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Canoa volcada mortal, arrestos por tiroteo en festival y más — Resumen semanal de Toronto

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🚑 Últimas noticias e incidentes

  1. Una persona muerta tras volcar una canoa en Stewart Lake. La Policía Provincial de Ontario en Bracebridge informa que la canoa se volcó a unos 12 metros (40 pies) de la orilla poco después de las 8 p.m. del sábado; un navegante que pasaba rescató a una persona y los buscadores hallaron el cuerpo de un residente de Mississauga de 31 años el domingo. Se notificó a la Oficina del Médico Forense Jefe.

  2. Motociclista de 52 años muere en choque frontal en Muskoka Lakes. La Policía Provincial de Ontario acudió a Muskoka Road 169, cerca de East Black Lake Road, poco después de las 8:30 p.m. del sábado; los paramédicos constataron la muerte en el lugar de un hombre de 52 años de Lake of Bays y el conductor del vehículo particular fue acusado de conducción peligrosa causando la muerte; enfrentará una audiencia de fianza en Bracebridge.

🚨 Crimen y seguridad pública

  1. Dos jóvenes de 18 años acusados de 37 delitos, incluido asesinato en primer grado, por el tiroteo en el festival Salsa on St. Clair. La policía de Toronto indica que el tiroteo del 11 de julio en el festival Salsa on St. Clair dejó dos personas muertas y cinco heridas entre unos 13,000 asistentes; los investigadores revisaron cientos de horas de video y los arrestos se anunciaron el viernes mientras sigue la investigación.

  2. Tres personas enfrentan 42 cargos tras incidente entre Toronto y Mississauga que dejó un hombre muerto. La policía de Toronto alega que un vehículo sospechoso embistió a un agente de paisano y agentes en cinco vehículos sin distintivos convergieron; un conductor de 19 años recibió un disparo y murió en el lugar y tres pasajeros —de 23, 19 y 17 años— ahora enfrentan cargos relacionados con armas.

  3. GRC incauta más de $4.5 millones en cocaína en operación del sur de Ontario; tres imputados. Los investigadores ejecutaron una orden de registro el 8 de julio en un condominio de Toronto y otras órdenes en Hamilton, incautando aproximadamente $165,000 en efectivo y joyas; se acusa a dos hombres de Hamilton (39 y 38 años) y a un hombre de Brantford de 41 años de posesión con fines de tráfico.

  4. Operador de atracción acusado tras presunta agresión sexual a una niña en parque de diversiones de Vaughan. La Policía Regional de York alega que el incidente ocurrió durante revisiones de seguridad a fines de mayo; un joven de 19 años de Brampton enfrenta cargos de agresión sexual e interferencia sexual, y los investigadores creen que puede haber otras víctimas.

  5. Casi $800,000 en camiones robados y equipo informático recuperados en investigación en Brampton. La Policía Regional de Peel ubicó cuatro vehículos comerciales robados y remolques en Heart Lake Road y Countryside Drive el 22 de julio y halló dos cargamentos de equipo informático valorados en más de $680,000, además de remolques por aproximadamente $105,000; no se han identificado sospechosos.

  6. Conductor de camión volcador acusado de conducción bajo los efectos tras reportes de zigzagueo en Wellington County. La Policía Provincial de Ontario dice que un camión volcador lleno de grava cruzó la línea central cerca de Queen Street en Puslinch Township alrededor de la 1:15 p.m.; un hombre de 27 años de Brampton fue acusado de operar estando ebrio (80 mg o más), recibió una suspensión de licencia de 90 días y el camión fue incautado por siete días.

  7. La SIU invoca su mandato tras tiroteo fatal durante una orden de registro en Brockville. La Unidad de Investigaciones Especiales de Ontario informa que agentes dispararon un arma durante una orden ejecutada a las 8 p.m. del jueves con la asistencia de la OPP y la East Region Tactics and Rescue Unit; una persona fue trasladada al hospital y luego fue declarada muerta. La investigación de la SIU continúa.

🏛️ Gobierno y política

(Nota: solo hubo un tema claro de gobierno en el flujo de esta semana; según las normas editoriales se integró en Comunidad y Cultura.)

🎨 Comunidad y cultura

  1. Brockville Aquatarium da la bienvenida a tres crías de nutria, sumando ocho en total. La curadora Liz Harder dijo que Mayble dio a luz y que las crías de cinco meses dependen de su madre hasta por un año, lo que ha aumentado el interés de los visitantes en el Aquatarium.

  2. Receta: Pimientos rellenos con berenjena — cena para cuatro por Susan Hay y Massimo Capra. La receta indica cuatro pimientos medianos, dos tazas de berenjena, una pinta de tomates cherry, 4 oz de parmigiano reggiano y ofrece instrucciones paso a paso para asar y rellenar, horneando a 450°F durante unos 10 minutos y ensamblando al final con pan seco y albahaca.

  3. El diputado conservador Larry Brock renunciará el 18 de septiembre y volverá a la fiscalía de Brantford. Brock, diputado por Brantford–Brant South–Six Nations elegido por primera vez en 2021, anunció su renuncia prevista el 18 de septiembre en redes sociales y dijo que dejará el Parlamento para retomar su trabajo como fiscal en el suroeste de Ontario.

🌦️ Clima y carreteras

  1. Confirmados dos tornados EF0 en el suroeste de Ontario, cerca de Lindsay y Woodstock. El Northern Tornadoes Project clasificó preliminarmente ambos tornados como EF0 (vientos de 65–85 km/h) tras tormentas del sábado que provocaron vientos dañinos, granizo grande y lluvias localmente intensas; se reportaron daños menores y inicialmente no se planearon equipos de inspección.

  2. Southwold declara estado de emergencia tras evento pluviométrico “de cada 250 años”; inundaciones cierran carreteras y las reparaciones podrían tardar hasta dos semanas. El municipio al sur de London reportó múltiples cortes de vías, incluidas Burwell Road y Mill Road, inició trabajos de emergencia y programó cuadrillas de reparación para las 6 a.m. del sábado; las restauraciones completas podrían demorar hasta dos semanas y los detalles sobre la recolección en la acera se publicarán el lunes.

🏈 Deportes

  1. Gol de campo de 11 yardas de Brady Lidster con 11 segundos en el reloj da a los Argonauts un triunfo 33–30 sobre los Stampeders en BMO Field. Toronto mejoró a 4–4 mientras Chad Kelly dirigió la ofensiva en el final a pesar de cuatro intercepciones, y Benji Franklin interceptó el Hail Mary de Vernon Adams Jr. en la última jugada de Calgary.

  2. Nathan Rourke autorizado para iniciar con los B.C. Lions tras perder tres partidos por una lesión en el hombro. El jugador de 28 años regresó a prácticas completas y fue listado como titular para el partido del sábado; Rourke había completado el 71.3% de sus pases para 1,403 yardas y cinco touchdowns esta temporada antes del inicio.

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