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Another Shooting At T.O. Mall

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 05.11.2013 | Canada

TORONTO - Police are investigating the second shooting at Toronto's Yorkdale Mall in less than two months.Shots were fired through a window of the JOE...

Person In Custody After Toronto Double Homicide

CBC | Posted 04.01.2013 | Canada

A 26-year-old Toronto man charged with killing his parents over the Easter weekend kept his head lowered as he leaned on a wooden railing during a bri...

One Person Killed In Shooting Outside Toronto Mall

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.31.2013 | Canada

UPDATE: The victim has been identified as Michael Nguyen. TORONTO — One man is dead and another is in serious but stable condition after a shooti...

Senior Used As 'Human Shield' In T.O. Shooting

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.22.2013 | Canada

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...

Another Charged In Danzig Shooting

CBC | Posted 01.22.2013 | Canada

A man who was wounded in the deadly shooting that erupted at a Toronto barbecue in the summer has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder...

Murder Charges In Toronto Block Party Shooting

CP | Allison Jones, The Canadian Press | Posted 01.08.2013 | Canada

TORONTO - A snub at a summer barbecue sparked a "violent confrontation" between two rival gangs and what's been called the worst mass shooting in Toro...

Our Greatest Person: Lekan Olawoye

Jacqueline Delange | Posted 08.28.2012 | Canada Impact

“This is crazy,” Lekan Olawoye thought when he received a call saying four friends fell prey to gun violence one day during his high school years....

Families Apply To Move Away From Scene Of Toronto Shooting

CBC | Posted 09.30.2012 | Canada

Four families have applied to move from community housing facilities in the Danzig Street area in the two weeks since a deadly mass shooting that left...

Ford and Kenney Stoop to GOP-Style Racial Slurs

Jamil Jivani | Posted 09.30.2012 | Canada
Jamil Jivani

As a Canadian, I often balk at examples of racism and discrimination so explicit in American politics.In the fallout of Toronto's recent shootings, however, Mayor Rob Ford and Minister Jason Kenney's comments about reviewing "immigration law" (Ford) and "foreign gangsters" (Kenney) are guilty of exactly what members of Mitt Romney's team have done -- attempting to turn certain communities into "others" who are somehow less American or Canadian because they are racial minorities.

Hundreds Say Goodbye To Toronto Teen Shooting Victim

CP | Adam Miller, The Canadian Press | Posted 09.27.2012 | Canada

TORONTO - Family and friends of the teenaged girl killed in the crossfire of a shooting rampage wore white to her funeral on Saturday and reflected on...

How to Help Black Youth? Expect More of Them

Tianna Dowie-Chin | Posted 09.24.2012 | Canada
Tianna Dowie-Chin

Due to the recent surge in gun violence in Toronto there have been numerous discussions about how best to address this problem. I firmly believe that low and negative expectations are at the heart of what leads many black youth down paths that are lined with little more than underachievement, impoverishment and predatory violence.

Block Party Shooting Victim Remembered As Good Man

CP | Adam Miller, The Canadian Press | Posted 09.22.2012 | Canada

AJAX, Ont. - A man killed in a mass shooting at a barbecue was remembered Monday as a young community leader who tried to prevent kids from turning to...

I Defend Handguns -- That's Why I'd Ban Them

Reid Rusonik | Posted 09.22.2012 | Canada
Reid Rusonik

I defend people charged with illegally possessing handguns. Many of them. There is at least one new such case every month; sometimes, there are two or three. If this crime is like any other, however, the number of people being caught illegally possessing handguns represents only a small fraction of those committing the offence.

T.O. Gun Violence Solution In Their Hands

CBC | Posted 09.21.2012 | Canada

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...

Don't Blame the Shootings on Guns

Ike Awgu | Posted 09.21.2012 | Canada Politics
Ike Awgu

There must be reasonable accommodation made between the robust ability of citizens to maintain arms and screening mechanisms to limit the purchase of weapons by criminals and the unfit. The overriding problem in Toronto and Aurora, Colorado this past week were madmen with guns, not guns in the hands of men.

Guns Injure 4 More In Toronto

CBC | Posted 09.20.2012 | Canada

On Friday night in Toronto, people marched for peace. Then the shooting began anew. Toronto hip-hop artist P. Reign hosted an "Angel Walk"...

Ford's Tea Party-Like Solutions to Toronto Violence

Samuel Getachew | Posted 09.18.2012 | Canada Politics
Samuel Getachew

Earlier today, an identified man was discovered in a school playground and pronounced dead from gunshot wounds. The latest killing was Toronto's 30th homicide of the year. In a desperate city that is looking for answers, its mayor, Rob Ford, and member of the mayor's executive committee, Councillor Michael Thompson, offer unusual Tea Party-like simple solutions to a complex made in Canada problem.

Media Bites: Turns Out All Journalists are Gun Violence Experts

J.J. McCullough | Posted 09.18.2012 | Canada Politics
J.J. McCullough

2012-04-27-mediabitesreal.jpg Isn't it impressive how every Torontonian with a newspaper column knows exactly how to prevent vicious gang violence? Truly, they have all the answers. In less blood-soaked news, the London Olympics are almost upon us, and you know what that means: time for the papers to be filled with bitter editorials about how horrible the Olympics are! (You won't be disappointed!)

3rd Night Of Shooting Deaths In Toronto

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 09.18.2012 | Canada

TORONTO - Toronto police have identified a man killed on a school playground Thursday, but say there is no connection with a mass shooting in the city...

The Quiet After A Bullet Storm

CBC | Posted 09.17.2012 | Canada

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...

You Can't See the Street From Your Ivory Tower

Jamil Jivani | Posted 09.17.2012 | Canada
Jamil Jivani

Margaret Wente attributes recent gun violence to broken families and suggests reforms to the Youth Criminal Justice Act as a solution. She is maybe the worst example of those who use cultural explanations in order to call for a tough-on-crime agenda. One would be hard pressed to find an editorial on The Globe and Mail discussing molecular biology by people with no expertise or experience in the issues. We should demand the same respect for complex social problems and cultural issues.

You Can't Stop Crime if You Can't Say Who Is Doing it

Peter Worthington | Posted 09.17.2012 | Canada
Peter Worthington

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.

Police Probe Gang Connections In Street-Party Shooting

CBC | Posted 09.17.2012 | Canada

Toronto police are "vigorously" investigating the possibility that gang members may have been involved in a wild shooting at an east-end street party ...

When Bullets Fly, Follow The (Drug) Money

Vac Verikaitis | Posted 09.17.2012 | Canada
Vac Verikaitis

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.

Toronto Shooting Victim's Grandfather Pleads For Witnesses

CBC | Posted 09.17.2012 | Canada

Politicians in Ontario are urging the federal government to take action in the wake of a shooting at an east-end Toronto street party that left two de...