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TORONTO — Police in the Toronto area have arrested half a dozen suspects in an alleged counterfeit currency sales ring operating through social media. Halton Region police say they became aware last summer of two public Instagram accounts that linked to online stores selling various counterfeit currency bundles labelled as “film prop money.” They say […]
TORONTO — Frigid wind chills are expected in Toronto Tuesday morning after a brief spell of spring weather last week. Environment Canada is forecasting a low of -13 C with the wind chill in the city, with 40 per cent chance of flurries. The weather agency says the temperature will warm up to 2 C […]
Jeneva Hernandez Gray of Portugal’s Sporting CP and AFC Toronto’s Olivia Chisholm will join Canada’s women’s under-20 team for a pair of friendlies in Costa Rica this month. The midfielders are among the expanded 30-player roster named by head coach Cindy Tye on Monday. She says the camp is an opportunity for staff to “take […]
TORONTO — Toronto police say a man in his 20s has died after he was hit by a vehicle, thrown from his motorcycle and slammed into a parked car. Officers were called Sunday afternoon to the area of Danforth Avenue and Byng Avenue in the city’s east end. They say the 21-year-old was riding a […]
Burdett Sisler, the oldest known living man in Canada and one of the oldest Second World War veterans in the world has died. He was 110. Sisler’s son Norman says his father died with family members by his side after his health took a turn for the worse in recent weeks. “It’s bittersweet. You don’t […]
Toronto’s largest food bank says it’s been dealing with crisis after crisis as the war in Iran makes it even more expensive to feed the thousands of food insecure Torontonians who rely on it. Neil Hetherington, CEO of the Daily Bread Food Bank, says food bank visits have skyrocketed since the start of the COVID-19 […]
TORONTO — Toronto FC earned a wild 3-2 comeback win over the Colorado Rapids on Saturday thanks in part to a blooper-reel own goal. Leading 2-1 in the 75th minute, Rapids right back Keegan Rosenberry attempted to reset play from midfield by kicking the ball back to goalkeeper and Colorado captain Zack Steffen. But Steffen […]
Torontonians are being warned of potential flooding near waterways as rain batters southern Ontario. The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority issued a flood outlook message Saturday morning, advising that all shorelines, rivers and streams in the region should be considered dangerous as rainfall may cause water levels to change rapidly. Environment and Climate Change Canada […]
Police say two people are dead after a targeted shooting outside a Brampton elementary school Friday night. York Regional Police media relations office Laurie McCann says a teenage boy and a man in his 20s were both shot and died at the scene in the area of Rutherford Road and Weybridge Trail. McCann says the […]
A man from Kitchener, Ont., who was riding an e-scooter was killed after a collision with a pickup truck on Friday night. Police say they responded to the scene of a collision around 9:45 p.m. at the intersection of Lancaster and Guelph streets. Police say the 44-year-old e-scooter driver was taken to hospital where he […]