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TORONTO — Shaken residents of an east Toronto neighbourhood worked Monday to process the aftermath of a shooting that killed a bystander with a stray bullet, as police searched for three suspects.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Two firefighters are in hospital following a house fire in Brampton, Ont. early Monday morning. Crews were called to an empty home in the Cadence Road and Eastman Drive area just after 4 a.m.

A 28-year-old man was found dead under an all-terrain vehicle on Sunday morning in the Bas-St-Laurent region. Emergency services were called around 7 a.m.

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Alvin Fiddler will return as grand chief of Nishnawbe Aski Nation.

TORONTO — A last-minute assist has sent Kevin Ackroyd's life into overtime. While sitting on a patio in downtown Toronto on a warm June day, he thinks back to his life four months earlier when he faced a return to the streets.

TORONTO — One person is in critical condition in hospital after two cyclists collided along Toronto's Lakeshore Blvd. Police were called to Lakeshore Blvd and The Boulevard Club shortly after 1 p.m. Saturday.

TORONTO — Ontario's police watchdog says a 24-year-old woman has died after falling from a balcony in an apartment where police were responding to a call about a gun.

TORONTO — Police say a man accused of stabbing another passenger on a Toronto subway has been charged with attempted murder. Local police say they arrested the 25-year-old man on Friday, one day after the attack.

Advocacy organizations say the distribution of antisemitic flyers in Peterborough, Ont., and elsewhere is linked to an American hate group, as police continue to investigate the latest incident.

Ottawa has seen a 23.5 per cent increase in hate and bias-motivated incidents in 2023 compared to this time last year, a rise the city's police chief described as "concerning.