Rogers Stadium, 100-Year Storm & MP Arson — Toronto's Week in Review.

🚑 Breaking & Incidents

1. Woman struck in north Toronto dies the next day. Toronto Police reported a female pedestrian struck by a car in north Toronto; she died the following day, the article says. The collision and subsequent death were reported during the week of Aug. 31–Sept. 6, 2026.
2. 82-year-old woman in Scarborough was struck and run over, police say. Toronto police confirmed the victim, aged 82, died after being struck and run over in Scarborough; the file notes the incident was investigated this week with police public updates.
3. Two men killed after car hit and toppled a traffic-light pole in North York. Toronto police reported two fatalities when a vehicle struck a traffic-light pole and knocked it down in North York; the collision investigation and lane closures were handled by local traffic units.

🌦️ Weather & Roads

1. City describes Wednesday storm as a ‘100-year’ event after floods and outages. Toronto city manager Paul Johnson called the storm a “100-year storm” after more than 100 millimetres of rain in parts of the city, nearly 1,500 Toronto Fire Service calls in 24 hours and widespread infrastructure damage.
2. About 2,500 Torontonians remained without power as restorations continued. Post-storm crews restored most lines but roughly 2,500 customers still lacked power as of the latest update during the Labour Day weekend recovery efforts.
3. Toronto Wildlife Centre reports ‘widespread damage’ after severe storm. The Wildlife Centre said high winds and flooding inflicted widespread damage to its facility during the same Wednesday storm, prompting cleanup and animal-care contingency measures.
4. Rogers Stadium suffered significant storm damage with bleachers displaced. Photos and reports showed blue bleachers strewn and partially collapsed grandstands at the 50,000-capacity Downsview Park stadium after the storm dumped heavy rain and high winds on Wednesday.

🏛️ Government & Politics

1. City orders Live Nation to hire an engineer and repair Rogers Stadium before concerts. Inspectors issued a seven-point order requiring Live Nation to secure the site, retain an engineer, submit findings by Sept. 8 and update the city by Sept. 11 before the Sept. 16 AC/DC show may proceed.
2. Olivia Chow pledges to keep property tax increases near inflation in re-election bid. Toronto mayoral candidate Olivia Chow said she will aim to keep property-tax hikes close to the rate of inflation during her re-election campaign, according to her announcement this week.
3. Progressive Conservatives and NDP held three Ontario byelection seats on Thursday. The Oct. 1-style byelection results showed Progressive Conservative Jeff Beattie won Hamilton East–Stoney Creek with nearly 39 per cent, while Conservative Susan Lahey won York–Simcoe with 49.8 per cent.
4. Doug Ford defends an event without reporters as ‘a little bit of fun’. Premier Doug Ford, at a closed-media Mississauga event styled like a news conference, said his quip “thank God we don’t have the media” was joking and not hostile, drawing criticism from opponents.
5. FOI documents show Ford staff edited technical answers on the Science Centre’s snowstorm risk. Internal communications obtained and reported in June show political staff overwrote technical responses from Infrastructure Ontario when deciding what to release about the Science Centre’s roof risk.

🚨 Crime & Public Safety

1. Man arrested and charged in arson outside Liberal MP Salma Zahid’s Toronto home. Toronto police arrested a 24-year-old and charged him with arson causing damage, mischief over $5,000, conspiracy and possession of incendiary material after cars were burned outside Zahid’s Scarborough home; a second suspect remains sought.
2. Two arrests made in a violent Brampton home invasion that left two people shot. Peel Regional Police charged an 18- and 16-year-old with attempted murder, aggravated assault and robbery related to a June 14 home invasion near McLaughlin Road and Steeles Avenue West; two suspects remain outstanding.
3. Man charged in a $1-million romance-fraud scheme involving multiple women. Durham police charged a man this week in an alleged romance-fraud case that authorities say defrauded multiple women of roughly $1 million in total.
4. Man charged in connection to a fatal Scarborough crash from May. Police laid charges this week in relation to a May fatal collision in Scarborough; the update names the accused and advances the collision investigation toward court proceedings.

🎨 Community & Culture

1. Former Toronto mayor John Tory named chair of TIFF’s board of directors. TIFF announced John Tory will chair its board, a leadership change the festival publicized this week ahead of TIFF 2026 programming and governance plans.
2. TIFF 2026 lineup preview: the movies Torontonians are lining up for this fall. The festival’s early selection and programming themes were released this week, highlighting anticipated domestic and international premieres that will play at Toronto venues in September.
3. Snowbirds make their final Toronto flyover until the 2030s at this weekend’s air show. The Royal Canadian Air Force Snowbirds performed their farewell flyover for Toronto at the Labour Day weekend air show; officials said the team will pause city displays until the 2030s.
4. Bruce Peninsula National Park closed Cyprus Lake campground through Sept. 7 over bear activity. Parks Canada temporarily closed Cyprus Lake campground and canceled select evening Grotto parking reservations this week due to increased bear activity in the park.
5. Leaside man proposes amid storm after a tree crushed his front walk; nobody was hurt. Stephen Armstrong told Global News a maple branch struck his Leaside home during Wednesday’s storm; he proposed to his partner the same day and shared video filmed by his son illustrating the moment.

💼 Economy & Business

1. Muskoka chair maker weighs moving production to the U.S. after a 50% U.S. tariff. DFC Woodworks, which exports about 70 per cent of its furniture to the United States, faces a steep 50 per cent duty and is considering shifting most manufacturing south to avoid the tariff hit, the company said.
2. Ontario fines SeatGeek $25,000 under ticket-resale law aimed at scalping. The province issued a $25,000 fine to SeatGeek this week for violating Ontario’s ticket-resale rules designed to limit scalping practices, according to the regulator’s enforcement notice.
3. Insurance experts outline steps for homeowners after the major Ontario storm. Ratehub.ca vice-president Matt Hands advised residents to review policies because standard home insurance usually covers wind and hail but often excludes overland flooding; he urged policy checks during this week’s storm claims period.

🏈 Sports

1. Maple Leafs sign forward Brendan Brisson to a one-year deal. The Leafs announced a one-year contract for 24-year-old Brendan Brisson, who recorded 37 points in 66 AHL games last season and has 27 NHL games of prior experience with Vegas and the Rangers.
2. NBA hands historic penalties to Clippers as Leonard investigation clears way for a Raptors trade. The league fined Kawhi Leonard $700,000 and the Clippers US$30 million, stripped five first-round picks starting in 2029 and suspended executives; the ruling reopened a pending trade involving the Toronto Raptors.