Toronto news

• Witnesses testify in trial for Toronto cop and brother accused of assaulting Dafonte Miller

  04-11-2019 23:57
  A witness told a courtroom on Monday that he and a black teen who was allegedly beaten by two brothers, one of whom is a Toronto police officer, were breaking into cars before the incident.
  
  Read more

• Over a million public sector workers in Ontario, including teachers, could soon be facing a legislated wage cap. @CityCristinaH explains why some unions could be taking the province to court over it. https://bddy.me/36yYSuM  #ONpoli

  04-11-2019 23:50 via twitter.com
  Over a million public sector workers in Ontario, including teachers, could soon be facing a legislated wage cap. @CityCristinaH explains why some unions could be taking the province to court over it. https://bddy.me/36yYSuM  #ONpoli
  
  Read more

• 19-year-old who died after Toronto Halloween party fight remembered as talented soccer player - Global News

  04-11-2019 23:30
  19-year-old who died after Toronto Halloween party fight remembered as talented soccer player  Global News
  
  Read more

• Man dies following shooting outside strip mall in Etobicoke

  04-11-2019 22:51 via cbc.ca
  One man has died following a shooting in Etobicoke on Monday afternoon, Toronto police say. 
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Provincial police are raising concerns after a video has emerged showing traffic stalled along Highway 409 near Pearson Airport as vehicles performed stunts.https://bddy.me/2oNqF9R 

  04-11-2019 22:36 via twitter.com
  Provincial police are raising concerns after a video has emerged showing traffic stalled along Highway 409 near Pearson Airport as vehicles performed stunts.https://bddy.me/2oNqF9R 
  
  Read more

• People with Down syndrome have trouble using smart speakers. Here's how Google's trying to help

  04-11-2019 22:36 via cbc.ca
  Google and the Canadian Down Syndrome Society have launched a new project that is attempting to teach the tech giant’s systems to better understand people who speak differently.
  
  Read more

• Eight boys, man facing gun charges following Regent Park investigation

  04-11-2019 22:32
  Eight boys and one man are facing multiple charges following a gun and gang related investigation in Regent Park.
  
  Read more

• 1 youth, 1 adult charged with attempted murder after Brampton hit and run

  04-11-2019 22:06 via cbc.ca
  One youth and one adult have been arrested and charged with attempted murder in connection to a hit and run that injured three young men in Brampton last month, Peel police say. 
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Ontario elementary teachers move towards legal strike position

  04-11-2019 21:27
  Elementary and high school teachers in Ontario's public system could be in a legal strike position later this month.
  
  Read more

• Quebecers Hate This ‘Unicorn Poutine’ From a Toronto Restaurant - Eater Montreal

  04-11-2019 21:12
  Quebecers Hate This ‘Unicorn Poutine’ From a Toronto Restaurant  Eater Montreal
  
  Read more

• School board sends letter to parents after police say man tried to abduct eight-year-old girl

  04-11-2019 21:11
  A letter has been sent home to the parents of the children at a Toronto school after police say a man tried to abduct an eight-year-old girl on Friday.
  
  Read more

• Constitutional challenge to prison needle ban delayed

  04-11-2019 21:09
  A court challenge to the federal ban on clean needles for addicted prisoners has been delayed.
  
  Read more

• 'We are left with no choice': Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO) President Sam Hammond asks conciliator to file no board report - starting the countdown towards possible strike. Story to follow

  04-11-2019 21:08 via twitter.com
  'We are left with no choice': Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO) President Sam Hammond
  asks conciliator to file no board report - starting the countdown towards possible strike. Story to follow
  
  Read more

• Ontario invests $60M in construction of brain and mental health centre

  04-11-2019 21:00
  Ontario is putting up to $60 million toward the construction of a centre dedicated to brain and mental health.
  
  Read more

• A man who says he witnessed the violent incident tells CityNews he saw a person shooting at another person who was standing on the sidewalk outside a UPS store http://bddy.me/34t7DVm pic.twitter.com/KpX9fyXFyO

  04-11-2019 20:40 via twitter.com
  A man who says he witnessed the violent incident tells CityNews he saw a person shooting at another person who was standing on the sidewalk outside a UPS store http://bddy.me/34t7DVm pic.twitter.com/KpX9fyXFyO
  
  Read more

• "Even though he's not doing well in the polls and it looks grim, never count out a Ford." After a five-month break, will the provincial Conservatives get a reset in their poll numbers? @thebigstoryfpn discusses with @CityCynthia todayhttps://bddy.me/2pFSi

