Greektown Shooting Toronto

• Jagmeet Singh urges Ottawa to immediately allow cities to ban handguns

  Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is formally asking the prime minister to immediately give cities the leeway to ban handguns.

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  Aug 2, 2018
  
• Canadian rock band Billy Talent to host benefit concert for victims of Danforth shooting

  Proceeds of the event, which is scheduled for the evening of Aug. 11 at the Danforth Music Hall, will go towards the #TorontoStrong Fund.

  Entertainment

  Jul 31, 2018
  
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• Mourners attend funerals for Danforth shooting victims Reese Fallon, Julianna Kozis

  Reese Fallon was among the two people killed and 13 wounded when a gunman charged down Danforth Avenue last Sunday.

  Canada

  Jul 30, 2018
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• ‘We will always carry you in our hearts’: Danforth victim Reese Fallon remembered by family

  In an obituary posted online by the funeral home where her service will be held, the family says 18-year-old Reese Fallon will be "deeply missed."

  Jul 28, 2018
• ‘Only a crazy person’: The risks of using mental illness to make sense of a violent attack

  In cataloguing every detail about the Danforth shooter's struggle with mental health, we run the risk of conflating mental health issues with acts of violence.

  Canada

  Jul 28, 2018
• Nursing student injured while trying to help in Danforth shooting hailed as ‘selfless, compassionate’

  “People should know how loving and compassionate this person is. She doesn’t care where you’re from, what background you’re from."

  Crime

  Jul 27, 2018
• Scott Thompson: Get to know your neighbour — and your ‘hood

  Toronto's Danforth is full of great restaurants and shops, and Scott Thompson says it is very much like some of the great downtown 'hoods in Hamilton.

  Jul 27, 2018
• In wake of Toronto mass shooting, does Liberal gun reform bill strike the right balance?

  In light of news the government is prepared to consider restrictions on handguns, could an amendment by the Senate to a proposed gun reform bill be the most realistic prospect for change?

  Canada

  Jul 27, 2018
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• Psychiatric association speaks out against stigmatizing mentally ill in wake of Danforth shooting

  The Canadian Psychiatric Association says it's concerned that Sunday night's violence in Toronto's Greektown may deepen stigma against people contending with mental illness.

  Crime

  Jul 26, 2018
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• Danforth shooter Faisal Hussain’s former teacher says there are ‘gaps’ in Ontario mental health system

  Sajel Bellon, who led the program which aimed to train members of the community to get back into the workforce, said she had seen a positive transformation in Hussain from the start of the program to the end.

  Canada

  Jul 26, 2018