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Cyclist struck and injured by vehicle in Toronto’s Little Jamaica
A male cyclist in his 60s was seriously injured after being hit by a vehicle Sunday evening in Little Jamaica. The collision occurred shortly before 7 p.m. at Eglinton Avenue West and Oakwood...
Firefighter responding to peeling roof left seriously injured in downtown Toronto
A Toronto firefighter was hospitalized Sunday afternoon after being injured while responding to a peeling roof on Oxford Street near Bathurst and College. The incident occurred around 4:43 p.m....
Two serious crashes in Kawartha Lakes send three people to the hospital
Ontario Provincial police reported two separate crashes in the Kawartha Lakes area Sunday afternoon. The first occurred around 1 p.m. in Janetville on Highway 35 near Fleetwood and Golf Course...
No injuries after transport truck and multiple vehicles collide on Hwy. 401 in North York
A multi-vehicle crash involving a jackknifed transport truck temporarily blocked the westbound express lanes of Highway 401 in North York early Sunday morning. The collision, which involved three...
Man struck by vehicle in Scarborough’s Tam O’Shanter-Sullivan area
Early Sunday morning, emergency crews responded to a pedestrian-vehicle collision in Scarborough’s Tam O’Shanter-Sullivan area near Sheppard Avenue East and Warden Avenue. A man in his 30s was...
Driver missing after vehicle crashes into pole in York
Toronto police are searching for a driver who fled after their SUV collided with a pole early Sunday morning. The crash occurred around 6:04 a.m. near Bathurst Street and Avenal Drive. Officers...
Two dead, two injured following deadly apartment blaze in Ottawa’s Centretown area
A high-rise fire in Centretown, Ottawa, claimed two lives and injured two others on Saturday night. Ottawa Fire Services responded shortly after 9:30 p.m. to reports of active alarms and flames on...
Vaughan man dies following fatal snowmobile collision in Cochrane
A 19-year-old man from Vaughan died Saturday morning after his snowmobile collided with a commercial vehicle in Cochrane, Ontario. The crash occurred around 9 a.m. at the intersection of OFSC Trail...
Family uninjured after large fire destroys house in Alban
A fire in Alban destroyed a home, leaving a family of four without a residence. The incident occurred near Highway 64 around midnight between Friday and Saturday, March 14. Firefighters responded...
Van driver sought following multi-vehicle crash on Hwy. 417 in Ottawa
Ontario Provincial Police are searching for the driver of a van following a multi-vehicle crash on Highway 417 in Ottawa Saturday afternoon. Police say the collision occurred around 12:19 p.m. in...
Driver and passengers uninjured after GO bus rollover in south Barrie
A rollover involving a GO Transit bus prompted a road closure in the south end of Barrie on Saturday morning. Police say the bus overturned on Yonge Street near St. Paul’s Anglican Church shortly...
Firefighter injured, two displaced after duplex fire in Windsor
A Saturday morning fire at a duplex in Windsor has caused an estimated $500,000 in damage and displaced two residents. Fire crews responded to the property at the intersection of Irvine Avenue and...
Wawa snowmobiler, 65, killed in northern Ontario crash
A fatal snowmobile crash early Saturday morning has claimed the life of a 65-year-old resident of Wawa. According to the Ontario Provincial Police, officers from the Superior East OPP responded to a...
No occupants injured after building fire in Sault Ste. Marie
Firefighters spent several hours battling a blaze in a building near the International Bridge on Friday, with the structure’s age making the operation more difficult. Crews from Sault Ste. Marie...
Two people found dead in Echo Bay house fire
A deadly house fire in Echo Bay is under investigation by the Ontario Provincial Police. Emergency crews responded to the fire on Highway 17B at about 3:51 p.m. Friday. Personnel from the Echo Bay...
Scarborough trampoline park operator facing charges for zipline incident that left boy injured
Ontario’s public safety regulator has laid charges against the operator of a Scarborough trampoline park after an 11-year-old boy was injured when a zipline harness failed earlier this year. The...
