From CP24

  • 'He left a mark in this world': Thorncliffe Park teen who drowned in Lake Ontario remembered

    He was a loving son and brother, a loyal and kind friend, and a dedicated volunteer in Toronto’s east end, say those who knew and loved Mohammad Khasim. The 14-year-old boy from Thorncliffe Park drowned in Lake Ontario near Ashbridges Bay earlier this week. The teen had gone to the Woodbine Beach area with his best friend, Ammar Halai, on Sunday evening and somehow got pulled under. Ammar told CP24.com that he and a man jumped in the frigid water to try to rescue Mohammad, but despite...

  • What the jury didn't hear at the trial of a man accused of killing a Toronto officer

    TORONTO - Jurors have begun their deliberations in the trial of Umar Zameer, who has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of Toronto police Det. Const. Jeffrey Northrup. The officer, who was in plain clothes, died on July 2, 2021, after he was hit by a vehicle in an underground parking garage at Toronto City Hall. Prosecutors said Zameer made deliberate choices to drive dangerously while there were people nearby, killing the officer. But the defence argued Zameer did not...

  • Jontay Porter fallout: Canada's sports integrity body pushing for stronger policies

    Canada's sports integrity watchdog is pushing for stronger policies to prevent competitive manipulation and match-fixing at all levels of competition. The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport issued its first draft of a new program to prevent competition manipulation on Wednesday, the same day that the NBA banned former Toronto Raptors backup centre Jontay Porter for his role in betting irregularities around his on-court performance. Jeremy Luke, the CEO of the sport integrity body, said he...

  • Toronto councillors vote to make program that allowed alcohol drinking in several parks permanent

    Torontonians will be able to crack a cold one in several public parks – permanently. On Thursday, a majority of councillors voted to keep the pilot program that allowed people aged 19 and older to drink alcoholic beverages after a staff report found that it "was implemented with a high level of satisfaction among park visitors, few issues arising, and minimal operational impacts." Staff said 92 per cent of those who visited a pilot park and were surveyed said they were satisfied during...

  • Sports columnist apologizes for 'oafish' comments directed at Caitlin Clark. The controversy isn’t over

    New York — A male columnist has apologized for a cringeworthy moment during former University of Iowa superstar and college basketball’s highest scorer Caitlin Clark’s first news conference as an Indiana Fever player. The Wednesday exchange went viral on social media, and critics said it underscored the difficulties many female athletes have in gaining respect and equal treatment from sports journalists, who are frequently male. The discussion began with Gregg Doyel, a columnist for The...

  • Poilievre a 'fraud' for portraying himself as friend of working class: labour union

    OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is a “fraud” for portraying himself as a friend of the working class, the head of the country's largest labour organization said Thursday, urging unions to do everything they can to expose him before the next federal election. Canadian Labour Congress President Bea Bruske delivered her call to arms as union leaders gathered in Ottawa to plot strategy ahead of the vote, which must happen before October 2025. “We must do everything in our power...

  • Driver accused of speeding through red light, striking vehicle with 4-year-old inside in Milton

    The driver of an alleged stolen vehicle is accused of speeding through a red light and striking two vehicles in Halton Region, including one that was carrying a four-year-old child, on Wednesday afternoon. Halton Regional Police (HRP) said the first collision, which involved a red Jeep Cherokee, occurred at 12:15 p.m. at the intersection of Louis St. Laurent Avenue and Farmstead Drive in Milton. “Fortunately, the child was not seriously injured; however, the driver of the vehicle was...

  • Cat found on Toronto Pearson Airport runway 3 days after going missing

    Kevin the cat has been reunited with his family after enduring a harrowing three-day ordeal while lost at Pearson International Airport earlier this week. The grey-coloured British shorthair arrived on an Air Transat flight from Glasgow, Scotland on Sunday morning, but when the cat’s owner went to pick it up in the baggage claim area, Kevin was nowhere to be seen. “It was such a heartbreak," Whitby resident Jackie Winterfield told CP24.com. “We had no idea if he was dead or alive." The...

  • Section of DVP will close overnight due to emergency work. Here’s what drivers need to know

    A portion of the Don Valley Parkway will be closed to traffic overnight tonight as crews remove a damaged variable messaging sign. The city said all southbound lanes of the DVP will be shut down between Don Mills and the Bayview-Bloor ramp from 10 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. on Friday. Southbound traffic will be directed at the southbound off-ramp to southbound Don Mills Road, the city said. In addition, northbound traffic will be reduced to a single lane from Pottery Road and Beechwood Drive. ...

  • One person dead, male suspect in custody after stabbing in Etobicoke

    Toronto police are investigating a stabbing at a house in Etobicoke that left one man dead Thursday afternoon. Officers were called to a residence at Bemersyde Drive and Bournemouth Road, in the area of Kipling Avenue and Eglinton Avenue West, shortly after 2 p.m. When they arrived, officers located an elderly male victim with injuries. He was later pronounced dead. "A younger male who was residing at the same address was arrested and taken into custody without incident," Det. Sgt....

  • Police officer charged after Brampton collision sends civilian driver to hospital

    A Toronto-area police officer has been charged after allegedly driving into a civilian's vehicle while responding to a medical call in Brampton. The incident occurred on Aug. 28, 2023 at the intersection of Bovaird Drive East and Dixie Road, around 9:30 p.m. According to the Special Investigations Unit (SIU)—which reviews incidents involving police in which injury, death or sexual assault are alleged—the officer was responding to a medical-related call for service when the collision took...

  • Bets on World Boxing events temporarily banned in Ontario over 'suspicious' wager activity

    Bets on World Boxing Association events are now prohibited in Ontario after an investigation turned up evidence of ‘suspicious’ wager activity on a match held late last year. According to a release from the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario issued Thursday, an investigation was launched in December 2023 following a match between Yoenis Tellez and Livan Navarro held in Orlando, Florida late last year. The release states that suspicious betting patterns were reported over the 5.5...