TORONTO – Emergency Task Force, K9, Guns and Gangs Unit, and The Drug Squad were among the Toronto Police forces that took part in a series of raids early this morning. Some of the addresses targeted were in the Scarborough area of Markham Rd. and Ellesmere Rd. Others were hit in the Leslie Ave. and [...]

SCARBOROUGH – Yet another gun off the streets. Last Monday afternoon police were in the area of 11721 Sheppard Ave. E. near Kingston Rd. when they spotted a suspicious vehicle. They approached the SUV where three males were smoking marijuana. After further investigation due to the use of drugs, officers discovered a loaded Smith and [...]

SCARBOROUGH – A bizarre series of events took place this afternoon near 843 Kennedy Rd. after a vehicle lost control and hit a pole. The driver left the scene of the accident and drove south a few meters before pulling into the Children’s Aid Society building. That’s where a pedestrian was struck. Within minutes, officers [...]

SCARBOROUGH – Only minor injuries after this two-vehicle accident left a van rolled over at the quiet intersection of Barkdene Hill and Gradwell Drive near Bluffers Park in Scarborough.

Pumper 244 arrived at this Toronto Housing complex on Glendower Circle, in the Birchmount Rd. and Finch Ave. area, to find smoke coming from the second floor of a vacant townhouse. Neighbouring townhouses were evacuated, and the fire was knocked down without any injuries. TFS apparatus (2 alarm – 244 Area): R241, P244, P113, A244, [...]

On Thursday, March 19, 2009, officers from the Gun & Gang Task Force executed a search warrant in the Morningview Trail/Morningside Avenue area. It is alleged that police located a loaded 9 mm handgun and 28 rounds of ammunition. Dave Mcleish, 40, of Toronto, has been charged with: 1) Possession of a restricted firearm with [...]

Toronto Fire Services crews are currently battling a 2-alarm blaze on Homedale Dr. in the Brimley Rd. and McNicoll Ave. area of Scarborough. The blaze apparently started in the kitchen of the unit and has spread to the second floor and possibly the attic. There is word also that it may have spread to an [...]

Toronto Police officers from 41 Division were called to sounds of gunshots at the Esso gas station on Kennedy Rd. and Ellesmere Ave. around 3:00am Saturday. When they arrived they found a 27 year old male inside the gas station suffering from apparent gunshot wounds to his leg. It appear appears the victim was standing [...]

Residents were evacuated and sheltered in TTC buses while Toronto Firefighters battled a blaze in an apartment building near Lawrence Ave. E. and Mossbank Dr. TFS was dispatched to the scene at 10:55pm this evening. No injuries have been reported and fire crews are working to clear the smoke from the building. TFS apparatus (2 [...]

One man was taken to hospital after attempting to put out a fire in his apartment at 1463 Kingston Rd. on Saturday morning. A mattress on fire is suspected to be the starter of the blaze that caused about $50,000 in damage, although the exact cause is still under investigation. The entire bedroom had to [...]

Sgt. Dave Woodford of the Ontario Provincial Police says that a man has been arrested on Hwy. 401 near Birchmount after causing three different accidents. A blue Honda CRV was seen crashing into a van on the eastbound lanes near Victoria Park Ave. It then struck another vehicle near Warden, and finally hit a third [...]

Around 9:20pm last evening police were called to an accident involving a single vehicle and a TTC bus on Meadowvale Rd. just south of Ellesmere Rd. Due to the severity of the collision, the driver of the car needed to be extricated by a Toronto Fire Services crew. The victim was taken to hospital with [...]

A vehicle travelling westbound on McNicoll Ave., between Brimley Rd. and Midland Ave., was driven off the road by a truck today around 12:45pm. The car climbed a snow bank and smashed into a pole before coming to a stop. The single occupant of the car was slightly injured. She is expected to recover. If [...]