Riverdale-East York Daily Updates
A quick look at news, views and things to do in Riverdale-East York neighbourhoods.
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Graphic video shows East York hit-and-run homicide
The alleged murder of 16-year-old local boy Matthew Dreaver on Oct. 7 is shown in a video released by police on Thursday.
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Deaths in Davisville apartment called murder-suicide
The deaths of a man and a woman found with severe injuries in a Davisville Avenue apartment more than two weeks ago are being attributed to murder-suicide.
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Suspected shooting leaves man dead in East York stairwell
Fourteen police cars and vans lined Eastdale Avenue this morning as officers investigated the death of a man found in a stairwell.
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Victim identified, suspect vehicle video released in East York homicide
The 16-year-old victim of the fatal hit-and run on Cedarvale Avenue has been identified and a grainy security camera video of the purported SUV released.
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Hit-and-run on Cedarvale treated as homicide
A teenage boy was “intentionally struck” and killed by a vehicle on Cedarvale Avenue near Stan Wadlow Park early this morning, police say.
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Central Toronto Daily Updates: June–August 2019
A quick look at the latest news, views and things to do in Central Toronto neighbourhoods.
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Murder rate down from last year’s record — so far
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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Central Toronto Daily Updates: May 2019
A quick look at the latest news, views and things to do in Central Toronto neighbourhoods.
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Man shot at midtown gas station dies 13 days later
A man has died in hospital nearly two weeks after having been shot beside his Jeep while pumping gas at a station near Avenue Road and Eglinton Avenue West.
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Murder charge after 1993 cold case revisited
Twenty-five years after a six-year-old boy found his mother, Barbara Brodkin, stabbed to death, a man has been arrested when the cold case was reviewed.
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Tackling the ‘fear factor’ as homicide rate fluctuates
In 2017, police reported 660 homicides in Canda, 48 more than the previous year. This represents a 7 per cent increase in the homicide rate.
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Victim identified, alleged Danforth shooter arrested
Police have identified the victim and the alleged shooter in this morning’s homicide on Danforth Avenue.
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37-year-old shot to death in Yorkville area
A man is dead and another male is being sought by police after a shooting on Bay Street at the corner of Yorkville Avenue last night just before midnight.
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Second death by stabbing in Beaches area
A man was stabbed to death late Friday night in an apartment building on Kingston Road, police say. The murder follows a fatal stabbing in an apartment in the Beach 19 days earlier.
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