A Toronto man has been charged in connection to a 2023 homicide, the second suspect to be arrested in the fatal shooting.

According to investigators, Mohamed Ahmed, 36, was gunned down while inside a vehicle at an apartment parking lot near Sherbourne and Shuter streets on July 25, 2023.

He was located with a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Two suspects were identified in connection to the shooting and were placed on the Canada’s Most Wanted list.

A mosque in the area of Erin Mills and the QEW in Mississauga was allegedly vandalized overnight on Thursday.

The mosque is located inside the Southdown Village condo complex at 2121 Roche Court. Peel police say the space is a common area party room that is being used as a prayer space on a temporary basis.

Photos provided to CityNews show an overturned bookshelf, books and papers strewn on the floor as well as broken appliances. When CityNews attended, some of the debris had been cleaned up, but damage was

Toronto police have arrested a 47-year-old man suspected of an allegedly hate-motivated assault in the College Street and Spadina Avenue area.

Police were called to the incident just after 5:15 p.m. on April 26.

The suspect allegedly punched the victim in the face during an unprovoked interaction.

“The accused made anti-Black statements during the assault, a physical altercation ensued and the accused fled southbound on Spadina Avenue,” police said in a release regarding the incident.

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A Hamilton family has been left devastated and continues to mourn the loss of their 16-year-old son after he was shot and killed inside a shopping mall last Friday.

Nabil Askafe, his parents, and younger brother fled the war in Syria almost a decade ago and settled in Canada, searching for a better, safer life.

In an exclusive interview with OMNI News, Askafe’s mother and father spoke about the senseless act of violence and the deep agony it has left behind.

“We came to

OTTAWA — The Archbishop of Toronto has written a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney appealing to his Catholic faith and urging him to “choose life and not death” when it comes to assisted dying.

The letter, dated April 20, expresses support for a private member’s bill that would prevent access to medical assistance in dying from being extended to people whose sole underlying medical condition is a mental illness.

That change is set to take effect next March and a parliamentary committee is now studying whether Canada is ready for

TORONTO — RBC says it is launching an advisory service to help Indigenous groups buy into major projects as Canada moves to accelerate development on numerous fronts.

Speaking at the First Nations Major Projects Coalition conference in Toronto, RBC chief executive Dave McKay said that with most major projects on or next to Indigenous lands, it’s critical that Indigenous partnership is at the centre of this development push.

McKay said Indigenous groups face barriers to access the capital needed to become partners, and while banks are still learning how to operate in this

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Camp Mystic on Thursday halted plans to reopen this summer, backing down after months of intensifying outrage by Texas lawmakers and the families of 27 young campers killed last year when floodwaters swept through the all-girls Christian camp in the middle of the night.

The decision comes after days of pointed questioning by Texas lawmakers who are investigating camp officials’ response to the devastating flood on July 4 that claimed the lives of 25 campers and two teenage counselors. The camp’s owner,