77-year-old woman dead, driver hospitalized following two-vehicle crash in Cambridge
OPP are investigating a fatal two-vehicle collision in Cambridge that claimed the life of a passenger. Emergency crews were called to the intersection of Maple Grove Road and Speedsville Road around...
Winter weather causes crashes on Highway 402 and 403 in southwestern Ontario
A section of Highway 402 has reopened following a multi-vehicle crash in London. Ontario Provincial Police said the eastbound lanes were closed at Wonderland Road South while crews responded to the...
Snowy conditions, multiple collisions with reported injuries on Highway 401 in southern Ontario
Part of Highway 401 was shut down Friday as snowfall moved across southern Ontario, creating hazardous driving conditions and multiple crashes. Snow began falling in the Greater Toronto Area around...
One person injured after vehicle strikes pole in London
Emergency crews responded to a crash in London on Friday morning after a sedan collided with a utility pole. The incident occurred shortly after 9 a.m. at the intersection of Dundas Street East and...
32-year-old pedestrian struck by vehicle in Oshawa
A 32-year-old pedestrian was hospitalized after being hit by a vehicle Thursday afternoon in Oshawa. The incident occurred shortly after 4 p.m. at the intersection of Nonquon Road and Mary Street,...
Child seriously hurt after being struck by vehicle near school in Barrhaven
A young child was taken to hospital after being struck by a vehicle near an elementary school in Barrhaven on Thursday afternoon. Ottawa paramedics said the collision happened around 3:40 p.m. at...
Two drivers injured in collision involving transport trucks on Hwy. 401 in Chatham-Kent
Two people were injured after two transport trucks collided on Highway 401 near the Orford Road exit in Chatham-Kent early Monday morning. Emergency crews from Elgin County OPP, Chatham-Kent Fire...
Etobicoke collision leaves male pedestrian critically hurt
A pedestrian suffered critical injuries after being hit by a vehicle in Etobicoke on Thursday evening. According to Toronto police, the collision occurred around 7:47 p.m. near Lake Shore Boulevard...
Home occupants and neighbours evacuate after fast spreading kitchen fire in North Bay
A house fire Thursday morning in North Bay caused extensive damage to a residence, though all occupants managed to escape safely. Emergency crews from three stations responded to the blaze around...
Students and bus driver uninjured after school bus catches fire in Caledon East
A school bus transporting 44 high school students caught fire Thursday morning in Caledon East, prompting a response from emergency crews. Police say the incident was reported around 8:10 a.m. on...
Southbound closure after two trucks collide on Hwy. 11 in Severn
A section of Highway 11 in Severn is closed following a collision involving a pickup truck and a transport truck early Thursday morning. According to the Ontario Provincial Police, the crash...
Pedestrian collision in Barrie leaves woman seriously injured, driver facing charges
A pedestrian was seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle in Barrie late Wednesday night. Police say the incident happened shortly before 9 p.m. at the intersection of Sunnidale Road and...
Serious multi-vehicle crash in Sudbury sends several people to the hospital
A four-vehicle collision occurred in Greater Sudbury during the early evening of March 11 after a Tesla sedan reportedly lost control on Municipal Road 35 (Elm Street). Police say the crash happened...
78-year-old woman killed in two-vehicle collision in Melancthon Township
A 78-year-old woman from Listowel has died following a two-vehicle collision in Melancthon Township on Wednesday morning. Emergency crews were called to the intersection of County Road 124 and...
Multiple people injured in three-vehicle crash near Brantford
A section of Highway 403 near Brantford was temporarily closed Wednesday morning following a three-vehicle crash. Police shut down the eastbound lanes at Garden Avenue around 11 a.m. and advised...
30-year-old driver seriously hurt following three-vehicle crash in Mississauga
A 30-year-old driver was taken to a trauma centre with serious injuries after a three-vehicle crash in Mississauga on Wednesday morning. Peel Regional Police say the collision occurred near the...
Morning flooding and multiple collisions causing minor injuries on Hwy. 401 in Clarington
Part of Highway 401 in Clarington was temporarily shut down Wednesday morning due to multiple crashes and water pooling on the roadway. Ontario Provincial Police closed all eastbound lanes at Holt...
