A calm evening on the Danforth was shattered as a gunman walked along a vibrant stretch of Greektown, shooting into restaurants and cafés, killing two and leaving 13 injured.
After a Canada-wide warrant was put out for the arrest of Nebill Albayaty last Friday, police located him and the final outstanding suspect in a hotel in Hamilton and took them into custody. Palwinder Singh, 27, was found suffering obvious trauma in a Brampton residence earlier this month, and died at the scene.
Psychologists say public acts of violence can have a traumatic effect not only on victims and witnesses, but on everyone who lives in a city.
“You were in the wrong place at the wrong time and you were the victim of this story,” Fallon’s younger sister wrote in a post to Instagram Monday evening.
While the motivations of alleged gunman Faisal Hussain may never be fully understood, experts say those responsible for mass shootings often share certain characteristics.
Toronto and Peel Region police services put out a release Monday saying that the 34-year-old musician was facing a charge of sexual interference and two of sexual assault causing bodily harm.
The arrests announced on Monday cap an 18-month investigation by the RCMP, Durham Regional Police and Canada Border Services Agency into a ring believed to be fentanyl from Canada into Bermuda.
Police say one person has been taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Alleged serial killer will return to court Sept. 26, a day after a judicial pre-trial.
Gunman firing at random, like someone ‘in a video game,’ a witness says.
The 29-year-old shooter was Faisal Hussein, 29, of Toronto, who struggled with “psychosis and depression,” according to a statement released by his family.
A debate about a plan to curb gun violence in Toronto was postponed until Tuesday, as city councillors expressed their grief over Sunday’s shooting.
This has been a year of violent trauma for Toronto. With each incidence of senseless violence, the wound feels just as deep, writes Edward Keenan.
Toronto is suffering a disorienting array of deadly incidents. It is heartbreaking, writes Vinay Menon.
Two people are dead and 13 people injured after a shooting on Toronto's Danforth Ave. Sunday night. One of those injured was a young girl who was taken to Sick Kids hospital, where she was in critical condition. According to police, the alleged shooter was killed.
We may no longer think it couldn’t happen here. But we’ll never give up thinking it shouldn’t happen here—or in Kensington Market, Scarborough or anywhere else in our remarkable diverse city, writes Judith Timson.
A hero who treated two wounded people inside her tattoo shop. Shell casings littered outside a café. Witnesses who saw a gunman stalking the street. Toronto is reeling from another act of horror, Rosie DiManno writes.
“Guys who have been here for a while love this city and they’ll rally around anything that happens here, whether it’s good or bad, but especially when it’s something tragic,” Toronto Blue Jays John Axford said. “We saw that earlier with the Yonge Street attack in April.”
‘The step that Americans don’t take in the aftermath of mass shootings is the one that we must take. And that’s reducing the number of guns on our streets.’
The suspected gunman is also dead, Saunders said. All the injured victims had been taken to hospitals for treatment.
Amid a rash of cyclist and pedestrian deaths that have raised concerns about road safety, Torontonians are sharing their close calls on Twitter using the hashtag #NearMissToronto.
There are far fewer of them than buses, but “streetcars are heavy, don’t stop quickly and can’t swerve to avoid people.”
Friends and family remember Jonas Mitchell, who died last week in hospital after being hit by a vehicle back in May.
Several prominent urban planners and politicians called for change on Wednesday, the day after the latest death of a pedestrian or cyclist on city streets.
A growing number of GTA tenants are concerned about landlords asking for too much personal information, from SINs to mental-health history, as they search for affordable housing in a red-hot real-estate market.
We chat with the creative designer about her vibrant two-bedroom rental, which recently underwent major renovations.
Package negotiated with landlord includes cash and rent discounts for some tenants. The agreement could serve as a blueprint on how to deal with rising rent costs.
A report from the city’s auditor general tells the outrageous story of how the phantom “owner” of a fire inspection company continued to get city contracts despite doubts that the work was being done, Edward Keenan writes.
India, most populous democratic country in the world, has been plunged into an existential maelstrom, with many incidents of sexual assault against minors deepening religious, political and ethical divides, as accounts of unspeakable violence grips the public, Rosie DiManno writes.
It’s a good idea to take a peek at the new ward map and understand where you’ll fit into a reconfigured Toronto come municipal election time in October, writes Shawn Micallef.
A study of suicide notes could help identify others who are at risk but have yet to take their own lives, Rosie DiManno writes.
Toronto doesn’t know what to think of its current sporting status because so much is uncertain, unscripted and unfamiliar to anyone who arrived after the nation’s centenary.
If you’ve never visited Dencan Books, you have just a few more days to experience its chaotic magic, Edward Keenan writes.
The plan, which is not yet funded, would rely on the provincial and federal governments to support both community programs for at-risk youth, and increased policing and enforcement activities.
Early this year, Carbone said he wanted the King St. transit pilot shut down because he said the limited vehicular traffic and on-street parking was hurting businesses.
Leading pedestrian intervals will allow pedestrians and cyclists a five-second head start into an intersection.
Born to a mother disowned for marrying a man of Chinese heritage, Chong earned success on many fronts.
Statistics suggest that many Torontonians pay more than 30 per cent of their income on shelter.
Councillor Mike Layton and a representative of Mayor John Tory met last week to talk about potential changes to rules for car-share parking on residential streets.
The shooting, in a parking lot at 1050 Brock Rd. S., which is in the Brock Road and Bayly Street area of the city, happened around 2:30 a.m.
Kayhan was the sole victim whose remains had not been recovered during the exhaustive investigation into McArthur, who is accused of murdering eight men. Police say there is no evidence to indicate there are any more victims.
Police say the suspect strectched a pile of wire across the road and knocked down the victim off his bike.
Muhammed Abu Marzouk, 39, remains in intensive care at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto.
Man last seen in the Bay and Walton Sts. area.
Four people were injured in a shooting in Kensington Market on Canada Day.
