It’s the scary close call familiar to anyone who’s ridden a streetcar in Toronto: just as the vehicle stops to let passengers off, a driver blows past the open doors and nearly runs them down. For years, that kind of dangerous driving has been met with little in the way of deterrence aside from streetcar […]

[ad_1] Toronto police released a security camera photo of a suspect on Wednesday after a woman says she was sexually assaulted in Scarborough last month. The woman got off a TTC bus at Morningside Ave. and Sewells Rd., on Sept. 20 at 8:35 p.m. As she walked on Sewells Rd. towards Fawcett Tr., she declined […]

[ad_1] Toronto police are seeking the public’s help after a group of men brutally attacked a 27-year-old man after they were kicked out of a downtown pub last month. Two groups of men were removed from the bar, near Madison Ave. and Bloor St. W., at 2:15 a.m. on Sept. 23 following an altercation over […]

[ad_1] How can behaviour-based incentives encourage people to use green bins and recycle more? Sidewalk Labs, the firm behind the proposed “city of the future” on Toronto’s eastern waterfront, wants to know. In mid-September, 10 grants of between $10,000 and $15,000 each were awarded to research teams at several universities in Toronto and the surrounding […]

[ad_1] After a morning of uncertainties about staffing levels of the Toronto police gun and gang unit, Mayor John Tory and police brass surfaced after lunch Friday to assure a city that has seen a rise in gun violence that there will be no reductions. Following media reports of realignment and reductions — and a […]

[ad_1] It was sheer frustration that drove Dr. Raj Rampersaud to develop a better way to care for people with lower back pain. A decade ago, the Toronto spine surgeon — hailed as one of the best in the world — found himself apologizing to up to 90 per cent of patients referred to him […]

[ad_1] Police have released security camera images of a third suspect wanted in connection with a killing on a Parkdale balcony earlier this month. Toronto police are calling for help identifying the suspect, who is described as male, between the ages of 20 and 30. He was last seen wearing a black baseball hat, red […]

[ad_1] Toronto police have released video of a hit-and-run collision that killed a 61-year-old man at a crosswalk in Scarborough early Wednesday. In the video, which appears to be taken from a security camera at a neighbouring home, the man can be seen pausing before entering the crosswalk at St. Clair Ave. E. and Jeanette […]

[ad_1] Intelligent, quiet and polite, Danny had “significant” learning disabilities. At age 6, he and his brothers were brought to Canada by their mother. Within two years, the family became involved with a children’s aid society over concerns about Danny’s “inappropriate” behaviour at school and that he may have been physically abused. By 11, he […]