Pedestrian taken to hospital after being hit be vehicle in Waterloo
A 23-year-old man was taken to hospital after being struck by an SUV early Wednesday morning in Waterloo. Waterloo Regional Police initially closed King Street North between Hickory Street West and...
Serious multi-vehicle collision in Tecumseh sends several people to the hospital
Provincial police are looking into a three-vehicle collision that occurred in Tecumseh Tuesday evening. Emergency crews, including police, firefighters and paramedics, were called to the...
Brampton truck driver, 34, charged after striking vehicle in Whitchurch-Stouffville
A man is facing impaired driving charges following a crash involving a dump truck in Whitchurch-Stouffville. York Regional Police say emergency crews responded to a collision at the intersection of...
Off-duty OPP officer charged in connection to 2025 fatal collision on Highway 61
An off-duty Ontario Provincial Police officer in northwestern Ontario has been charged with careless driving causing death following a fatal collision in November. The crash happened on Highway 61...
London man convicted for 2020 fatal high-speed crash facing additional charge
A London man convicted in a fatal high-speed crash that killed a local woman is now facing additional legal trouble. Bahaa Ali, 31, was found guilty of dangerous driving causing death following a...
Three-vehicle crash on QEW at Hwy. 427 leads to temporary lane closures
A multi-vehicle crash on the QEW in west Etobicoke forced lane closures Tuesday morning. Ontario Provincial Police reported that the three westbound left lanes at Highway 427 were blocked around...
No injuries after large blaze breaks out at back of London house
A house fire on Boullee Street caused significant damage Tuesday morning, though no one was injured. Two residents noticed an electrical-type smell and discovered flames at the back of the home,...
78-year-old man killed in fatal Lakeshore crash
Ontario Provincial Police are investigating a fatal single-vehicle crash in the Lighthouse Cove area of Lakeshore. The collision happened around 9 p.m. Monday on Mariner’s Drive near Tisdelle Drive....
Occupants evacuated, one firefighter injured after serious blaze at Wasaga Beach motel
A late-night fire caused heavy damage to a two-storey motel in the Beach 1 area of Wasaga Beach on Monday. Emergency crews were called just before midnight to 45 Mosley Street, the location of the...
Driver and dog rescued after vehicle overturns near Ottawa’s Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa firefighters rescued a driver and her dog after a vehicle rolled onto its side near the Central Experimental Farm Monday night. Emergency crews responded around 8:45 p.m. to the intersection...
One person extricated from vehicle following two-vehicle crash in Ottawa
Emergency crews responded to a two-vehicle crash in Ottawa Monday night that left one person trapped inside a damaged vehicle. Firefighters were called by Ottawa police at about 8:32 p.m. to the...
Two injured, 21-year-old woman facing charges following two-vehicle crash on Hwy. 655
A 21-year-old woman from Constance Lake First Nation faces multiple charges following a two-vehicle crash on Highway 655 involving a stolen car, Ontario Provincial Police say. The collision occurred...
Elderly woman struck by vehicle in Ottawa’s South Keys Shopping Centre
An elderly woman suffered life-threatening injuries after being struck by a vehicle in a parking lot at the South Keys Shopping Centre in Ottawa. Police say the collision happened around 3 p.m....
Infant dead, woman seriously injured following three-vehicle crash near Leamington
A 15-month-old boy has died after a three-vehicle crash near Leamington on Monday morning. Ontario Provincial Police say emergency crews responded to the collision at the intersection of Highway 3...
Woman hospitalized after being hit be vehicle near Toronto’s Lawrence Park
Emergency crews responded to a pedestrian collision near Lawrence Park Monday evening that left a woman in hospital. Toronto police say the incident occurred shortly after 6:30 p.m. at the...
One person hospitalized with critical injuries following collision at west London intersection
London police are investigating after a pedestrian was seriously injured in a collision Monday evening. The incident occurred around 5:15 p.m. at the intersection of Wharncliffe Road North and...
Motorcyclist critically injured in two-vehicle collision in Richmond Hill
A motorcyclist suffered critical injuries after a two-vehicle crash in Richmond Hill on Sunday afternoon. York Regional Police said the collision between a motorcycle and a grey sport utility...
