Police ID woman, 71, fatally stabbed in North York parking lot | Ontario is adding 150 new jail beds. Experts say they aren't enough to address overcrowding | A hot air balloon ride scam north of Toronto is leaving customers duped, police say
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Police ID woman, 71, fatally stabbed in North York parking lot; Shahnaz Pestonji, 71, of Toronto, died on Thursday after she was fatally stabbed in what police say was an 'unprovoked' attack in North York\.

Police ID woman, 71, fatally stabbed in North York parking lot

July 17 , 2025 at 12:05:21 p.m. EDT • :

Toronto police have identified a 71-year-old woman fatally stabbed in a North York parking lot on Thursday in what has been called an "unprovoked" attack. 

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Ontario is adding 150 new jail beds. Experts say they aren't enough to address overcrowding; The province announced a \$180-million investment to build modular expansions and add 150 beds at three Ontario correctional facilities\.

Ontario is adding 150 new jail beds. Experts say they aren't enough to address overcrowding

July 17 , 2025 at 05:43:17 p.m. EDT • :

Ontario's solicitor general says the province is adding 150 beds to three jails across the province that will bring relief to a "strained and overburdened" correctional system. But experts say it's a "Band-Aid" solution that doesn't do enough to address overcrowding in jails.

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A hot air balloon ride scam north of Toronto is leaving customers duped, police say; A hot air balloon in the sky is pictured here\.

A hot air balloon ride scam north of Toronto is leaving customers duped, police say

July 17 , 2025 at 05:19:08 p.m. EDT • :

Police in York Region are warning of a hot air balloon ride scam after at least two incidents where customers paid for the experience, only to find no balloons or staff when they showed up.

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Measles cases rise in popular Ontario travel hot spot; Public Health Ontario is reporting 32 new measles cases over the past week, bringing Ontario's total case count to 2,276 since an outbreak began last fall\.

Measles cases rise in popular Ontario travel hot spot

July 17 , 2025 at 01:58:38 p.m. EDT • :

Public Health Ontario is reporting 32 new measles cases over the past week with most of them located in a popular summer travel area in the province.

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Bad news, commuters: the Eglinton Crosstown LRT may be delayed again; The Eglinton Crosstown LRT may be delayed once again

Bad news, commuters: the Eglinton Crosstown LRT may be delayed again

July 17 , 2025 at 01:51:40 p.m. EDT • :

At Thursday's TTC Board meeting, Coun. Josh Matlow asked outgoing TTC interim CEO Greg Percy if the long-delayed light rail transit line would be ready to open this September. Percy said "September is a reach," but this fall is plausible.

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Man arrested after allegedly assaulting a 12-year-old girl on Toronto subway; Toronto Police said in a release Tuesday that they believe there may be more victims\.  

July 15 , 2025 at 10:33:43 a.m. EDT • :

Man arrested after allegedly assaulting a 12-year-old girl on Toronto subway

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'We've shown promise': Toronto's DeFrancesco brings hometown hope to Honda Indy; Devlin DeFrancesco is ranked 25th on the IndyCar points list with 115 heading into Sunday's race around Exhibition Place in downtown Toronto\.  

July 17 , 2025 at 03:33:27 p.m. EDT • :

'We've shown promise': Toronto's DeFrancesco brings hometown hope to Honda Indy

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'Haunting' scene after 3 dead, 2 critically injured in head-on collision near Pickering; A car drives by the scene of a fatal car crash on Highway 7 that killed three people, said police\.  

July 16 , 2025 at 08:38:54 a.m. EDT • :

'Haunting' scene after 3 dead, 2 critically injured in head-on collision near Pickering

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Man dead after being found shot in Yorkdale mall parking lot Thursday: police; Toronto police are investigating a fatal shooting in the parking lot of a North York mall Thursday morning\.  

July 17 , 2025 at 07:52:46 a.m. EDT • :

Man dead after being found shot in Yorkdale mall parking lot Thursday: police

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Developer under investigation after much-loved tree in Leaside cut down without permit; 'I was shocked': Residents react after tree cut for fourplex development  

July 16 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Developer under investigation after much-loved tree in Leaside cut down without permit

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