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• Ontario family calls for justice after allegations of elder abuse

  A family in the GTA is going public with allegations of an unspeakable crime. They claim the 90-year-old matriarch of the family was sexually assaulted inside a Richmond Hill hospital. They also claim the entire system let them down.

  Canada

  Aug 24, 2017
• Fentanyl suspected after 3 fatal overdoses in Durham Region amid recent spike: police

  Police have responded to 12 non-fatal overdoses and four fatal overdoses in two weeks within the region.

  Crime

  Aug 11, 2017
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• Toronto man charged with attempted murder after neighbour allegedly attacked

  The two men live in the same building near Lansdowne Avenue and Davenport Road. The alleged attack happened Saturday night in Earlscourt Park.

  Crime

  Aug 8, 2017
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• Grieving Toronto mother devastated by loss of photos, notes after replacing her iPhone

  Sunnie McFadden-Curtis lost her son in a drowning accident and says days later her iPhone broke down, which sparked a lengthy back and forth with Apple officials.

  Consumer

  Jul 27, 2017
• B.C. couple dealt devastating blow while husband waits for life-saving surgery in Toronto

  Kory Bradshaw has Cystic Fibrosis and is waiting for a double lung transplant in Toronto, but while he and his wife Renee were in the city their home in Kelowna was destroyed by a fire.

  Canada

  Jun 22, 2017
• Closing arguments complete at trial of 3 Toronto police officers accused of sexual assault

  The evidence portion of the judge-only trial of three Toronto police officers accused of sexually assaulting a female colleague finished on Tuesday with both sides presenting their closing arguments.

  Crime

  Jun 20, 2017
• Toronto Blue Jays baseball fan suffers concussion after being hit by ball at Rogers Centre

  Renee Tulk, 29, was on FaceTime with her father when she was hit on the side of the head by a line-drive while standing at the flight deck during batting practice before the April 30th game against the Tampa Bay Rays.

  Canada

  May 26, 2017
• Toronto mother launches lawsuit after daughter with special needs left on bus for hours in the cold

  On Jan. 23, Laura Mastache's daughter Wendy was picked up from home in a small school bus at around 8:30 a.m. Laura said she received a call from the school at around 3 p.m. saying her daughter hadn’t been seen all day and that she never made it to her special needs class at York Humber High School.

  Education

  May 17, 2017
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• Pregnant Ontario woman calls for expectant mother parking spaces at GO stations

  Cindy Hackelberg would like to see expectant mother parking spaces offered at GO Transit station parking lots across the province.

  Canada

  May 16, 2017
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• Post-stroke recovery patients confront Ontario health minister over need for treatment

  Months after a bill unanimously passed at Queen’s Park requiring the Ontario government to implement evidence-based treatments for those in need of post-stroke physiotherapy, patients unable to access treatments took their frustrations directly to the health minister.

  Health

  May 11, 2017
• Is mental health stigma lessening? Canadians opening up more than ever, survey suggests

  Eighty-five per cent of Canadians say they consider mental health to be as important as physical health – another 12 per cent say it’s even more important.

  Canada

  May 3, 2017
• ‘Heartbreaking’: Neighbour recalls trying to save 3-year-old Hamilton boy killed in fire

  Hamilton police have taken over the investigation into Monday's tragic house fire that claimed the life of a three-year-old boy on the west mountain.

  Canada

  May 2, 2017
• Toronto charity helping persecuted LGBTQ community in Chechnya

  Rainbow Railroad is calling on the Canadian government to facilitate emergency visas for people fleeing persecution based on their sexual orientation.

  World

  Apr 28, 2017
• WATCH: Cyclist smashes driver’s mirror in Toronto road rage incident

  A cyclist has been caught on camera smashing the side mirror of an SUV to pieces in west-end Toronto, in an apparent road rage incident that has police and cycling advocates calling on drivers to share the road.

  Canada

  Apr 24, 2017
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• Ontario imam threatened with death, burning of mosque over Muslim student support

  Ibrahim Hindy said he received an anti-Islamic email with a picture of men being hanged and a Facebook message referring to the mosque as "one of many satan safe houses that need to be burned to the ground."

  Canada

  Apr 19, 2017
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• Mississauga parents find racist graffiti after visiting park the day before, police investigating

  The couple said they don’t know for sure if the graffiti was targeted toward their daughter, but the incident has left them shaken.

  Canada

  Apr 6, 2017
• ‘He’s not a criminal’: Parents of Canadian charged in massive Yahoo hack speak out

  The parents of Karim Baratov, the Canadian accused in a massive cyberattack of half a billion Yahoo accounts, spoke with Global News about their son in order to show a "real portrayal" of him and insist he has no ties to Russia and U.S. authorities have the "wrong person."

  Crime

  Apr 3, 2017
• Toronto widow speaks out after husband overdoses on cocaine possibly laced with fentanyl

  A Toronto widow is speaking out after the untimely death of her 25-year-old husband from a fatal overdose she suspects was caused by fentanyl or carfentanil-laced cocaine.

  Canada

  Mar 27, 2017
• Karim Baratov’s close friend speaks out after his arrest in massive Yahoo cyberattack

  A friend of 22-year-old Karim Baratov is showing her support for the Canadian-Kazakh national at the centre of a U.S. investigation into a massive cyberattack against Yahoo in 2014, saying the young man she knew was kind, genuine and always there to lend a helping hand.

  Canada

  Mar 16, 2017
• Canadian soldier stabs pregnant wife before plunging to death from Toronto balcony: police

  A Canadian soldier allegedly stabbed his pregnant wife multiple times and threw her off of an apartment building balcony in Toronto Sunday night, before plunging to his death. This according to Toronto police who are investigating the suspected homicide.

  Crime

  Dec 21, 2015
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• Owner demands answer after dog severely injured on TTC tracks and euthanized

  The owner of a dog who was trapped on TTC subway tracks, causing a brief transit shutdown Tuesday, wants answers after the dog had to be put down due to its injuries.

  Canada

  Dec 18, 2015
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• Police identify ‘violent and dangerous’ female suspect in unprovoked Toronto stabbing

  Rohinie Bisesar has three university degrees and glowing professional references on her LinkedIn page. She is also wanted by Toronto Police for allegedly stabbing a stranger at a downtown drugstore on Friday.

  Crime

  Dec 14, 2015
• Man faces 45 charges linked to Toronto break-and-enter investigation

  A 25-year-old man faces 45 charges in connection to a series of residential break-and-enters in the Toronto area, after a homeowner says he caught the suspect red-handed.

  Crime

  Dec 4, 2015
• Father of slain Toronto woman found dead in Markham, mother wants answers

  The father of a Toronto girl found dead earlier this month has been found dead in Markham.

  Crime

  Nov 27, 2015
• Doo Doo the Clown saves 2 women from alleged attacker in Toronto

  A Toronto-area clown is being hailed as a hero for shielding two women in his vehicle after he allegedly spotted them being attacked by a man in a "rampage" in downtown Toronto on the weekend.

  Canada

  Nov 23, 2015