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• Engine failure forces plane to make emergency landing on street in Ajax

  Durham Regional Police say a small aircraft made an emergency landing on a street in Ajax Monday evening after the engine failed.

  Canada

  9 hours
• One Order Motorcycle Club member facing numerous firearm charges

  A member of the One Order Motorcycle Club is facing a number of charges after authorities executed a search warrant in Brampton last week, the OPP said.

  Crime

  Jan 15
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• Serious Markham roadside collision leaves 27-year-old in life-threatening condition

  A man remains in life-threatening condition after a serious roadside collision in Markham last week, according to York Regional Police. 

  Traffic

  Jan 15
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• MLSE, Toronto police investigate security incident during Leafs game

  Toronto police laid charges against a Hamilton-area man after the occurrence at Scotiabank Arena on Saturday.

  Crime

  Jan 15
• Police looking for man who allegedly assaulted TTC operator on streetcar

  Toronto police say they are looking for a man who allegedly assaulted a TTC operator while onboard a streetcar in the Beaches neighbourhood last month.

  Crime

  Jan 14
• Toronto police looking to identify suspect involved in assault on the Danforth

  Toronto police are turning to the public for help identifying a man who allegedly assaulted someone in the Danforth and Euston avenues area last November.

  Crime

  Jan 14
• Three men arrested at Avenue Road bridge after recent ban on demonstrations

  Toronto police say they arrested and removed three men in their 20s and 30s from a highway overpass where demonstrations were recently banned. 

  Crime

  Jan 14
• Man taken to hospital with serious injuries after altercation at Toronto shelter

  Police say a man is custody following an early Sunday altercation at a shelter in northwest Toronto that left another man with serious but not life-threatening injuries.

  Crime

  Jan 14
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• Man and woman arrested, firearms, narcotics seized after drug trafficking investigation

  A man and a woman from Toronto are facing a number of charges in connection with a drug trafficking investigation in the city's east end, according to police.

  Crime

  Jan 10
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• Police looking for elderly man who allegedly sexually assaulted multiple females in Etobicoke

  Toronto police say they are looking for a man wanted in connection to a series of sexual assaults that occurred between October and January in Etobicoke.

  Crime

  Jan 10
• Vehicle adorned with Israeli flag decals vandalized in Vaughan: police

  York police says it's looking for at least three suspects who vandalized a vehicle displaying an Israeli flag decal in Vaughan this week. 

  Crime

  Jan 10
• ‘Screaming and yelling’: Ontario family woken up by armed men in break-in attempt

  A Barrie, Ont. family is shaken but thankfully unharmed after four masked men attempted to break into their house with guns earlier this week.

  Crime

  Jan 10
• Pedestrian taken to trauma centre with serious injuries after being struck by vehicle in North York

  A pedestrian has serious, but non-life-threatening, injuries after being struck by a vehicle in North York Tuesday evening, according to Toronto police.

  Traffic

  Jan 10
• Air Canada passenger opens cabin door, falls out of plane before takeoff at YYZ

  A passenger aboard an Air Canada flight from Toronto to Dubai opened a cabin door before takeoff on Monday evening, injuring themselves and causing lengthy delays. 

  Canada

  Jan 9
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• Man attempts to break into Jewish community centre multiple times: Toronto police

  Police are looking for a suspect accused of attempting to break into a Jewish community centre in Toronto multiple times on the weekend.

  Crime

  Jan 9
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• Police looking for Brampton man found guilty in human trafficking investigation

  Police say the man is known to frequent the GTA and if he's seen, do not to approach him and contact authorities immediately.

  Crime

  Jan 9
• TTC shares plans to tackle looming winter storm that may cause messy commute

  With a forecasted mix of heavy snow and rain expected on Tuesday, motorists are encouraged to leave their cars at home and take transit.

  Weather

  Jan 8
• Toronto leaders call on feds to investigate suspected hate-motivated arson as possible act of terror

  Toronto leaders are calling on the feds to investigate the suspected hated-motivated arson and vandalism of a Jewish-owned grocery store in North York as a possible act of terror.

  Politics

  Jan 8
• Garbage truck driver charged after fatally striking female pedestrian in Toronto

  The driver of a garbage truck has been charged after fatally striking a female pedestrian in midtown Toronto last month, according to police.

  Crime

  Jan 4
• Man arrested after sliding under washroom stall, sexually assaulting victim: Toronto police

  A man has been arrested and charged after he allegedly slid under a washroom stall in a downtown Toronto restaurant and sexually assaulted a woman last week.

  Crime

  Jan 3
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• Police investigating suspected hate-motivated arson, graffiti at business in North York

  Toronto police are investigating a suspected hate-motivated arson and graffiti incident that targeted a local business in North York Wednesday morning. 

  Crime

  Jan 3
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• 5 injured in 2 separate crashes in Brampton

  Two separate road collisions in the Brampton area on Wednesday sent five people to hospital with varying injuries, according to Peel police.

  Traffic

  Jan 3
• Man arrested after suspected hate-motivated assault of security guard in Toronto

  A Toronto man has been arrested and charged in a suspected hate-motivated assault incident, after he allegedly uttered racial slurs and assaulted a security guard with a weapon.

  Crime

  Jan 3
• Man arrested after teen boy, 2 men allegedly sexually assaulted at Toronto apartment

  A man has been arrested for two separate alleged sexual assault incidents – one involving a teen boy and the other involving two men – in north-east Toronto last year.

  Crime

  Jan 2
• ‘Significant and aggressive’ e-bike fire on TTC subway car sparks safety concerns

  Fire crews responded to the blaze at Sheppard-Yonge station at around 3 p.m. Once on scene, crews were able to control and suppress the fire quickly, officials said.

  Fire

  Jan 2