Toronto man, 20, charged in fatal east-end stabbing

A 20-year-old man is facing a second-degree murder charge following a fatal stabbing in an east-end Toronto park last week.Toronto police say they were called to the scene Wednesday night and found a 20-year-old man with stab wounds to the chest.

Councillor blasts TTC rider survey as propaganda tool for Miller

A new online survey that asks riders to weigh in on the Toronto Transit Commission's potential budget cuts is just a propaganda exercise, one critic says, aimed at selling Mayor David Miller's two controversial proposed taxes.

Series of summer fires may be linked, police say

Toronto Police have said for the first time that a rash of arsons in west-end neighbourhoods in Toronto this summer may be the work of a single firebug. Officers are investigating three sets of suspicious fires since July, the most serious of which involved seven separate fires near Christie Pits Park that caused $2-million worth of damage. Most of the blazes were ignited in piles of garbage, debris and in dumpsters.

Missing 17-year-old found dead in Etobicoke

A 17-year-old boy missing since Saturday morning was found dead yesterday afternoon near Dundas Street and Royal York Road in Etobicoke.Toronto Police Detective Mike Dvernechuk said there was no trauma to Taylor Whitney's body, but alcohol may have been a contributing factor in his death.

East-end stabbing results in city's 54th homicide

Russell Hoffman, 34, was stabbed to death yesterday morning in Toronto's east end near Danforth Avenue, Toronto police said. Emergency personnel responded to a call in the Pharmacy Road and Denton Avenue area at about 12:20 a.m., where they found two men suffering from stab wounds. Mr. Hoffman was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead, the city's 54th homicide of the year. The other man was being treated for non-life-threatening injuries. Wanted for second-degree murder are Alfredo Dix and Bartosz Prusakiewicz.

Burlington firefighter dies during competition

A funeral will be held Thursday for a Burlington firefighter who died of an apparent heart attack during a fire extrication event at a competition in Indianapolis, Ind. . Wayne Topping, 48, collapsed Friday shortly after completing the event with his teammates, who were unable to revive him. Mr. Topping, a nine-year veteran of the department, was married with two sons and a stepson.

Through bust and boom, the Royal Alex has reason to celebrate

The 100th birthday celebration yesterday of Toronto's oldest theatre drew the attention of Canada's dignitaries, business leaders, the arts community - and even the Queen.The Royal Alexandra Theatre opened its doors for Torontonians to course through the nooks and crannies of the historic building, including the room formerly used to paint sets and now said to be haunted.

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March Networks says Toronto Transit Commission to expand security ...

OTTAWA (Thomson Financial) - March Networks Corp said the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is expanding the roll-out of its mobile video surveillance unit to its entire fleet of public transit vehicles and will also deploy them across ...

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8/28/2007: Toronto: TTC TO TAKE A POLL ON ROUTE CUTS

The Toronto Transit Commission has decided not to host any public meetings on potentially padlocking the Sheppard subway or axing underused bus routes. Instead, the TTC yesterday launched a $30000 information campaign and a 10-point ...

8/28/2007: Toronto: TTC POLL

3. Do you have access to another type of transportation on a regular basis for the trips you now take on the TTC? ? Yes ? No 4. If the TTC was forced to cut services on TTC route(s) that you currently use, would you? ...

8/28/2007: Toronto: Stinson forced to vacate One King West

A judge signed the final order yesterday ending a long-running and very public feud between two of Toronto?s best-known businessmen, handing over full control of the luxury condominium and hotel tower One King West to a receiver. ...

8/28/2007: Toronto: ?You try to tell them they?re not invincible?

Teresa Whitney was close to tears yesterday as she repeated one of the last things she said to her 17-year-old son before he met up with friends at a house party on Friday night. ?Listen Taylor, always be in control. ...

8/28/2007: Toronto: Police make public appeal in suspicious fires ...

Facing no real prospect of an arrest in a series of arsons during the summer, police are appealing to residents to look out for ?suspicious activity.? A number of fires were set on three different days in three different neighbourhoods. ...

8/28/2007: Toronto: Baby whose body was found in floorboards to be ...

More than eight decades after his birth, a baby boy found mummified beneath the flooring of a Toronto home last month will be named and then buried in a public service this fall. The remains were discovered in the attic floorboards of a ...

8/28/2007: Toronto: MY TORONTO : JEFF STOBER I

Along with West Queen West, the Drake Hotel is growing up. A massive Twenties-style revamp saw the hotel?s yoga studio gutted for a private dining room,a grandiose glassedin affair perfect for your next ?fantasy dinner,creative session ...

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LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Buyers emerged for March Networks, 25 pence up at 590, following news that the Toronto Transit Commission is expanding its roll-out of the company's mobile video surveillance solution to its entire fleet of.

Beyonce Video - Beyonce in Toronto

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Recap: Oakland vs. Toronto

Troy Glaus drove in the game-winning run as part of a four-run 12th inning as the Toronto Blue Jays downed the Oakland Athletics, 6-2, in the opener of a three-game series at McAfee Coliseum.