Man arrested after crashing unattended snow removal vehicle into Toronto’s SickKids Hospital
A man is facing multiple charges after allegedly stealing a snow removal vehicle and crashing it into the emergency department entrance at Toronto’s SickKids Hospital on Monday afternoon. Police say...
Man seriously hurt following high-rise apartment fire in Etobicoke
A man was rescued from a high-rise apartment in Etobicoke after a fire broke out late Monday morning. Toronto Fire Services responded to a residential building on Richview Road, near Eglinton Avenue...
Multiple people injured in three-vehicle crash on Highway 3 in Leamington
A section of Highway 3 in Leamington was closed Monday morning following a serious three-vehicle collision, according to Essex County OPP. Police reported the crash around 11 a.m., prompting road...
One firefighter taken to hospital after large fire rips through townhouse in Hamilton
A large fire damaged several townhouse units early Monday morning in Stoney Creek, prompting a major response from Hamilton firefighters. Crews were called to a townhouse complex on Echovalley Drive...
Fatal incident involving vehicle leaves 2-year-old child dead in northern Ontario
A two-year-old child has died after a tragic incident involving a vehicle on a rural property Sunday evening in Robillard Township in northern Ontario. Ontario Provincial Police say the incident...
Police officer attacked by dog after stopping impaired driver in Owen Sound
An impaired driving investigation in Owen Sound on Saturday night escalated when a dog inside a pickup truck attacked police during an arrest. Officers responded after a concerned resident reported...
Suspect arrested after starting house fire that injured one person and killed dog in Tiny Township
Police have made an arrest following a suspicious house fire in Tiny Township on Sunday evening. Emergency crews responded to reports of a structure fire on Macedonia Circle shortly before 6 p.m....
Road temporarily closed after two vehicles collide near Lucan
Ontario Provincial Police reported that no one was injured after a two-vehicle crash prompted a temporary closure of Wonderland Road North south of Lucan earlier in the day. The road was shut down...
Man dead, two others injured following serious head-on crash in Port Perry
A fatal two-vehicle collision in Port Perry early Sunday morning has left one person dead and two others injured. According to Ontario Provincial Police, the crash happened shortly before 6 a.m. on...
Two-vehicle collision injures police officer in Toronto’s west end
A Toronto police officer was taken to hospital after a crash involving a police vehicle in the city’s west end on Saturday evening. The collision occurred around 6:30 p.m. in the Beaconsfield...
Numerous collisions causing injuries reported north of the Greater Toronto Area
Foggy conditions created dangerous driving conditions north of the Greater Toronto Area on Saturday, leading to a number of collisions reported by the Ontario Provincial Police. One crash involving...
No injuries after house fire in Waterloo
Fire crews responded to a residential fire on Craigleith Drive in Waterloo on Saturday afternoon, with no injuries reported. Four fire trucks were dispatched to the scene. Around 12:30 p.m.,...
No reported injuries after vehicle strikes gas pipeline in Elora
Ontario Provincial Police temporarily closed Wellington Road 18 in Elora on Saturday morning after a crash involving a gas pipeline. At around 9:06 a.m., police said the road was shut down between...
Several people taken to hospital following multi-vehicle crash on Hwy. 115 near Peterborough
Police and emergency crews responded to a multi-vehicle crash on Highway 115 near Peterborough on Saturday morning. According to Peterborough County OPP, officers were called around 8:50 a.m. to the...
51-year-old driver dies following single-vehicle crash in Kawartha Lakes
Ontario Provincial police are investigating a fatal single-vehicle crash that occurred in the Kawartha Lakes region on Saturday morning. Emergency crews were called around 7 a.m. to Elm Tree Road in...
Fatal multi-vehicle crash on Hwy. 11 leaves one person dead, another seriously injured
Ontario Provincial Police are investigating a deadly multi-vehicle crash that occurred early Saturday morning on Highway 11 near Smooth Rock Falls. Police say officers responded around 5:30 a.m....
Occupant safely escapes large building fire in Kitchener
A fire destroyed a two-storey garage and shed structure in Kitchener early Saturday morning, but the person inside managed to escape safely. Emergency crews responded to the fire on Vanier Drive at...
