🚑 Breaking & Incidents
- Two bodies found in separate burnt-out vehicles this week; police to brief Friday. Emergency crews discovered one body in a vehicle in a hydro field on Reesor Road near Steeles Avenue East at about 11:24 p.m. Monday and a second body in a car found in James Garden Park, Etobicoke, at about 12:55 a.m. Tuesday; Det.-Sgt. Henri Marsman of the Homicide and Missing Persons Unit will speak at 12:30 p.m.
- GO train service halted between Mimico and Exhibition after person struck by train. Service was suspended on the Lakeshore West line following the incident at Mimico GO and Exhibition GO; transit delays affected commuters during the morning rush (service advisory from local GO operations reported).
🚨 Crime & Public Safety
- Man pleads guilty to manslaughter and arson after fellow arsonist died in Scarborough fire. Shiloh Norton admitted to manslaughter and arson for the June 22, 2024 Molon Lave Taverna fire at 1176 Kennedy Rd., where co-accused O’Brien Todd and a 16-year-old set the blaze; court evidence includes surveillance video and three gasoline-filled jerry cans removed from a stolen Acura RDX reported stolen to Peel police the day before.
- OPP sergeant with 28 years’ service charged in child sexual-exploitation probe. Chris Weise, 54, of Alliston was arrested Sept. 8 and charged with accessing and possessing child sexual abuse material; Weise is scheduled to appear in Ontario Court of Justice in Bradford on Oct. 8, 2026, and investigators seized multiple electronic devices under a June search warrant.
- Mississauga woman’s charges upgraded to second-degree murder after stabbing victim dies. Peel Regional Police say officers responded to a Sept. 6 stabbing near Dixie Road and Dundas Street East around 5:30 p.m.; Lorena Sanchez, 42, was arrested Sept. 7 on attempted murder and had charges upgraded to second-degree murder after the victim died in hospital on Sept. 10.
- Two men stabbed in King West Village early Friday; one critically injured. Toronto police were called to King and Portland streets around 4:33 a.m.; paramedics transported both men to hospital, with one described as having potentially life-threatening injuries and the other with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
🏈 Sports
- Argonauts win on last-second field goal, extend streak to four games. Lirim Hajrullahu kicked a 36-yard field goal with 27 seconds left as the Toronto Argonauts beat the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 30-28, improving Toronto’s CFL record to 9-6; Chad Kelly completed 22 of 31 passes for 290 yards with two TDs.
- Shanahan report delivers 11 recommendations to reform Ontario junior men’s hockey. Brendan Shanahan’s review, commissioned by Hockey Canada in January, urges a standardized billeting policy and separate governance for men’s junior hockey; Hockey Canada and provincial bodies approved the report and changes will begin this season, the report says.
💼 Economy & Business
- Tenants at 75 Spencer Ave. say landlord withdrew a 5.4% retroactive rent increase after six-month strike. Organizers report Metcap Living withdrew an above-guideline increase application after tenants withheld rent starting in March; tenants said the building was sold in May and had lobby renovations and an office converted into a rental unit cited in the AGI application.
- Two-year delay announced for $7-billion EV battery plant in St. Thomas, province calls it "good news." PowerCo Canada postponed full construction of the Volkswagen subsidiary’s giga factory by two years; Economic Development Minister Vic Fedeli said contracts were awarded and full construction is expected to begin in about a month with an opening target of 2029.
🏛️ Government & Politics
- Province and municipalities clash over AI data-centre growth; Oakville and Mississauga imposed moratoria. Premier Doug Ford urged rapid data-centre development while Oakville, Mississauga and Sault Ste. Marie enacted temporary pauses; the Association of Municipalities of Ontario submitted a ten-page report asking for provincial confirmation on municipal controls and community-benefit requirements.
📰 Also Today
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- Belleville synagogue shooter had means for 'mass casualty' attack, police chief says.
- Residents in The Beaches outline top issues for next mayor during rush-hour 'nightmare'.
- Ontario public high school teachers to vote on strike mandate in November.
- Former Leafs exec Shanahan’s report makes 11 recommendations on junior hockey reform.
- EQAO data show Ontario students improving in math, scores remain low.
- Some Toronto restaurants using AI to draft menus, owners cite time and cost savings.
- Mamdani’s populist style prominent across Toronto mayoral race coverage.
- Mississauga mayoral candidates held first debate ahead of October vote.
- Toronto couple blames housing policies after facing increased living costs.
- (duplicate removed; see main) Province at odds with municipalities over AI data centres.
- (duplicate removed; see main) GO train service halted between Mimico and Exhibition.
- Nine Islamic schools on high alert after email threatening 'slaughter' of Muslims.
- (duplicate removed; see main) Two bodies found in separate burnt vehicles.
- (duplicate removed; see main) MapQuest GM visits Lake Ontario.
- (not included in main) Chow promises bad-landlord task force if re-elected as mayor.
