Police say a man has been seriously injured following a shooting in a North York neighbourhood Monday evening.
Police said they were called at around 8:02 p.m. for a report of a shooting in the Keele Street and Finch Avenue West area.
When officers arrived they said they found a man in his 40s suffering from gunshot wounds.
He has been transported to the hospital with serious injuries, Toronto Paramedic Services said.
No other information has been released by the police at this time.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the police directly. Tips can also be left anonymously with Crime Stoppers.
MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens are still alive in the Stanley Cup final.
Josh Anderson scored his second goal of the game at 3:57 of overtime as the Canadiens defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Monday to stave off elimination and cut their deficit in the NHL’s title series to 3-1.
After Montreal survived a Tampa power play in the extra period, Anderson banged home a loose puck at the side of Tampa’s net to keep his team alive.
Alexander Romanov also scored for Montreal, which got 32 saves from Carey Price. Cole Caufield added two assists.
Barclay Goodrow and Pat Maroon replied for Tampa. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 18 shots.
Game 5 of the best-of-seven matchup is set for Wednesday in Tampa. Game 6, if necessary, would be back in Montreal on Friday.
York Regional Police are sending a message of caution after they rescued three novice boaters who could not swim from the waters of Lake Simcoe last month.
Police received a 9-1-1 call from a boater in distress on June 24, shortly after 1:15 p.m.
They say three people had rented a canoe and went out on Lake Simcoe and the wind carried them away from the shore. They were unable to paddle back in and could not swim, so panicked and called 9-1-1.
On the call, a woman can be heard telling the dispatcher it is their first time canoeing and her friend is having a panic and asthma attack.
Officers from the marine rescue unit say the boaters were unable to say exactly where they were, which made it difficult to find them. The boaters had a whistle and began blowing it so that officers could zero in on their location. They were eventually found and three women were taken to shore with no injuries.
Police are reminding people to take the following precautions before heading out on the water:
- Bring a cell phone
- Familiarize yourself with the GPS on your phone or install an app that can help determine your location – emergency crews can find you faster if you are able to tell them your exact location
- Remember that weather conditions can change quickly resulting in high winds and large waves
- Always wear a well-fitted life jacket
- Plan your route and tell someone where you are going and when you expect to be back.
A wide-ranging heat warning by Environment Canada has been issued for Toronto and the GTA.
The warning is expected to last through to Tuesday.
“Maximum daytime temperatures from 31 to 34 C are expected with humidex values near 40 C,” the federal agency said in a statement. “Overnight low temperatures are forecast to fall to only 21 to 23 C, providing little relief from the heat.”
A cold front is expected to push through Tuesday evening, which will bring relief from the heat, the agency said.
The warning also includes most of southwestern Ontario, including York, Peel, Durham, and Halton regions. The City of Hamilton, London, Waterloo also fall under the warning. Municipalities as far west as Windsor are also included.
The City of Toronto opened its emergency cooling centres on Monday, which is normally does during a heat warning. The following eight cooling centres will operate from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., except at Metro Hall, which runs 24 hours during the warning:
- East York Civic Centre – 850 Coxwell Ave.
- Etobicoke Civic Centre – 399 The West Mall
- Metro Hall – 55 John St.
- North York Civic Centre – 5100 Yonge St.
- Scarborough Civic Centre – 150 Borough Dr.
- Domenico Di Luca Community Centre – 25 Stanley Rd.
- Don Montgomery Community Centre – 2467 Eglinton Ave.
- Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre, 220 Cowan Ave.
“Strict infection prevention and control measures will be in place to help prevent the spread of COVID-19,” the City said in a release.
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Toronto police say a man has been seriously injured following a stabbing at an apartment building Sunday evening.
Police said they were called to an apartment building in the Kingston Road and Glen Everest Road area for a report of a stabbing.
When officers arrived, they found a man with stab wounds. He was transported to the hospital by paramedics in serious condition, police said.
Investigators said they have one person in custody.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the police directly. Tips can also be left anonymously with Crime Stoppers.
Toronto police are searching for a man they allege chased a woman down a North York street with a knife Sunday morning.
Police said the incident occurred on Doris Avenue, near Yonge Street and Sheppard Avenue, at around 10:30 a.m.
Investigators said 37-year-old woman was walking down the street when a man she passed by allegedly took a knife out of his pants and began to chase her.
The woman was able to flag down a nearby motorist and escaped, police said.
The man was last seen walking toward Forrest Laneway, police said.
Investigators describe the suspect as being around 25-30 years old and had short dark hair.