  04-11-2019 20:30 via twitter.com
  "Even though he's not doing well in the polls and it looks grim, never count out a Ford." After a five-month break, will the provincial Conservatives get a reset in their poll numbers? @thebigstoryfpn discusses with @CityCynthia todayhttps://bddy.me/2pFSilA 
  
  Read more

• Police seize 250 guns, 200,000 rounds of ammo from Kitchener homehttps://bddy.me/2Ng7oaA 

  04-11-2019 20:28 via twitter.com
  Police seize 250 guns, 200,000 rounds of ammo from Kitchener homehttps://bddy.me/2Ng7oaA 
  
  Read more

• Watch: 'Drifters' shut down Toronto highway to do some bad donuts - Driving

  04-11-2019 20:14
  Watch: 'Drifters' shut down Toronto highway to do some bad donuts  Driving
  
  Read more

• ETFO triggers countdown to potential strike saying it's 'tired of waiting' for government

  04-11-2019 20:06 via cbc.ca
  The Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO) announced on Monday a countdown to strike action.
  
  Read more

• Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario triggers countdown for potential legal strike

  04-11-2019 20:06 via cbc.ca
  The Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO) announced on Monday a countdown to strike action.
  
  Read more

• The City Of Toronto Is Officially Getting 4 New Expanded Subway Systems - Narcity

  04-11-2019 19:44
  The City Of Toronto Is Officially Getting 4 New Expanded Subway Systems  Narcity
  
  Read more

• Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he has offered to host a meeting of the premiers in Toronto after what he calls a divisive federal election.https://bddy.me/2JOhCwy 

  04-11-2019 19:44 via twitter.com
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he has offered to host a meeting of the premiers in Toronto after what he calls a divisive federal election.https://bddy.me/2JOhCwy 
  
  Read more

• Ontario Premier Doug Ford offers to host premiers' meeting

  04-11-2019 19:34
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he has offered to host a meeting of the premiers in Toronto after what he calls a divisive federal election.
  
  Read more

• Toronto could get another NHL team and the biggest hockey arena ever - blogTO

  04-11-2019 19:16
  
  Toronto could get another NHL team and the biggest hockey arena ever  blogTO
  
  Read more

• #BREAKING: A man is being rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries after being shot at North Queen Street and The Queensway near Sherway just before 1 p.m.https://bddy.me/34t7DVm 

  04-11-2019 19:15 via twitter.com
  #BREAKING: A man is being rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries after being shot at North Queen Street and The Queensway near Sherway just before 1 p.m.https://bddy.me/34t7DVm 
  
  Read more

• Man transported to trauma centre after shooting in Etobicoke

  04-11-2019 19:11
  A man has been critically injured after a shooting in Etobicoke Monday afternoon.
  
  Read more

• 'I saw the person shooting': Witness describes fatal shooting near Sherway Gardens

  04-11-2019 19:11
  A man believed to be in his 50s has died after a shooting near a plaza in Etobicoke Monday afternoon.
  
  Read more

• Arrest made in hallway shooting that injured 5 teens

  04-11-2019 18:33 via cbc.ca
  A 20-year-old man is facing a slew of charges, including five counts of attempted murder, for his alleged role in a "targeted" shooting inside a northwest Toronto apartment building that injured five teens.
  
  Read more

• No winter wonderland for the city's homeless as cold, harsh weather approaches

  04-11-2019 18:06 via cbc.ca
  As winter approaches, a prominent street nurse is expressing anxiety for the city’s many homeless people and their families.
  
  Read more

• More homelessness could spell trouble as winter approaches

  04-11-2019 18:06 via cbc.ca
  As winter approaches, a prominent street nurse is expressing anxiety for the city’s many homeless people and their families.
  
  Read more

• Rentals buildings make a comeback as demand rises amid housing crunch

  04-11-2019 17:48
  Matthew Boukall remembers a couple of years back at a conference in Calgary, where someone got confused over the difference between condo and rental apartment builds.
  
  Read more

• Man charged after 5 teens are shot at apartment building in west end

  04-11-2019 17:43
  A 20-year-old man has been charged in connection with a shooting in the city’s west end that left five teenagers injured.
  
  Read more

• Elizabeth May steps down as Green Party leader

  04-11-2019 17:24
  Elizabeth May has announced she has stepped down as leader of the Green Party two weeks after the federal election and after 13 years as the leader of the party. She will stay on as the leader of the three-person caucus in Parliament.May said she wanted to choose her own time in going, and has named her interim replacement: Jo-Ann Roberts, who until today was the deputy leader of the party.
  
  Read more

• Liberal leadership candidate offers scathing review of Wynne government

  04-11-2019 17:23
  Ontario Liberal leadership contender Michael Coteau is offering up a scathing review of the former Liberal government’s final years in office, calling it “arrogant and aloof” and out of touch with voters’ concerns.
  
