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TORONTO — A last-minute assist has sent Kevin Ackroyd's life into overtime. While sitting on a patio in downtown Toronto on a warm June day, he thinks back to his life four months earlier when he faced a return to the streets.

TORONTO — One person is in critical condition in hospital after two cyclists collided along Toronto's Lakeshore Blvd. Police were called to Lakeshore Blvd and The Boulevard Club shortly after 1 p.m. Saturday.

TORONTO — Ontario's police watchdog says a 24-year-old woman has died after falling from a balcony in an apartment where police were responding to a call about a gun.

TORONTO — Police say a man accused of stabbing another passenger on a Toronto subway has been charged with attempted murder. Local police say they arrested the 25-year-old man on Friday, one day after the attack.

Advocacy organizations say the distribution of antisemitic flyers in Peterborough, Ont., and elsewhere is linked to an American hate group, as police continue to investigate the latest incident.

Ottawa has seen a 23.5 per cent increase in hate and bias-motivated incidents in 2023 compared to this time last year, a rise the city's police chief described as "concerning.

TORONTO — Police say one woman is dead after a daytime shooting near a daycare in downtown Toronto. Duty Insp.

PIKANGIKUM, Ont. — One person is dead after a house fire earlier this week in a remote northwestern Ontario First Nation that has seen a lack of firefighting resources in recent years.

TORONTO — A new Toronto Transit Commission report says Rogers will look to upgrade parts of the downtown subway network with 5G cell access by this fall.

CLARINGTON, Ont.