consecutive game in the ...
  
  Read more

• Twins down Blue Jays 8-0

  07-05-2019 04:45
  Martin Perez had nine strikeouts over seven shutout innings and the Minnesota Twins belted three homers in an 8-0 rout of the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night at Rogers Centre.
  
  Read more

• Documents reveal wrong steps in early investigation of Toronto Gay Village murders - CTV News

  07-05-2019 04:39 via ctvnews.ca
  Documents reveal wrong steps in early investigation of Toronto Gay Village murders  CTV NewsAn early investigation into the disappearances of three men from Toronto's Gay Village led police to explore the possibility that they had been cannibalized by a ...
  
  Read more

• You can attend the Opera for free in Toronto this month - Daily Hive

  07-05-2019 03:16 via dailyhive.com
  You can attend the Opera for free in Toronto this month  Daily HiveHave you lived in Toronto for quite some time, but still haven't made your way over to see an Opera performance? Well, now's your chance.
  
  Read more

• Toronto-area politicians rally against Ford’s housing-supply plan - The Globe and Mail

  07-05-2019 03:13 via theglobeandmail.com
  Toronto-area politicians rally against Ford’s housing-supply plan  The Globe and MailMunicipal politicians from across the Greater Toronto Area rallied on Monday against the government's new housing-supply plan, charging that it will not live up ...
  
  Read more

Follow @TorontoCANews on Twitter!