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Firearms and drugs seized and displayed by police
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Six charged, guns and drugs seized in Mount Pleasant robbery investigation

January 31, 2023January 31, 2023 Jay Garak 0 Comment drugs, Eglinton Avenue East, firearms, handgun, Mt. Pleasant Road, search warrant, Toronto Police

A robbery investigation in the Mount Pleasant area eventually resulted in six arrests and the seizure of firearms and illicit drugs.

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Is this the winter of the gun?

February 13, 2021February 15, 2021 Streeter staff Editorial, gun control, handgun, homicides, John Tory, Justin Trudeau, shootings

Trudeau government’s expected gun control on military-style weapons does not go nearly far enough to deal with Toronto’s handgun violence.

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police car retail robberies
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Five arrests, 60 charges for retail robberies across town

December 24, 2020January 12, 2021 Jay Garak Dufferin Street, handgun, robbery, Toronto Police, Victoria Park Avenue

Three men and two boys have been arrested in the month since two retail robberies on opposite sides of town on Nov. 21.

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Murder rate down from last year’s record — so far

July 27, 2019August 20, 2019 Sean Leca handgun, homicide, Mark Saunders, murder, Shelley Carroll, Toronto Police

After a record-breaking year for homicides, the murder rate in 2019 is shaping up to be much lower — coming closer to the levels of earlier years.

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Man arrested for Bedford Park bank holdups

January 12, 2015 Shawn Star bank robbery, BMO, Conrey Francis, handgun, TD Bank, Toronto Police

Police have arrested and charged a 50-year-old man they allege robbed two Bedford Park banks in 20 minutes on Jan. 2.

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Cops able to confiscate handgun while investigating a robbery

February 6, 2013May 4, 2017 Shawn Star break-in, gun, handgun, robbery, Swarming, TAVIS, Toronto Police

Semi-automatic pistol taken from a 20-year-old in Lawrence Heights

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Two charged after police find loaded gun in car

July 24, 2012 Town Crier staff firearm, gun, handgun, Julie Denny, Michael Grey, Toronto Police

Two charged after police find loaded gun in car

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That was then.

Empringham Hotel 1903
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From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020May 5, 2021 Eric McMillan

The Empringham, Danforth or Play Pen — they’re all the same hotel, standing at Danfoirth and Dawes from the late 1800s into the 1980s.

Queen and Waverley 1903
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Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Eric McMillan
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
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When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric McMillan
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
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Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Eric McMillan

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