  Read more

• Ontario, City of Toronto Clearing the Roadblocks for New Subways - Government of Ontario News

  04-11-2019 17:12
  Ontario, City of Toronto Clearing the Roadblocks for New Subways  Government of Ontario News
  
  Read more

• Man, 20, charged in northwest Toronto shooting that injured 5 teens - CityNews

  04-11-2019 17:12
  Man, 20, charged in northwest Toronto shooting that injured 5 teens  CityNews
  
  Read more

• Security video shows suspects firing more than 20 shots outside Vaughan home

  04-11-2019 17:09
  Investigators have released security surveillance video of multiple people firing guns outside a Vaughan home that was being rented out for a party on Friday night.
  
  Read more

• The suspect wanted in connection with a double homicide in Hamilton has been found dead in a hotel room in Brantford. The SIU has invoked their mandate.https://bddy.me/2qh1wEW 

  04-11-2019 16:57 via twitter.com
  The suspect wanted in connection with a double homicide in Hamilton has been found dead in a hotel room in Brantford. The SIU has invoked their mandate.https://bddy.me/2qh1wEW 
  
  Read more

• “It’s amazing that no one was injured or killed given the number of shots that were recklessly fired in this otherwise quiet neighbourhood,” Chief Eric Jolliffe said in a statement.https://bddy.me/36AviVB 

  04-11-2019 16:54 via twitter.com
  “It’s amazing that no one was injured or killed given the number of shots that were recklessly fired in this otherwise quiet neighbourhood,” Chief Eric Jolliffe said in a statement.https://bddy.me/36AviVB 
  
  Read more

• VIDEO: 'Illegal' car stunt shuts down traffic on Hwy. 409 - Toronto Sun

  04-11-2019 16:44
  VIDEO: 'Illegal' car stunt shuts down traffic on Hwy. 409  Toronto Sun
  
  Read more

• Suspect wanted in Hamilton double homicide found dead in Brantford

  04-11-2019 16:44
  A suspect wanted in connection with a double homicide in Hamilton was found deceased in a Brantford hotel room, police say.
  
  Read more

• Police seize 250 guns, 200,000 rounds of ammo from Kitchener residence

  04-11-2019 16:40
  A Kitchener man has been charged after police seized about 250 guns and 200,000 rounds of ammunition.
  
  Read more

• Police investigating after stunt drivers stop traffic on GTA highway

  04-11-2019 16:17 via cbc.ca
  Provincial police are investigating after a group of stunt drivers stopped traffic on a major Ontario highway and video of the dangerous incident was posted online.
  
  Read more

• Premier Doug Ford fundraises off of western separation

  04-11-2019 16:14
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford is using the growing threat of western Canadian separation to raise money for his own party, suggesting that his Progressive Conservative government will have a “big role to play” in national unification.
  
  Read more

• "Even though he's not doing well in the polls and it looks grim, never count out a Ford." After a five-month break, will the provincial Conservatives get a reset in their poll numbers? @thebigstoryfpn discusses with @CityCynthia today.https://bddy.me/2PKd

  04-11-2019 16:12 via twitter.com
  "Even though he's not doing well in the polls and it looks grim, never count out a Ford." After a five-month break, will the provincial Conservatives get a reset in their poll numbers? @thebigstoryfpn discusses with @CityCynthia today.https://bddy.me/2PKdv8w 
  
  Read more

• Toronto Approval No Longer Required for Transition Surgery - VOCM

  04-11-2019 15:52
  Toronto Approval No Longer Required for Transition Surgery  VOCM
  
  Read more

• 'Dangerous' stunt on GTA highway caught on camera

  04-11-2019 14:47
  Ontario Provincial Police are condemning a dangerous stunt carried out on a major GTA highway that was captured on video.
  
  Read more

• Toronto court to hear case on whether asylum agreement with U.S. violates charter

  04-11-2019 14:05 via cbc.ca
  A long-awaited legal look into whether the U.S. remains a safe country for refugees begins today at a Federal Court in Toronto.
  
  Read more

• Federal court to hear case on whether asylum agreement with U.S. violates charter

  04-11-2019 14:05 via cbc.ca
  A long-awaited legal look into whether the U.S. remains a safe country for refugees begins today at a Federal Court in Toronto.
  
  Read more

• Federal court hears case on whether asylum agreement with U.S. violates charter - CBC.ca

  04-11-2019 14:05
  Federal court hears case on whether asylum agreement with U.S. violates charter  CBC.ca
  
  Read more

Follow @TorontoCANews on Twitter!