“He was wearing a black t-shirt with lettering on the front, a dark hooded sweater, dark pants with a rip on the right side, and dark shoes,” police said in a news release Sunday.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the police directly. Tips can also be left anonymously with Crime Stoppers.
All Ontarians aged 12 to 17 are eligible for an accelerated second dose of COVID-19 vaccine as of this morning.
Appointments open up at 8 a.m. on the provincial portal, directly through public health units that use their own booking systems, and via participating pharmacies.
The tweens and teens will receive the Pfizer-BioNTech shot _ the only COVID-19 vaccine approved for use in youth in Canada.
The decision to accelerate second doses for youth comes as the province continues to ramp up its vaccination campaign.
Ontario initially booked people in for a second shot four months after their initial dose.
Provincial data shows more than 78 per cent of Ontario adults have at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and roughly 44 per cent are fully vaccinated.
OTTAWA — The federal government is expecting to receive 3.7 million more doses of COVID-19 vaccines this week, bringing the total of COVID-19 vaccine deliveries above 53.7 million doses.
The new deliveries will include about 900,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and 2.8 million doses of Moderna vaccine.
Those shipments will push Canada’s total vaccine deliveries above 53.7 million doses, enough to administer two shots to more than 75 per cent of eligible residents.
With 18 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines expected to arrive in Canada in July, the country will have enough doses to fully vaccinate all 33.2 million Canadians over the age of 12.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined the ranks of the fully vaccinated on Friday. He received a shot of the Moderna vaccine at an Ottawa clinic. His wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, got her second dose on Thursday.
Speaking to reporters after getting his shot, Trudeau said he feels “safer and quite optimistic about the summer.”
He said close to 80 per cent of eligible Canadians have already received their first shot of COVID-19 vaccine, and more than 35 per cent have received two doses.
Trudeau said more than 50 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccines have been delivered to Canada and the government expects to receive a total of 68 million by the end of the month.
“We are well on the way to a good summer and an even better fall,” he said.
“That said, we are not out of the woods yet.”
Trudeau said that Yukon is facing its biggest spike in COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic despite 86 per cent of eligible people having already received their first dose and over 76 per cent with their second.
Yukon’s chief public health officer Dr. Brendan Hanley last week said the territory has the highest active case rate in the country and has asked the federal government for help in controlling the outbreak.
On Friday, there was a total of 146 active cases. Three people have died since the outbreak began. Two others died earlier in the pandemic.
This report was first published by The Canadian Press on July 5, 2021.
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This story was produced with the financial assistance of the Facebook and Canadian Press News Fellowship.
Maan Alhmidi, The Canadian Press
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say a driver was taken to hospital after the car they were driving crashed into a parked police SUV on Highway 400 on Tuesday evening.
An OPP officer was stopped in a northbound lane of Highway 400, assisting another motorist whose vehicle had broken down.
When the officer was outside his vehicle speaking to the other motorist, another vehicle lost control and slammed into the back and side of the stopped police vehicle, said the OPP.
The driver suffered minor injuries and the officer was not injured.
Highway 400, northbound at Inisfil Beach Road is closed for the investigation.
Despite Canada’s soaring vaccination numbers, it appears you won’t be tossing your mask out any time soon.
There’s been less than 640 new cases each day across the nation. More than 30 per cent of eligible Canadians are fully vaccinated, and we are closing in on 80 per cent for at least a first dose.
But our chief medical health officer said the Delta variant still poses a risk for a fourth wave, and can’t give an estimate of when masks can be ditched.
“It’s a combination of things,” Dr. Theresa Tam said, “I think we do have to be quite cautious because the provinces are just beginning to open up and we will then see what happens.”
Tam notes not every adult is vaccinated and children under the age of 12 are not eligible to receive a shot yet, so mask wearing in some public settings may continue for a while.
“We could prevent the fourth wave if we can get the vaccine coverage even higher, and including 80 per cent vaccine coverage in the younger adult population,” Tam said.
Tam said, “even though we have a good first dose coverage, we still need to, I think, go a bit higher. And quite a number of people haven’t had the full vaccination, so this is a period, I think, that we should be more cautious.”
Some countries, such as Israel, have been forced to bring back their mask mandates after prematurely getting rid of them.
Last week, the federal government released new guidance for fully vaccinated Canadians, explaining they can meet indoors without masks if they are meeting with other fully vaccinated people — but should still practice precautions like wearing a mask, if there are non-vaccinated people, because the virus can still be transmitted.