No injuries after garage catches fire at downtown Barrie residence
Firefighters responded to a garage fire at a home on McDonald Street in Barrie, just north of the downtown core, on Friday night. Deputy Fire Chief Justin Gilbert said crews were called to the...
Pedestrian seriously hurt by hit-and-run truck driver in Scarborough
Police are searching for a transport truck driver after a hit-and-run in Scarborough left a pedestrian seriously injured Thursday evening. The incident occurred shortly before 7:30 p.m. near the...
Pedestrian struck and killed by falling pole after two vehicles collide in North York
A pedestrian has died after being struck by a falling pole following a two-vehicle crash in North York on Friday evening. Toronto police responded to the area of Gerry Fitzgerald Drive and Steeles...
LRT train and car collide in west Scarborough
Transit service has returned to normal along a section of Line 5 Eglinton Crosstown after a crash between a car and a light rail vehicle temporarily halted operations. The collision occurred between...
No reported serious injuries in two separate crashes that spills fuel onto Hwy. 403 near Brantford
Two separate collisions involving transport trucks forced the closure of the eastbound lanes of Highway 403 near Brantford on Friday morning, according to Ontario Provincial Police. The crashes...
Two arrested, one taken to hospital after vehicle strikes pole and catches on fire in Rexdale
Two people have been arrested after a vehicle slammed into a utility pole and caught fire early Friday morning in Rexdale, disrupting traffic along a section of Albion Road during the morning rush....
Three people injured in multi-vehicle collision involving TTC bus in North York
A collision involving a TTC bus and two other vehicles late Thursday night in North York left three people injured and led to an impaired driving arrest. Police and emergency crews responded to...
Fatal head-on crash on Highbury Avenue North claims two lives
Two people have died following a head-on collision north of London on Highbury Avenue. Police say the crash happened around 7:40 p.m. on Highbury Avenue between Thirteen Mile Road and Fourteen Mile...
One firefighter injured in house fire in Blind River
A house fire in Blind River on Wednesday afternoon left one firefighter with minor injuries. Emergency crews were dispatched to a residence on the west end of Youngfox Road at about 4:48 p.m. The...
No injuries reported after large fire destroys wooden workshop in Scarborough
A major fire broke out at a large wooden workshop in rural Scarborough Thursday morning, prompting a significant response from Toronto Fire. Crews were called to the area of Beare Road and Finch...
Two people hospitalized after kitchen fire causes heavy smoke in west London apartment
Two people were transported to the hospital for treatment after an apartment fire in west London. Fire crews responded to the blaze on Riverside Drive near Murdock Street, where a kitchen fire...
Truck carrying Styrofoam catches fire on Hwy. 17 near Kenora
A stretch of Highway 17 near Kenora was temporarily closed Wednesday afternoon after a tractor-trailer caught fire. Ontario Provincial Police said they responded to reports of the blaze around 2:30...
No injuries reported following electrical fire in London apartment
An apartment building in Old East Village was evacuated Tuesday night after an electrical fire broke out. Firefighters responded to the building near Dundas Street and Hewitt Street around 9 p.m....
Residents at Muskoka retirement residence safe after fire incident
Staff at a retirement residence in Muskoka quickly handled a small fire earlier this week, preventing it from spreading and keeping residents safe. The incident occurred Tuesday around 11 a.m. at...
Man, 62, charged with impaired driving and assaulting police after crashing on Hwy. 108 near Elliot Lake
A 62-year-old man from Elliot Lake is facing multiple charges after a crash on Highway 108 early Wednesday morning that was followed by confrontations with police, paramedics, and hospital staff....
Two people taken to hospital following serious crash at London intersection
A two-vehicle crash in London Wednesday morning sent two people to hospital, though their injuries are not considered serious. The collision occurred around 10:30 a.m. at Southdale Road East and...
Two students, two drivers injured in collision involving school bus near Seaforth
A collision between a school bus and a tractor-trailer north of Seaforth sent four people to hospital with minor injuries Wednesday morning. The crash occurred shortly after 8 a.m. at the...
