A motorcyclist is dead after crashing into a pole near Jane Street and Corbett Avenue on Friday afternoon, police say. Police were called to the scene shortly before 3 p.m. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. The cause of the accident is still unknown. Jane Street is closed between Corbett Avenue and Foxwell
Ontario’s police watchdog has concluded there are no reasonable grounds to lay charges against a Barrie police officer after a collision involving a motorcyclist last month. The Special Investigations Unit says the officer had believed the way was clear when he made a left turn on a yellow light in Barrie on Aug. 21. The
A fatal motorcycle crash closed the Gardiner Expressway along Toronto’s lakeshore early Friday morning. Toronto police said a man riding a motorcycle in the Gardiner’s eastbound lanes near the Humber River lost control of his vehicle and struck the centre barrier at about 1 a.m. Const. Clint Stibbe said the rider was ejected off his
A man riding a motorcycle died after colliding with a pickup truck, Tuesday morning. Toronto police said the motorcycle struck a westbound Ford F-150 in the intersection of Glengrove and Marlee Avenues, south of Lawrence Avenue West, shortly before 9 a.m. The motorcycle driver was pronounced dead at the scene. There is no traffic light
Much of Canada is under a winter weather warning, and it’s expected that bitterly cold wind chills in some parts will continue until the weekend. According to Environment Canada, an extreme cold warning has been issued for much of the country, including all of Alberta and Saskatchewan, with wind chills nearing -40.Northern Ontario, northern and
A motorist who got caught in a multi-vehicle crash that left four people with life-threatening injuries is lucky to have survived unharmed. The collision occurred on Highway 404 near Bloomington Road around 8:15 a.m. It shut down a stretch of the busy highway for approximately six hours, with officers finally reopening it around 2 p.m.
