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3 weeks ago | 
thespec.com | Kristjan Lautens |Ilyas Hussein
A window screen and a child’s toy fire truck lay in bushes outside a Toronto highrise Thursday afternoon as police officers probed the scene where a six-year-old boy was critically injured after falling from an apartment window on the tower’s 10th floor. The boy fell around 2 p.m., paramedics said. Firefighters were the first to reach the scene and attend to the child’s injuries. He was reported by police to be in stable but still critical condition in hospital on Thursday evening.
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3 weeks ago | 
thespec.com | Kristjan Lautens |Ilyas Hussein
A six-year-old boy has been seriously injured after he fell from the window of a 10th floor apartment in a public housing building Thursday afternoon in York, emergency responders say. Firefighters were first to the scene and say they performed the initial care on a patient. The boy was then rushed to hospital with serious, potentially critical injuries, paramedics said.
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3 weeks ago | 
thespec.com | Kristjan Lautens |Ilyas Hussein
A six-year-old boy has been seriously injured after he fell from a balcony in a public housing building Thursday afternoon in York, emergency responders say. Firefighters were first to the scene and say they performed the initial care on a patient who fell from the 10th floor of an apartment building. The boy was then rushed to hospital with serious, potentially critical injuries, paramedics said.
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4 weeks ago | 
stcatharinesstandard.ca | Raju Mudhar |Kristjan Lautens
Around 3 p.m. on Lynn Heights Drive, the victim was in front of her home when a male approached and stabbed her repeatedly, police said. A passerby found her and she was taken to hospital where she was pronounced dead. “The suspect stabbed the female in a sadistic and cowardly, unprovoked attack that was captured on video,” said Peter Moreira, chief of Durham police, in a media briefing early Thursday evening.
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4 weeks ago | 
thespec.com | Raju Mudhar |Kristjan Lautens
Around 3 p.m. on Lynn Heights Drive, the victim was in front of her home when a male approached and stabbed her repeatedly, police said. A passerby found her and she was taken to hospital where she was pronounced dead.
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4 weeks ago | 
therecord.com | Kristjan Lautens |Raju Mudhar
Police release statement with details of the assault, and subsequent arrestPolice clarified in a press release that the victim was stabbed “multiple times” before the assailant fled eastbound on Lynn Heights Drive, prior to first responders arriving at the scene. The 13-year-old was arrested at 8:30 p.m. “without incident” after police deployed helicopter, drone, K9 and tactical support units in an “extensive search,” according to the statement.
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4 weeks ago | 
thespec.com | Kristjan Lautens |Raju Mudhar
Police release statement with details of the assault, and subsequent arrestPolice clarified in a press release that the victim was stabbed “multiple times” before the assailant fled eastbound on Lynn Heights Drive, prior to first responders arriving at the scene. The 13-year-old was arrested at 8:30 p.m. “without incident” after police deployed helicopter, drone, K9 and tactical support units in an “extensive search,” according to the statement.
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1 month ago | 
thespec.com | Kristjan Lautens |Anastasia Blosser
Toronto Maple Leafs fans are in the singing spirit with a playoffs series lead in Round 2 against the Florida Panthers. An online video is going viral for showing fans serenading the team’s anthem singer Natalie Morris with an impromptu rendition of “O Canada” on the TTC subway. The singalong was initially posted to TikTok Thursday before the Leafs put it out on their social media Friday afternoon.
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2 months ago | 
thespec.com | Kristjan Lautens |Alex Ballingall |Tonda MacCharles |Mark Ramzy
VANCOUVER—The city and its devastated Filipino community were struggling Sunday to understand how a joyful weekend street festival had turned into a scene of carnage after a vehicle plowed into the event, leaving 11 dead and dozens injured.
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2 months ago | 
thespec.com | Kristjan Lautens |Alex Ballingall
Witnesses described the suspect “(driving) into a large crowd” at the street festival just after 8 p.m. local time Saturday. Video posted on social media showed victims and debris strewn across the long stretch of road, with at least seven people lying immobile on the ground. Nic Magtajas, present at the time of the incident, described an SUV travelling at a high speed while striking pedestrians.
