#public-safety

#public-safety

Due to the changing security landscape in Toronto in recent weeks, including increased volatility and heightened fear in our communities, demonstrations moving into residential neighbourhoods in the Bathurst and Sheppard area presents an unacceptable risk to public safety.

At about 11:15 a.m., MBTA Transit Police received a call about a man armed with a butcher's knife who was threatening people near the upper busway.

"My campaign is over, but I still see the bullying. The only thing I have done in my life is help everyone and anyone that comes around me."

Gardaí were alerted to a suspect device in Clondalkin at around 7.20pm, a spokesperson said. A cordon was put in place around the area and gardaí requested services of the Defence Forces Explosive Ordnance Disposal team.

I was waiting for the light to turn to walk. [While] I was waiting, all of a sudden, the guy slashed me twice. I yelled, and he looked like he turned around to go. And then just because I yelled, he did it again.

During this heat wave, "not only are daily temperature records likely to be broken across the region, but even the high temperature records for any day in the entire month of March," the National Weather Service said in a Tuesday morning forecast.

Two people have been taken to the hospital on Monday after possibly being exposed to hazardous materials in Alameda, officials said. Evacuations are underway at an apartment complex along the 700 block of Santa Clara Ave.

Waterloo Mayor Dorothy McCabe says she was "surprised and shocked" to learn that a Waterloo Regional Police Service sniper was deployed as part of law enforcement's efforts to manage an unsanctioned street party during St. Patrick's Day weekend in the city's university district.

According to FBI statistics, violent crime in 2024 fell to its lowest level since 1969. The picture appeared even more encouraging in 2025, when the nation's murder rate dropped by roughly 20%, accompanied by declines across other major crime categories.

Hate, violence and intimidation have no place on the streets of Canada and our government will fight it however we can. Ford said in a social media post Friday, explaining his request for an injunction against the Al-Quds Day rally scheduled for Saturday in Toronto.