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BMW driver ran 2 red lights before fatal crash into hydro pole: Toronto police

One person has died after a car crashed into a pole in Scarborough in the early hours of Friday morning. Toronto police say a BMW was travelling westbound at a high speed on Eglinton Avenue East in the Danforth Road...

Apr 19, 2025 | News

Motorcyclist injured in crash with tractor trailer on Hwy 401

A motorcyclist was injured in a crash with a tractor trailer on Highway 401 in the early hours of Friday morning. Emergency crews were called to the area of Morningside Avenue and Highway 401 near the border of Scarborough and...

Apr 19, 2025 | News

English language debate left Carney and Poilievre where they started: Abacus Data poll

Despite the verbal attacks, many of which were targeted at Liberal Leader Mark Carney, in the first and last English language debate Thursday, post-debate polling from Abacus Data concludes neither the Liberals nor the Conservatives gained much momentum. “If campaigns...

Apr 19, 2025 | News

Poilievre promises to end ban on single-use plastic straws, other items

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre promised to strike down a key element of the Liberal government’s environmental policy Friday as he and other party leaders got back on the campaign trail following the national leaders’ debates in Montreal. Both...

Apr 19, 2025 | News

10,000 pages of records about Robert F. Kennedy’s 1968 assassination are released, on Trump’s order

WASHINGTON (AP) — About 10,000 pages of records related to the 1968 assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy were released Friday, including handwritten notes by the gunman, who said the Democratic presidential candidate “must be disposed of” and acknowledged an...

Apr 19, 2025 | News

Apartment building in Scarborough evacuated due to 2-alarm fire

Some residents of an apartment building in the Scarborough Junction area were evacuated from their units due to a fire on Friday. Emergency crews were called to Gordonridge Place in the area of Danforth Road and Wolfe Avenue around 12:15...

Apr 19, 2025 | News

Pedestrian killed in 2-vehicle crash in Vaughan

A woman was killed Friday afternoon when two vehicles collided in Vaughan, near Major Mackenzie Drive West and Dufferin Street. York Regional Police say two vehicles travelling southbound on Dufferin street crashed into each other and struck a female pedestrian....

Apr 19, 2025 | News

Durham police investigating shots fired in Ajax cemetery

Durham Regional Police are investigating after shots were fired in an Ajax cemetery on Thursday. Police received calls about the sound of gunshots at Pine Ridge Memorial Gardens cemetery on Church Street North around 5:40 p.m. When police arrived, they...

Apr 19, 2025 | News

Toronto police warns of distraction thefts targeting Muslim community

Toronto police have issued a public safety alert about distractions thefts specifically targeting the Muslim community and are asking them to be vigilant. The alert says incidents began to be reported around October 2024, where the suspects approach potential victims...

Apr 19, 2025 | News

Canadian drummer arrested on child sexual abuse material charges in California

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joseph Seiders, drummer for Canadian indie rock band The New Pornographers, has been arrested and charged with possessing child sex abuse materials, authorities said. Seiders, 44, is accused of recording young boys with his phone at...

Apr 19, 2025 | News