News

TORONTO — Toronto police have identified a woman who was killed in what seemed to be an unprovoked stabbing as 71-year-old Shahnaz Pestonji. Police say the victim was loading her groceries in a North York parking lot on Thursday morning when a man attacked her. They say officers responded to the stabbing call in the […]

Ontario’s police watchdog says it is investigating after a York Region police officer shot and wounded a 30-year-old man in Toronto Thursday evening. The Special Investigations Unit says officers tried to stop the driver of a car that was reported stolen at around 6:55 p.m. The SIU says the driver was travelling on Kennedy Road […]

TORONTO — Nainesh Kotak says it doesn’t matter how many of his 11-year-old son’s friends have e-scooters, he’s not letting his own child have one. The personal injury lawyer based in Mississauga, Ont., says his firm has seen several cases involving e-scooter accidents in recent years and that it’s simply too dangerous. “Their parents don’t […]

TORONTO — The Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto kicks off with a full day of practices and qualifying this morning. Headlined by an IndyCar Series race on Sunday, there’s a total of nine races from several series and a variety of automobile classes over the weekend. All of the races will take place around a […]

Ontario’s police watchdog says it found no grounds to lay a criminal charge against a Thunder Bay officer who approved the cancellation of a domestic disturbance call hours before a woman was found dead in a home. The Special Investigations Unit has released a report on its investigation into the death of Jenna Ostberg, a […]

TORONTO — A woman in her 70s has died after what appeared to be an unprovoked stabbing in a Toronto parking lot, police said Thursday. The attack happened just after 9:30 a.m. in the area of Parkway Forest Drive and Sheppard Avenue East, at a commercial plaza near CF Fairview Mall in North York. Duty […]

TORONTO — A year away from the IndyCar Series gave Toronto’s Devlin DeFrancesco time to reflect — and grow, both as a driver and as a person. Now the 25-year-old is literally back in the driver’s seat and will be behind the wheel at his hometown course. DeFrancesco is the only Canadian in the field […]

This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site. ___ Author: Hunter Knight, Assistant Professor of Childhood and Youth Studies, Western University A recent report entitled Crisis in the Classroom: Exclusion, Seclusion and Restraint of […]

A teenager accused in the attack on an eight-year-old girl in Quadeville, Ont., that investigators initially linked to an animal is set to return to court next month. The 17-year-old suspect made a brief appearance this morning at the courthouse in Pembroke, Ont., where he stood in shackles as his case was put over until […]

TORONTO — Most new measles cases in Ontario over the past week were reported in a popular summer travel area. Public Health Ontario is reporting 32 new measles cases, 19 of which are in Huron Perth. The public health unit located west of Kitchener includes Stratford, known for its annual theatre festival, as well as […]