9 h. ago Viral video shows dog owners fined for leaving pup in the sun in Costco parking lot

An officer arrived on the scene at 4:35 p.m. and found the dog tethered in direct sunlight and unable to access shade due to the short length of the tether.

Economics

22 h. ago Toronto Beer Store location would be ripped down for huge condo tower

Toronto locations of the Beer Store are dropping like flies following Doug Ford's expansion of alcohol sales to grocery and convenience stores, and another brick-and-mortar outpost of the once-ubiquitous brew shop is preparing to bite the dust.A development application has been filed to redevelop the existing Beer Store at 3130 Danforth Ave, along with its associated surface parking lot at 3150 Danforth.While no closing date has been announced, it would mark just the latest in a growing list of Beer Store closures.Google Street ViewDeveloper Crombie REIT hopes to tear down the current retail space and replace it with a 36-storey condo tower designed by architects Arcadis.With a proposed height of 116.7 metres, excluding mechanical penthouse space, the tower is planned to rise far taller than anything else that exists in the neighbourhood today.While the proposed height may end up ruffling some feathers among locals, the plan is located just a few hundred metres from Victoria Par...

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22 h. ago Alleged Hells Angels biker mourned after shooting death in parking lot

An alleged high-ranking Hells Angels member who was gunned down in a Toronto-area parking lot is remembered for his dedication to his family and biker brothers. Craig McIlquham, 55, of Oakville, died in the hospital April 29 after he was shot outside the Mandarin restaurant at 1881 Fairview St. in Burlington around 8:30 p.m., Halton […]

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64 h. ago Wisconsin high school teacher accused of having sex with student in parking lot

A former Wisconsin high school teacher faces charges after being accused of having sex with a student in a high school parking lot. Rebecca Ryan, 43, of Neenah, Wisc. — about an hour from Green Bay — taught at Appleton West High School when a criminal complaint was filed against her, according to a report […]

Society

6 d. ago City plans to pave Edworthy Park lot, add paid parking — but councillor criticizes lack of engagement

The parking authority is proposing a paid parking model to fund the improvements and address overcrowding at the site, to keep it 'neutral to the city's budget'

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7 d. ago Man gunned down in Mandarin Restaurant parking lot in Burlington

Investigators believe this was a targeted incident

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8 d. ago MANDEL: Shooting survivor testifies ‘all hell broke loose,’ stray bullet killed innocent child

Dante Andreatta was just walking home with his mom on Jane St. on an unusually warm November day almost five years ago when the explosion of gunfire erupted in the nearby apartment parking lot of 25 Stong Ct. An astounding 36 bullets were unleashed from two guns aimed at a fleeing car in the brazen […]

Events

1 week ago Ikea hosts annual electronic recycling event to mark Earth Month

On Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., people can drop off their electronics at a bin in the North parking lot of the furniture store to be repurposed or disposed off sustainably.

Sport

1 week ago Outrageously colourful cluster of towers will be unlike anything else in Toronto

Ambitious plans surfaced in April for a proposal to redevelop a tract of City of Toronto-owned lands at a major transit hub with a multi-tower residential community that would look like nothing else in town.The sprawling site at 2444 Eglinton Avenue East, a commuter parking lot just north of Kennedy GO and TTC station and adjacent auto body shop, is set to be redeveloped with three new residential towers.But unlike the monotonous blue-grey glass Toronto residents are used to, these towers would feature wildly colourful designs from Vancouver-based Henriquez Partners Architects.The City's real estate asset management agency, CreateTO, has long planned to leverage this and other sites adjacent to transit, launching the Housing Now initiative in 2019 to activate underutilized City lands and work with private developers to get affordable housing built.CreateTO announced in January 2024 that Civic Developments, Windmill Developments, and the Co-operative Housing Federation of Toronto...

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1 week ago Ontario transplant shares the hate they get just for simply existing in Alberta

A recent transplant from Ontario to Calgary was met with a harsh message in a grocery store parking lot.In a photo shared to Reddit, the user explained that they had just moved from Ontario and hadn't yet changed their licence plates. While shopping at Walmart, they returned to their vehicle to find a note tucked under the windshield wipers."My stomach dropped thinking someone hit my car and left their contact information," they wrote.Instead, the note read: "Dam Easterners coming to Alberta to be safe. Gutless cowards."It's not entirely clear what the author of the message meant by "safe in Alberta." Perhaps they were briefly possessed by the ghost of Ralph Klein, given the tone toward eastern Canadians.From Ontario first grocery experience someone left a note on my car.byu/woundedrhyme1 inCalgaryCalgary commenters were quick to call out the note-leaver, many pointing out the irony of an anonymous note accusing someone else of being c...

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1 week ago Man charged after fake gun flashed at group in London parking lot

Charges have been laid after London police responded to a report of a man with a gun in the city’s north end early Tuesday, police say. At around 1 a.m., a group of men was in a parking garage in the 700 block of Kipps Lane, near the intersection of Adelaide Street North, when they […]

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2 w. ago Toronto shopping plaza to be completely demolished for 5 futuristic towers

A Toronto shopping plaza built not even ten years ago is already on the chopping block and could soon be torn down for a massive five-tower development.What was once a surface parking lot serving the TTC's Wilson Station was redeveloped into a series of retail buildings back in 2017, acting as an extension of the large big-box retail centre that exists to the south and west.The former lot at 75 Billy Bishop Way was developed by Build Toronto and opened as the "Shops at Wilson Station" following a brief construction period. However, just steps from a subway station and in close proximity to Highway 401, the retail development's days were always numbered.With Downsview Airport now closed and former height caps developments constructed on surrounding blocks eliminated, the site immediately south of the former airport's runway has been unlocked for much higher densities than what exist today.A recent application tabled with the City of Toronto outlines pl...

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2 w. ago Woman dies from being hit by vehicle in Sherwood Park Mall parking lot

A 60-year-old woman died Thursday afternoon after a vehicle caught on a median and trying to get unstuck accelerated too quickly and hit her, according to Strathcona County RCMP.

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2 w. ago Woman, 60, fatally struck by vehicle at Sherwood Park Mall parking lot

Police say initial findings suggest the vehicle that struck the woman was caught on a median before the driver stepped hard on the gas, causing the vehicle to crash into the victim.

Transport

3 w. ago Cause, manner of death undetermined after autopsy on body found in Holyrood: Edmonton police

The cause and manner of death are still unclear following an autopsy on the man found dead in a Holyrood parking lot on Sunday, Edmonton police said. Officers responded after 4:15 p.m. to a “suspicious circumstance complaint” at a community hall near 94 Avenue and Holyrood Road, police said in a Tuesday news release. When […]

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4 w. ago Hiker’s Jeep stolen at gunpoint in Mission, B.C., parking lot: police

Mission RCMP say a hiker had his Jeep stolen at gunpoint in the Steelhead Falls parking lot last Friday.

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