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The family of an 18-year-old shot and killed by Toronto Police is about to take legal action.

Commuter reaction appeared mixed on Friday as Toronto police boosted their presence on city transit in the wake of recent violence.

Coroner Dr. Jennifer Dmetrichuk says the inquest for Sammy Yatim will start on Nov. 14, last 10 days and hear from 11 witnesses.

The coroner's office says the inquest into the deaths of Reyal Jardine-Douglas, Sylvia Klibingaitis and Michael Eligon will begin Oct. 15 and last about eight weeks.

Toronto police Chief Bill Blair says he has appointed retired justice Dennis O'Connor to assist the force in its review of all police practices, including use of force.

The family of an 18 year old who died after being shot by police on a Toronto streetcar says they are "distressed" by reports the young man was hit by eight bullets.

A city searching for answers may never know what went through Sammy Yatim’s mind in the moments before the 18-year-old, wielding a knife on an empty streetcar, was shot to death by police in the early hours of Saturday morning.

In a written statement released Tuesday, the family said they “do not hold any ill will against the thousands of police officers who work to protect us each day.”

A preliminary inquiry has been set for next year for a Toronto police officer charged in the shooting death of a young man on a streetcar.

The recommendations touch on issues such as officer training, peer intervention and mental health supports family members of those killed or seriously injured by police.

James Forcillo was reportedly granted day parole after serving 21 months of a six-year sentence for the attempted murder of Sammy Yatim.

The tactics used by Toronto police in the shooting death of 18-year-old Sammy Yatim aboard a TTC streetcar on the weekend may have gone too far, says a former Toronto police investigator.

A family friend of a young man who died after being shot by police on a Toronto streetcar says they don't blame the entire force for the death.

The mother of the 18-year-old man shot and killed by Toronto police while on an empty streetcar held his hand throughout his funeral Thursday at a Toronto funeral home.

The Ontario government will allow front-line police officers in the province to carry conducted energy weapons, announced Community Safety Minister Madeleine Meilleur on Tuesday.

Const. James Forcillo appeared in court Friday and is set to appear by video link on Jan. 12 to schedule a bail hearing on the charges, which were laid last week.

Previous bail conditions for Const. James Forcillo were set to expire on Sunday, a day before the officer is scheduled to appeal his conviction for the attempted murder of Sammy Yatim.

A report by a former Supreme Court of Canada justice into the use of lethal force by Toronto police has made 84 sweeping recommendations.

The Toronto Police Services Board won’t renew Chief Bill Blair’s contract.

President of the Toronto Police Association Mike McCormack said Wednesday police do not feel threatened by a new app that allows Torontonians to capture and upload police-citizen interactions – suggesting that users save their pennies.