A Scarborough high school is in lockdown after shots were fired behind the building Wednesday afternoon. Toronto Police Const. Alex Li says no one appears to have been injured in the incident at Cedarbrae Collegiate on Markham Rd. south of Lawrence Ave. E. SOUND OF GUNSHOT: (UPDATE)Cedarbrae Collegiate Institute – officers o/s investigating– STAGING AREA […]
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Body ID’d as husband wanted for first-degree murder of wife
Peel Regional Police have confirmed the body of a 36-year-old male found last Friday is that of Rakeshbhai Patel, a labourer who was the subject of a Canada-wide warrant for the first-degree murder of his wife. Patel’s body was found outside Etobicoke General Hospital and police say his death is not part of a criminal […]
Driver in Scarborough crash had been shot: Cops
Police say a man who crashed a car in Scarborough on Wednesday evening had been shot. Officers were called to Scarborough Golf Club and Newark Rds. just after 7:30 p.m. for a car that had been in an accident. “The initial call came up as a collision into a pole,” Const. Caroline de Kloet said […]
Montreal massacre victims’ memorial defaced with ‘misogynistic messages’
A display at an adult alternative school in Scarborough honouring the female victims killed in the Montreal Massacre 30 years ago was defaced with “misogynistic messages” earlier this week. Now Toronto Police are investigating what at best is a case of mischief and at worst is a hate crime, the Sun has learned. “At the […]
LEVY: Residents’ concerns take backseat to City Hall’s new religion of affordable housing
Two weeks ago a group of Scarborough residents took time out of their day to head to City Hall and express their concerns about a new mixed use residential development planned for a former Green P lot on Victoria Park Ave. near Danforth Ave. After a four-hour wait to speak, the ladies — including my […]