The mainstream media outlets can trot out their sociologists and university professors and talk about programs for at-risk youth and gun control and disintegration of the nuclear family but the indelible image of grieving families, usually black and poor, are what stand out. And no amount of social programs or government money is going to stop it.

A man has succumbed to injuries he suffered during the deadly food court shooting that took place in Toronto's Eaton Centre on June 2. ...

In the summer of 2005 -- dubbed by media "the summer of the gun" -- a delegation was chosen to meet with then prime minister Paul Martin. There was an urgent need to address and eradicate gun violence. Among the leaders chosen to meet with Martin was a one-time refugee from Eritrea.

Family and friends gathered at a Toronto mosque on Tuesday to pay their final respects to Ahmed Hassan, the man who died after being shot...

In a world in which I am dying to be invisible, it is sad to note this one seems to be yet another black-on-black crime that takes one to the deadly summer of 2005 -- the "Summer of the Gun" where the number of shootings were very high, and the role of gangs in our streets. Is the incident at the Eaton Centre an isolated incident?

TORONTO - An unspecified personal issue apparently sparked the bloody weekend gun rampage that left one man dead and two people badly wounded, includi...

OTTAWA - Toronto police called the shooter who opened fire in a downtown mall Saturday "one idiot with a gun."But some gang experts argue public shoot...

UPDATE: Toronto Police have made an arrest in the Eaton Centre shooting. A tweet from the Toronto Police Twitter account said an arrest had been made ...

Ontario's Special Investigations Unit has identified a man who was shot by police near the Eaton Centre. The SIU said Wednes...

Ontario's Special Investigations Unit has been called after a man was shot near the Eaton Centre in downtown Toronto. Police ...