Man sought after girl, 13, sexually assaulted

Come blow your horn at York U. concert

Talk about blowing your own horn.

To mark International Horn Day, musicians will host a concert Friday at York University featuring music performed by French horn players from across the Greater Toronto Area and beyond.

There will be a world premiere performance of Flared Tubings by David Mott...

UforChange looking for donations to keep programs going in St. James Town

With its three-year funding window narrowing, downtown Toronto organization UforChange is looking for new ways of keeping its program running at full steam.

The organization has set down roots in St. James Town, offering arts, educational, cultural, life skills and other programming to help youth...

Trustee to host meeting on Alderwood CI

Etobicoke-Lakeshore Trustee Pamela Gough and representatives from the Toronto Lands Corporation will co-host an information meeting next month to update Alderwood residents on the sale of a portion of the Alderwood Collegiate Institute site.

The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) has identified...

Funkyland production doubles as fundraiser

Famous PEOPLE Players' production of Funkyland doubles as a fundraiser for Etobicoke Services for Seniors support services one night next month.

Proceeds from the Saturday, March 3 lunchtime performance of the rock 'n roll-style production mixed with jazz and blues support frail and...

Man charged after guns and drug seized

A young Toronto man has been charged with multiple offences after police seized guns and drugs from a Wynford Heights Crescent residence Monday, Feb. 6.

Police allegedly seized powder cocaine, crack cocaine, scales, cash, a loaded .25 Lorcin pistol and ammunition.

Calvin Prosser, 18, has been...

Grow op raided near Don Mills and Overlea

A marijuana grow op valued at $200,000 was seized by police in a Don Mills Road and Overlea Boulevard apartment building Monday, Feb. 6.

Police allegedly seized 171 marijuana plants, dry marijuana and growing equipment.

Robert Surge and Stephen Jones, both 29 and from Toronto, have each been...

Pickering-Scarborough East MPP to host town hall meeting

Pickering-Scarborough East MPP Tracy MacCharles has selected Scarborough as the site of her first town hall meeting.

The inaugural meeting for the rookie MPP takes place Wednesday, Feb. 15, at the Highland Creek Legion, Branch 258, from 7 to 9 p.m.

As part of her election campaign, MacCharles...

Hong Fook a beacon of hope, executive director says

For 30 years, Hong Fook Mental Health Association has been a beacon of hope for people in Toronto's Asian communities coping with mental illness, executive director Bonnie Wong said.

With Friday's grand opening of its latest office at 1751 Sheppard Ave., east of Don Mills Road, the...

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Eglinton West connection: Construction on tunnelling to begin this summer

YORK - Pedestrians will have the option of walking underneath Allen Road when an underground walkway will be incorporated into the Allen Road/Eglinton West station design of the Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown light rail line.

Moorelands celebrates a century of community service

EAST YORK - Along one of the walls at Moorelands Community Services, black and white photographs of children and their mothers from 1918 until now adorn the wall.

Volunteer at long-term care homes

ETOBICOKE - Long-term care homes are looking for college and university student volunteers to join their teams for the summer.

Transit City might be revived

Transit City, the plan for light-rail-transit lines Mayor Rob Ford declared "dead" and friendless in Scarborough, has some allies.

News that the plan - through a single vote at Toronto Council Wednesday, Feb. 8 - could return to where it was before Ford took over in 2010 has cheered...