I've been to too many funerals of young murder victims and held too many grieving mothers, fathers and friends to fail to do everything I can about gun violence. I have been, and continue to be, a passionate advocate for changes that can greatly reduce gun violence in this province -- and across Canada.

A man showed up at a Toronto hospital claiming he was wounded in a drive-by shooting, but police soon concluded that he was suffering from a self-infl...

TORONTO - A 13-year-old boy who allegedly brought a gun and ammunition to his Toronto elementary school won't face a trial after a judge ruled he was ...

Toronto police on Wednesday night were searching for suspects after a shooting in the city’s northwest end in which a 15-year-old boy was shot sever...

TORONTO - Toronto police say a man killed in a fatal shooting appeared to use a female bystander as a human shield after gunshots rang out at a downto...

TORONTO - Toronto police say one of the city’s most notorious street gangs was behind a string of homicides and shootings, including a mass summer s...

Friday's monstrous, senseless killing spree in Colorado obviously sucked the whimsy out of the news cycle this weekend, and even a cynic like me must concede that the Canadian press has largely responded with a rarely-seen abundance of dignity and restraint. There have been no obnoxious editorials about gun control, no ill-timed rants about Canadian superiority in the face of "yet another" symptom of American dysfunction.

The prevention of gun violence will be the topic of conversation when Toronto Mayor Rob Ford meets with the city's police Chief Bill Blair, Ontario Pr...

A walk for peace was held Wednesday in the Scarborough neighbourhood where 25 people were shot on Monday night, but some residents in the area say tal...

What to do about gun violence in Toronto -- or anywhere else, for that matter? Well, contrary to prevailing opinion, there's a lot that can be done. For starters, we (the police and government) should determine who is doing the shooting. Unfortunately, "Profiling" is a taboo word for many, especially human rights zealots who equate "profiling" with bullying or unfairly picking on a portion of the community.

Three young men who have been shot dead in Toronto over the past six weeks have been laid to rest in the same cemetery in the city’s north end. ...