TORONTO - Advocates are urging government officials to heed a grieving mother’s plea for more funding and support for mental health, housing and socia...
TORONTO - Advocates are urging government officials to heed a grieving mother's plea for more funding and support for mental health, housing and social services after her teenage son was stabbed to death in a Toronto subway station.
Voters in Toronto's upcoming mayoral byelection should not support anyone who wants to cut police budgets, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday in the wake of an apparently unprovoked fatal stabbing of a 16-year-old at a city subway station.
Many riders say they feel uneasy riding the TTC in the wake of a string of violent incidents. But as the city grapples with the tragedy of Magalhaes's death, many — including his mother — say the answers lie in long-term investments in housing, social supports and mental health.
Andrea Magalhaes has been in unimaginable pain since her 16-year-old son, Gabriel, was fatally stabbed at a Toronto subway station. She spoke to Adrienne Arsenault with the hope of helping put an end to the random violence that has plagued the TTC.
16-year-old was stabbed and killed in what police described as a random act of violence while he was sitting on a bench with a friend at Keele Station just before 9 p.m. on Saturday
A Toronto mother says she is feeling "unbearable" pain after her son was fatally stabbed at a TTC station on the weekend, but she is speaking out because she thinks officials need to do more to help people in crisis.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he won’t weigh into the Toronto mayoral race to replace John Tory but says voters should support candidates who would bolster the police