Mel Lastman Square

• City of Toronto marks 2nd anniversary of Yonge Street van attack virtually due to COVID-19

  A virtual vigil is being held by two North York community groups at 6 p.m. on Thursday.

  Crime

  Apr 23, 2020
  
• Fight breaks out at Toronto vigil for Iran plane crash victims

  Two vigils were occurring at the time of the fight. One was hosted by independent Iranian-Canadian citizens in Mel Lastman Square and the other was hosted by the Iranian Canadian Congress inside the North York Civic Centre.

  Canada

  Jan 9, 2020
  
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• ‘The Boys’ TV show shoot at the site of the Toronto van attack cancelled

  City of Toronto spokesperson Brad Ross says the decision followed complaints by a community that was traumatized last year by what has become known as the Yonge Street van attack.

  Canada

  Nov 6, 2019
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• ‘United against evil’: Toronto holds numerous events to mark 1-year anniversary of van attack

  "This unfathomable loss of life left our city in mourning ... this was a tragedy the likes of which we'd never seen before."

  Canada

  Apr 23, 2019
• Ceremonies, vigils planned to honour victims of deadly Toronto van attack

  In the hours before the ceremony, the city is expected to install temporary signs in the area to commemorate what it has dubbed the "Yonge Street Tragedy" until permanent memorials are created. The city says consultations on the memorials will begin this spring.

  Canada

  Apr 23, 2019
• 25% of van attack victims turned down donated money, said it should go to those more in need

  The administrator of the #TorontoStrong Fund told Global News that nearly 25 per cent of funding recipients have actually donated the money back to others. 

  Canada

  Apr 22, 2019
• 92-year-old Toronto van attack survivor is thankful to be alive her son says

  Aleksandra Kozhevnikova, 92, doesn't remember being hit by the van that careened through north Toronto and mowed down pedestrians on a busy thoroughfare last April.

  Crime

  Apr 22, 2019
• Witnesses say they are still struggling nearly 1 year since the deadly Toronto van attack

  "There was a lot of blood. One woman's legs were mangled. I had never seen flesh torn apart like that," he said in a recent interview, choking up. "At this point for me, I'm really seeing a lot of death, a lot of people who were going about their day and unnecessarily died or were injured."

  Crime

  Apr 22, 2019
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• Family of Toronto van attack victim donates piano for Mel Lastman Square ahead of memorial ceremony

  The piano was delivered to Mel Lastman Square on Sunday by Willowdale MPP Stan Cho and other volunteers.

  Canada

  Apr 8, 2019
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• Toronto to honour victims of Yonge Street van attack on anniversary

  The attack on April 23, 2018 left 10 people dead and 16 injured.

  Canada

  Apr 2, 2019