Ontario’s child death toll unacceptable: Advocate

Ontario’s advocate for youth and children says it’s unacceptable that 90 children known to child protection services died in 2007.

Tail end of dog days?

Dozens of dog owners who descended on the city’s eastern beaches yesterday are hoping the city’s bark is worse than its bite.

Murder suspect on video

Trapped inside a tiny unit in Pacific Mall with nowhere to run, Daniel Cheong, 26, never stood a chance when a gunman stormed the cellphone store, pointed a gun at the shopkeeper’s head and pulled the trigger Friday night in Markham.

T.O. digs deep to help Oz fire victims

Toronto’s helping hand is reaching Down Under.

Fire marshal called in to probe townhouse blaze

A “suspicious” early morning fire at a construction site in Mississauga yesterday destroyed many partially built townhomes and left hundreds of residents without phone service.

Every step a lifesaver

Celebrities and business leaders climbed to great heights yesterday to provide hundreds of heart defibrillators to schools, halls and arenas. Former Scarborough supermodel Monika Schnarre joined ex-NHLer Jiri Fischer and past Heart and Stroke Foundation boss Rocco Rossi in climbing 7,700 stairs in seven downtown office towers to raise funds to purchase Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs).

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