Peel police are investigating a deadly accident between a vehicle and a cyclist Tuesday evening in Mississauga.   A male cyclist was pronounced dead on the scene after being hit by a car just after 6:30 p.m. at Bloor Street and Runningbrook Drive, between Dixie and Tomken Roads. The intersection has been shut down for the investigation and will likely remain closed into Wednesday morning.

Almost 80 jobs are being slashed by Canada's largest newspaper in an attempt to save money. The Toronto Star, owned by Torstar Corp. plans to cut 78 editing jobs which is about a fifth of its editorial staff. The move will save about $4 million annually.   Most of the jobs are likely going to be contracted out to Pagemasters North America, which is a unit of the Canadian Press.

A prisoner escaped this morning after two masked, gun-toting men overpowered guards at Hamilton General Hospital. Police say the guards were assaulted and knocked down by two armed men as they were leaving with the prisoner. The armed men then freed the prisoner and fled east in a Corrections Ministry van, hitting an ambulance. Police are scouring the city's north end for a man wearing an orange ...

Most commuters will tell you, "those on downtown roads are animals." This morning, they're right. A deer was caught Tuesday morning, resting near the corner of University Ave. and Dundas St., well away from where it should be. Animal officials ended up using a tranquilizer and a net to remove the deer to a safer location.  

A Toronto company has been given the all-clear to buy the Pontiac Silverdome, former home of the Detroit Lions. The price tag for triple properties? A cool $583-million. No indication of what it plans to use the 80,000 seat building for.

Do Toronto's poor roads constitute an unsafe workplace for bike couriers? Retired courier Wayne Scott thinks so and is taking the City to the Labour Relations Board saying, "employers must take reasonable precautions to protect their workers, including cops who use bicycles." He wants City Hall to improve roads with better street design, enforcement of traffic rules and more bike lanes.

A bit of a mess on the roads this morning, Highways 50 and 7 north of the City were closed throughout the morning while OPP investigated a fatal collision between a Subaru and a tractor-trailer cab. The driver of the car was pronounced dead on scene. Just one southbound lane of Highway 400, at Kings Road was open after a tractor trailer got stuck under a bridge, spilling diesel across the ...

Seven protesters have been charged with mischief after staging a sit-in at the Calgary riding office of Environment Minister Jim Prentice. The Citizens For Climate Justice want him to sign a promise to commit Canada to reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. After eight hours, Police moved in, arrested and charged the protesters.

More than two million dropside cribs made in Canada are being recalled across North America because of problems that have led to four infant deaths. They are the "Stork Side Cribs", made by Stork Craft Manufacturing in B.C. One million of them were sold here in Canada. Parents are urged to immediately stop using the recalled cribs and contact the manufacturer for a free repair kit. For details ...

The Art Gallery of Ontario is hoping the King Tut exhibit that opens today will draw the same kind of attention as a similar one 30 years ago. The 1979 exhibit of the boy king's treasures sparked record attendance numbers at the AGO and officials are keeping their fingers crossed this time around. The show includes Tut's golden sandals, jewellery and statues.

Police in Scarborough are charging a woman with impaired driving, after she smashed her minivan into a McDonalds at the corner of McCowan Road and Eglinton Avenue. It happened around 2am and police tell AM640 structural engineers are being called in to assess the building's integrity.

Dwayne Roloson made 58 saves and Josh Bailey scored in overtime as the New York Islanders beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3. Leafs Lose in O.T. against the Islanders The game wouldn't even have been close if not for the play of Roloson, who is enjoying a resurgent season at age 40. Rolson made several great saves -- the most painful of which was number-52 -- a hard shot from Mikhail Grabovski ...

Toronto police have identified a 32-year-old man fatally shot on Sunday as a Vancouver resident. Police say Shane Kelter died of gunshot wounds to the torso. Police were called to Bay Street and Wellesley Street on Sunday after gunshots were reported. Police say officers found Kelter on the sidewalk with obvious signs of trauma. He was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Haydain Neale, the frontman for the Juno Award-winning group Jacksoul, has died of cancer at age 39. He died Sunday at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, after a seven month battle with lung cancer, the family said in a release Monday. Neale had also been recovering from serious injuries after being hit by a car while driving his Vespa motor scooter in Toronto on Aug. 3, 2007. The group was to ...

Toronto Hydro is trying to find the cause of a power outage which has left about 5,000 customers in Scarborough in the dark. Just before 6 p.m. power went out in an area bounded by Highway 401 to the north, Manse Road to the east, Coronation Drive to the south and Galloway Road to the west.   Power was fully restored just after 11:30pm.

A British Columbia company is recalling more than two million baby cribs across North America. The dropside cribs by Stork Craft Manufacturing have had problems with their hardware -- which can break -- or with assembly mistakes by the crib owner. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says it's aware of four deaths of young children who suffocated in the cribs. The recall involves 1.2 ...

An inmate at Toronto's Don Jail will appear in court Dec. 1 to face a charge of assaulting another prisoner. Police say a prisoner was assaulted during the lunch hour on Nov. 11 and remains in hospital in critical condition. Jason Gardner, 25, is charged with aggravated assault. The jail is a holding facility for short-term prisoners who are generally either awaiting trial or sentencing. This ...

Officers with 54 division, along with ETF officers have now lifted the lockdown at Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute under after reports of a person roaming the halls with a gun.   Unconfirmed reports say that a 16 year old male may have also threatened a 15 year old female student.   Police are still searching for the teen.    

Four men have been acquitted in the Boxing Day 2005 shooting death of 15-year-old Jane Creba in downtown Toronto. The prosecutor told court today that following a pretrial ruling it was determined there was no reasonable prospect for a conviction against the four, who were facing manslaughter charges. No evidence was called against Andre Thompson, Shaun Thompson, Vincent Davis and Andrew Smith ...

The Street Racing law has hit a second speed bump. Another Judge has struck it down as unconstitutional because it doesn't allow the accused any kind of defence. Lawyer Enzo Rondinelli tells the Oakley Show this puts more pressure on Police to stop laying the charge. The issue goes to the Ontario Court of Appeal in January.