Police north of Toronto have seized millions of dollars worth of illegally grown cannabis in a series of raids that also uncovered several exotic animals.

York Regional Police say they've charged a 17-year-old Toronto girl and are searching for two additional suspects following a stabbing in East Gwillimbury, Ont.

Police said at 1:45 a.m. Monday, they were called to the Blue Door Shelter, north of Yonge Street and Green Lane Way, for reports of an injured man. 

When officers arrived at the home on Warden Avenue, north of Herald Road, they found several people, one of whom was a 27-year-old man suffering from life-threatening stab wounds.

The winning Lotto 6/49 ticket was purchased at Shell on Yonge Street in East Gwillimbury.

Police allege the accused swung a curtain rod at the children, striking one of them before school staff and a Good Samaritan intervened, disarmed him and ushered the children inside the school.

Officers say the two accused will appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Bracebridge on Jan. 7

York Regional Police say they have charged a 33-year-old man after another man reported a hate-motivated assault at a Newmarket McDonald's on Sunday.

Officers say they were called to a rural property at about 2 p.m. on Sept. 9 after human remains were reportedly found.

“We are making it faster and easier for people in York Region to get where they need to go by expanding parking at East Gwillimbury Go,” York-Simcoe MPP Caroline Mulroney said in a statement.