Month: March 2018

Four people were taken to hospital following a two-vehicle crash on the westbound Gardiner Expressway. The collision happened around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday on the westbound lanes between South Kingsway and Islington. Const. Clint Stibbe of Traffic Services said a vehicle was attempting to re-enter the highway from the shoulder when it was struck by another car. Toronto paramedics said four people were taken to hospital, one with critical injuries and the other three with non-life-threatening injuries. The westbound lanes…

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TORONTO – School bus drivers serving several communities east of Toronto are on strike after contract talks between Unifor and First Student Bowmanville broke off Tuesday night. The walkout affects routes in the Durham, Durham Catholic, Kawartha Pine Ridge and the Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Boards. Unifor Local 4268 says bargaining broke off shortly before the strike deadline of 12:01 a.m. over the key issues are of unpaid work hours and wages. Story continues below…

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Peel Regional Police say a Canada-wide warrant has been issued for one of three suspects in the vicious beating of a man with autism at a Toronto-area bus terminal. Police are now looking for 25-year-old Ronjot Singh Dhami, of no fixed address. He was last known to reside in Surrey, B.C., and court records show he was previously convicted a 2011 assault with a weapon in that city. READ MORE: Suspects wanted in ‘cowardly’ assault of man with autism…

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TORONTO – Sidewalk Labs “hadn’t foreseen” how fiercely Canadians would demand that their data be retained within the country when it first sought out to design a “people first” high-tech neighbourhood in east Toronto, says one of the local leaders working with the start-up, which is owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet. Story continues below It was announced in October that Sidewalk Labs won a competition to partner with Waterfront Toronto to develop the Quayside neighbourhood “from the Internet…

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A 17-year-old past student of Thomas Grieve says she finds it hard to believe her teacher is now the subject of a Durham Regional Police investigation. “I just don’t get it,” said Alyssa Muller. “He was one of my favourite teachers.” Police have charged Grieve, who is from Scugog, Ont., with eight counts of sexual assault and eight counts of sexual interference, all of which are against children under 16 years of age. It is alleged he was involved…

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The 29-year-old man investigators say they believe was the target of Saturday night’s shooting outside a North York bowling alley has a connection to a troubling homicide investigation from 2014. Story continues below Toronto police confirm to Global News that Thanh Tien Ngo was the son of Ngoc Ngo, 64. Ngoc was the victim of a brazen shooting on March 25, 2014. He was shot repeatedly when he opened the door of his Symington Avenue home, near Dupont Street and…

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It’s Wednesday, which means it’s time for Linda Ryan to put on her goggles. The 58-year-old admits this is her first exposure to Virtual Reality and at first found it jarring because she’s not a gamer. Story continues below “I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, this is for kids. I can’t do this. But then the smells start coming out, and it enhances different feelings in my body,” Ryan tells Global News. “I’m a recovering alcoholic — been sober just over two…

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March 20 2018 7:09pm A clip from the full video of a man being arrested at Toronto’s Union Station appears to show him kicking one of the officers trying to detain him in the head. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if( typeof gnca_social_share_collection ); } }; // don’t do on IE,…

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Tue, Mar 20: When people think about virtual reality, the first thing to come to mind is usually gaming. But Trafalgar Addiction Treatment Centres in Ontario are now using the technology to help people struggling with alcoholism overcome their addiction. Minna Rhee reports. Powered by WPeMatico

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March 20 2018 6:55pm Tue, Mar 20: Some say the video submitted to, and posted by, Desmond Cole is an example of police brutality. Others suggest it’s not a full story without the full video. Mark Carcasole reports. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if( typeof gnca_social_share_collection ); } }; // don’t…

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