Man dies in basement apartment blaze
NORTH YORK - Police and the fire marshal's office are investigating a basement apartment fire in North York that took the life of a 42-year-old man.
View ArticleFirst Nations film festival Oct. 19 to 23
CITY CENTRE - For the past dozen years, the ImagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival has helped provide a stage whereby Indigenous filmmakers could showcase their talent.
View ArticleWitnesses sought after man killed crossing Wilson
A 45-year-old man is dead after being hit by a minivan while crossing Wilson Avenue in North York Tuesday, Oct. 18.Police said the pedestrian was crossing Wilson west of Allingham Gardens when the...
View ArticlePolice looking for help finding suspect in townhouse shooting
NORTH YORK - A 20 year old gunned down at a townhouse complex on the weekend is being remembered as a loving and caring man.
View ArticleCity, school board set record straight on school property sale
ETOBICOKE - Trustee Pamela Gough shot down rumours the long-vacant Alderwood Collegiate Institute site is being sold off for the development of low-income housing this week.
View ArticleTTC: random drug and alcohol testing approved
The Toronto Transit Commission has approved a plan to subject drivers and other employees in safety sensitive positions to random drug and alcohol testing.Commissioners supported the plan at their...
View ArticlePolice looking for fake officer
A public safety alert has been issued by police after a man posed as a police officer in Scarborough Tuesday.Police said a man came up to a homeowner in the Warden Avenue and Highway 401 area and...
View ArticleGFL Environmental recommended by staff for city garbage contract
Toronto staff in charge of garbage collection are recommending the city go with the lowest bidder in a competition for the contract to collect solid waste from homeowners west of Yonge Street.The...
View ArticlePublic housing tenants fear losing single-family homes
SCARBOROUGH: Up for consideration at the housing authority is a way to unload "scattered units"
View ArticleBeach Studio Tour set for Oct. 21 to 23
BEACH-RIVERDALE - Fourteen homes and artist's studios will open their doors this weekend for the 36th edition of Beach Studio Tour.
View ArticleHuman books share immigrant experience
PARKDALE-LIBERTY VILLAGE - An eclectic and inspiring range of life experience will be brought to life at a 'human' library this weekend.
View ArticleLearn about piano history in The Junction
BLOOR WEST - Piano manufacturing was once big business in the Junction, a fact that few people know, said the West Toronto Junction Historical Society's (WTJHS) Pat Trusty.
View ArticleBeach United says (temporary) goodbye to home with Roast and Toast
This Saturday, Oct. 22, Beach United Church, will hold a Roast and Toast to say a temporary good bye to its south building on Wineva Avenue and to look to a future of building close connections with...
View ArticleRalph Thornton Centre celebrates 30 years
Riverside's Ralph Thornton Centre at 765 Queen St. E. is inviting the community to its 30th birthday party Saturday, Oct. 22.The party, which will take place in tandem with the Riverside Business...
View ArticleFestival feasts on devotion to God
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir invites the community to come out to its Diwali and Annakut Celebration later this month. On Thursday, Oct. 27 from noon until 7 p.m., witness the Annakut - an "elegant...
View ArticleFundraising is the Mane Event
After having a few past partners test positive for HIV/AIDS, Yorkville hairstylist Steve Roy long ago decided to do what he could to help raise funds and awareness for those affected by the...
View ArticlePusateri's closed due to infestation
A high-end grocery store at Avenue Road and Lawrence was shut down Thursday, Oct. 20 due to heavy pest infestation. Pusateri's Fine Foods closed around 3 p.m. and the 150 employees have been working...
View ArticleOne man dead, another in serious condition after Etobicoke shooting
ETOBICOKE - Homicide detectives are investigating a double shooting that left one man dead and another in serious condition early Friday morning.
View ArticleNew surgical equipment unveiled at East General hospital
Toronto East General is at the leading edge of technology with the acquisition of a new piece of surgical equipment.TEGH will be the first community hospital in Canada to acquire the da Vinci Surgical...
View ArticlePolice probe shooting at Finch Avenue townhouse complex
Police are asking for public assistance involving a North York shooting Thursday, Oct. 20. Shots were fired at a Finch and Topcliffe avenues townhouse complex around 6 p.m.A number of people were...
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