Liberty Village

• Trial begins for Toronto couple charged with killing neighbour over barbecue fumes

  More than day after the unidentified body was discovered, the Toronto Police Service put on a bulletin on social media that 53-year-old Reeyaz Habib was missing from the area.

  Crime

  May 5
  
• Toronto communities urge action after rise in reported coyote attacks and sightings

  Residents of two communities in Toronto are calling on the city to take action after several coyote attacks and dozens more sightings in the area since the beginning of the year.

  Canada

  Feb 14, 2025
  
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• Liberty Village residents on the edge over congestion, Toronto says a solution is coming

  Council is also due to look at a plan to speed up construction on the Gardiner Expressway at this week's meeting. A wider congestion plan will also be due in September.

  Politics

  Jul 23, 2024
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• Murder charge laid in death of Toronto filmmaker

  Toronto police announced a suspect is facing a second-degree murder charge in the suspicious death of a Toronto filmmaker Reeyaz Habib last June.

  Crime

  Nov 4, 2023
• Police identify body found in dumpster beside Liberty Village building

  On June 8, a suspicious death investigation was started in Liberty Village. Police said homicide and missing persons detectives were leading the probe.

  Crime

  Jun 13, 2023
• Theft of art at Liberty Village pot shop caught on camera

  Angelica Liu, the chief operating officer of Green Merchant, told Global News the theft occurred at around 9:20 p.m.

  Crime

  Feb 28, 2023
• SIU investigating after 2 men reportedly fall from balcony during Toronto police operation

  Toronto police originally notified the public of an ongoing investigation in the area of East Liberty Street and Strachan Avenue at around 9:10 p.m. on Friday.

  Crime

  Feb 18, 2023
• Toronto firefighter in hospital after industrial blaze in Liberty Village

  Officials with Toronto fire told Global News a blaze was reported on Hanna Avenue in Liberty Village.

  Fire

  Feb 13, 2023
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• Encampment fire at Toronto cell tower leaves one dead: police, fire officials

  Const. Laura Brabant says police responded to multiple reports of a cell tower on fire in the city's Liberty Village neighbourhood shortly after 6 a.m.

  Crime

  Jan 7, 2023
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• Be wary of fraudulent CNE parking in Toronto, event CEO says

  The CEO of the Canadian National Exhibition is warning attendees to be wary of people pretending to provide official parking for The Ex. 

  Canada

  Aug 23, 2022