30-year-old man injured following multi-vehicle collision in Kitchener
Police are continuing to investigate a three-vehicle collision that shut down a busy Kitchener intersection Wednesday morning, with charges expected. Officers from the Waterloo Regional Police...
Hit-and-run collision seriously injures man in Waterloo
A 24-year-old man was hospitalized following a hit-and-run collision in Waterloo early Wednesday morning. Officers with the Waterloo Regional Police Service were called around 3:30 a.m. to the area...
Man hospitalized after being struck by vehicle in Scarborough
A man was taken to hospital after being hit by a vehicle in Scarborough past midnight. Emergency crews responded just before 12:30 a.m. on Wednesday to the intersection of Pharmacy Avenue and...
Several residents displaced after fire breaks out in Ottawa apartment kitchen
Firefighters in Ottawa swiftly knocked down a kitchen blaze in a high-rise building Tuesday morning. Ottawa Fire Services responded around 7:25 a.m. to a 911 report of a fire in the 2000 block of...
Residents escaped unharmed after large fire destroys home in Ramara Township
A major fire destroyed a two-storey home in Ramara Township on Monday night, prompting a large-scale response from local crews. Firefighters arrived at the older house at Concession Road 9 and...
Cattle on the loose after tractor-trailer crashes on Hwy. 17 near Kenora
Provincial police say several cattle escaped onto the roadway following a tractor-trailer crash along Highway 17 near Inglis Lake Road on Sunday morning. The collision occurred between Kenora and...
SIU investigate crash in Hamilton that left teenager seriously injured
Ontario’s police watchdog has launched an investigation after a teenager was seriously hurt in a crash in Hamilton early Saturday. The Special Investigations Unit reported that two Hamilton police...
Occupants safe after escaping house fire in Thames Centre
Fire crews in Thames Centre responded to a residential fire near Dorchester on Tuesday morning. When firefighters arrived, they encountered thick smoke and flames coming from a second-floor bedroom....
Two-vehicle crash on Hwy. 417 in Ottawa leaves one person seriously hurt
One person was hospitalized after a two-vehicle collision on Highway 417 in Ottawa’s east end Tuesday afternoon. The crash occurred around 3:35 p.m. in the eastbound lanes between St. Laurent...
Man airlifted to hospital after crashing snowmobile in Oro-Medonte
A large-scale emergency response unfolded Tuesday afternoon after a snowmobiler suffered life-threatening injuries in a crash on Lake Simcoe. Air Ornge deployed a helicopter, which landed in a...
No injuries after two-vehicle crash spills wood on Hwy. 417 in Ottawa
A two-vehicle collision disrupted traffic on Ottawa’s Highway 417 late Tuesday morning. Emergency crews responded around 11:30 a.m. near Pinecrest Road after a crash involving a tractor-trailer...
TTC streetcar driver struck and injured by vehicle in Toronto’s Entertainment District
A TTC streetcar operator was taken to hospital after being hit by a vehicle in Toronto’s Entertainment District on Tuesday morning. The incident occurred shortly before 10:15 a.m. on Adelaide Street...
Snowmobiler seriously injured in Bracebridge crash
A snowmobile rider was seriously injured in a crash in Bracebridge on Tuesday morning. Police responded around 11:04 a.m. to reports of a collision on a trail near Little Road. The injured...
One driver dead, passenger critically injured following collision involving dump truck in Halton Hills
A fatal two-vehicle crash in Halton Hills claimed the life of one driver Tuesday morning. Halton Regional Police say the collision occurred around 8:40 a.m. at the intersection of Regional Road 25...
One person seriously hurt following snowmobile crash in Wellesley
A snowmobile crash in Wellesley left one person seriously injured Monday afternoon. Emergency crews were called to a home on William Hastings Line around 4:30 p.m. Waterloo Regional Police reported...
Woman seriously injured after getting trapped under OC Transpo bus in Ottawa’s Centretown area
A woman suffered serious injuries after her legs were caught under an OC Transpo bus on Elgin Street in Ottawa Monday afternoon. Paramedics were called to the area near Gladstone Avenue around 12:20...