A Super Bowl party in Markham, Ont., came to an abrupt end Sunday evening after police raided the venue in connection with an illegal online gambling investigation, arresting six people at the scene. York Regional Police said high-ranking members of organized crime groups were the target of the raid, which took place at the invitation-only
TORONTO — The Ontario government must return a raft of seized items bearing the Hells Angels’ ‘death head’ insignia to the bikers, an Ontario judge has ruled in a decision welcomed as important for property rights. The judge made her ruling because she found there was no relation between criminal acts committed by club members
A Polish woman has garnered viral attention over claims that she may be Madeleine McCann, the missing British girl who disappeared from a Portuguese resort in 2007 when she was three years old. In an attempt to prove her claims, Julia Wendell, 21, has posted numerous pieces of “evidence” to social media, most of which
The man charged with murder after a shooting in Milton, Ont., over the weekend was protecting his mother from an intruder who broke into his home, his lawyer says. In a brief statement sent to Motorcycle accident toronto today, Jag Virk said his 22-year-old client “is a registered firearm owner and used his gun legally against an
A bigger-than-expected slowdown in Canada’s inflation rate last month should give the Bank of Canada enough breathing room to hold interest rates steady at its decision next month, according to some economists. Annual inflation slowed to 5.9 per cent in January despite upticks in both gasoline and food prices, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.Gas prices saw
World Video taken from a passing car captured the moment an Anchorage, Alaska woman was kicked in the head by a moose while walking her dog last Thursday. The woman taking the video and her family jumped in to help, chasing the moose away before assisting the injured woman home and seeking emergency services. She
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — Police say more than two dozen people have been arrested after a nine-month investigation into biker gang activity in the Niagara area. Niagara regional police say they began investigating the activities of the Outlaws motorcycle gang and Black Pistons motorcycle gang in the area earlier this year. The investigation — dubbed
Five men have been arrested and charged in connection with a series of robberies across the GTA this past summer, including that of Prada, a high-end designer store on Toronto’s “Mink Mile.” The robberies have all been categorized as “smash and grabs” as the suspects, in at least two cases, used vehicles to crash into
Police in Toronto and Peel Region are investigating two more smash-and-grab robberies after a high-end fashion store and a motorcycle shop were targeted early Wednesday morning. It is not known if there is a connection between the break-ins or a similar incident at an Etobicoke mall Tuesday morning. In Toronto, at least one thief used
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Two people are in hospital, one of them with life-threatening injuries, after a motorcycle crash west of Toronto. Police say two motorcyclists collided with a car on Highway 403 (east of Hurontario Street) around 8:30 p.m. Friday. It wasn’t immediately known what caused the crash.