Toronto police are requesting the assistance of the public in locating a missing woman. Ellen Gunn, 40, was last seen on Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at approximately 9 a.m. in the Broadview Avenue and Queen Street East area of Toronto. She is described as five-feet, nine-inches tall, weighing 120 pounds with long brown hair. No […]
It’s been close to a month since Zabia Afzal, a 30-year-old York University PhD student and activist, has been missing. She was last seen on May 10th when she took an Uber from her workplace at Vaughan to Woodbine Avenue and Lake Shore Boulevard East in the Beach neighbourhood. While the police searched the waters […]
“I thought it was unusual.” That’s how 92-year-old Beacher Ray Wilkinson described the sight inside the McDonald’s on Gerrard Street East at Victoria Park Avenue last Friday morning. The busy fast food restaurant was teeming with police officers – and, at first, bewildered-looking customers wondering why the police were hanging about. But the 41 Division […]
A 50-year-old man is in police custody after an assault resulted in the death of a 60-year-old man near Gerrard Street East and Woodbine Avenue. On Friday, Oct. 2, the two men got into a fight in an apartment. Police allege that the younger man kicked the now deceased in the back. The victim ended […]
Local police are warning people to double-check their Halloween candy after parents of a local child found a thumb tack in a chocolate bar. The parents, who live in the Upper Beach near Woodbine Avenue and Eastwood Road, found the thumb tack on Monday night when they were checking their child’s Halloween loot bag. No […]
A man has been arrested for allegedly breaking into several homes near Main Street and Danforth Avenue. Patrick Platt, 45, faces three counts of break-and-enter and one count each of having intent to break-and-enter and failing to comply with a probation order. Platt allegedly broke into several Main and Danforth homes on Monday, Oct. 19. […]
An 81-year-old Beach resident is warning others about a phone scam by fraudsters who pretend to be the Canada Revenue Agency. The Wheeler Avenue resident, who did not want her name published, said she got a phone message last Friday from a man who claimed she owed $5,786 in back taxes to the CRA. When […]
A murder suspect evaded police near Danforth and Coxwell Avenues on Sunday night. Police received a tip that Conrad Grizzle, a 22-year-old wanted for the May 2014 shooting death of Douglas Parker, was in the area around 8 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 5. Despite a three-hour search using a helicopter, canine unit and several officers, […]
Police are looking for a man suspected of a sexual assault and two indecent acts near Queen Street East. Shortly after 6 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 23, police got a report of a man committing an indecent act near Queen and Rhodes Avenue. He was described as white, 40 to 50 years old, 6’2 tall […]
A motorcyclist suffered life-threatening injuries in a collision with a taxi at Danforth Avenue and St. Dunstan Drive on Saturday, Sept. 26. Police report that just after 5 p.m., the eastbound taxi driver was attempting to make a left turn onto St. Dunstan when he and the westbound motorcyclist collided. The 32-year-old motorcycle rider was […]
