Christie Pits

• Nine people charged after arrests at competing immigration rallies in Toronto

  A rally at Christie Pits Park on Saturday calling for deportations and an end to mass immigration was met by a counter-demonstration, which led to several arrests.

  Crime

  Sep 15
  
• 2 stabbed at Toronto’s Christie Pits Park, suspect sought

  Toronto police say a man and a woman in their 20s have been stabbed at Christie Pits Park on Thursday night.

  Crime

  Aug 25, 2023
  
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• ‘Stand up to hate’: 90 years since the riot at Toronto’s Christie Pits

  The riot on Aug. 16, 1933, began after a group of young men unfurled a banner with a black swastika following the game, which featured a team of mostly Jewish teenagers. 

  Canada

  Aug 16, 2023
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• ‘It meant so much to me’: Toronto woman finds father in AGO exhibit

  She had been gifted an AGO membership last fall from her mother, and went to see the exhibit just half an hour before the art museum closed for the night. 

  Canada

  Jan 5, 2023
• Man arrested after argument, stabbing in restaurant near Toronto’s Christie Pits Park

  Officers said two men who knew each other got into an argument in a restaurant in the area of Christie and Bloor streets.

  Crime

  Sep 18, 2022
• Firefighter among 8 injured in 3-alarm fire in Christie Pits area

  Toronto paramedics said they transported eight people in total.

  Fire

  Mar 25, 2018
• Christie Pits anniversary conjures comparisons to Charlottesville violence

  It has been more than eighty years since a riot that saw thousands spill out into the streets in west Toronto. The riot at Christie Pits is now widely regarded as a major turning point for the city now renowned for its diversity.

  Canada

  Aug 16, 2017
• Toronto remembers the Christie Pits Riot

  "There was blood all over the place," said Black, recalling the events that unfolded on Aug. 16, 1933, during a baseball game at the Christie Pits Park in the city's west end.

  Canada

  Aug 15, 2013