A Toronto man shot dead by the police on May 26 was carrying a fake rifle, which was what raised alarms and prompted several Scarborough schools to go into lockdown, an Ontario police watchdog says. A spokesperson for Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) told reporters on May 27 that the weapon carried by the 27-year-old…

The body of the young girl found this week in a dumpster in Toronto was wrapped in crochet blanket with butterfly patterns, which was inside a plastic bag wrapped in another blanket, the Toronto Police Service (TPS) said Thursday. The girl was about three foot six, with black curly hair tied into four short ponytails. The…

Toronto police say they have made the “largest single-day seizure” of illegal drugs in the service’s history. The police seized 189 kilograms of powder cocaine along with 97 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, with an estimated total street value of more than $28.5 million. “While we have made large seizures before these have occurred over several months. The…

A 14-year-old boy is facing first-degree murder charges after shooting and killing a student in a Toronto high school, city police said on Feb. 15. The Toronto Police Service said in a statement they responded to calls of a shooting at David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute in eastern Toronto shortly after 3 p.m. on Feb. 14. The police…