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CTV News
05-07-2025
- CTV News
Teen cyclist in hospital after being hit by vehicle in midtown Toronto
Police are on the scene of a collision near Vaughan Road and Kenwood Avenue that sent a cyclist to the hospital on Saturday, July 5, 2025. (Jacob Estrin/CTV News) A teenage cyclist is in the hospital after being struck by a vehicle in midtown Toronto Saturday afternoon. Toronto police say they received a call just before 1 p.m. for a collision near Kenwood Avenue and Vaughan Road, north of St. Clair Avenue West. Toronto paramedics told CTV News Toronto the teen suffered critical injuries. In a subsequent update, police said his injuries had been deemed non-life-threatening. Meanwhile, the driver of the vehicle remained at the scene, police say.
CTV News
05-07-2025
- CTV News
Teen cyclist critically injured after being hit by vehicle in midtown Toronto
A Toronto police cruiser is seen in this undated photo. A teenage cyclist has been rushed to the hospital after being struck by a vehicle in midtown Toronto Saturday afternoon. Toronto police say they received a call just before 1 p.m. for a collision near Kenwood Avenue and Vaughan Road, north of St. Clair Avenue West. Toronto paramedics told CTV News Toronto the teen suffered critical injuries. The driver of the vehicle remained at the scene, police say.
CTV News
12-06-2025
- Health
- CTV News
Toronto mother says son suffering life-threatening allergic reaction had to wait about 20 minutes for ambulance
Riley is feeling better after a life-threatening allergic reaction at his school in midtown Toronto Tuesday morning. 'I ate something that had or touched peanuts,' the 10-year-old told CTV News. 'I didn't think it had because it was in a normal bag.' It was shortly after 10 a.m., he told his teacher when he started feeling unwell and went to the school office. 'They gave me my EpiPen when my throat was kind of closing in,' he said. The school, located near Bathurst Street and Glencairn Avenue, also called 911 at 10:17 a.m. It was answered very quickly and they waited for an ambulance to show up. As they waited, Riley's condition didn't improve, and they had to give him a second shot of his EpiPen. 'It was pretty scary while I was waiting for the ambulance,' said Riley. Riley Dale Riley Dale speaks to CTV News Toronto. Toronto paramedics told CTV News, 'While the crew was en route, the call priority was upgraded. The total response time was 19 minutes.' 'My son's school is in midtown Toronto, and there's no reason why this should take that long,' said Amanda Dale, Riley's mom. According to the 10-year-old, fortunately, Hatzoloh Toronto, an emergency service operating in Toronto's Jewish community, arrived to help within three minutes of them being called. They were able to support him but they cannot transport patients to the hospital. 'I was told that when the ambulance did arrive, it was questioned why it took so long, and they responded by saying that they were having a very busy day,' said Dale. 'That's extremely upsetting and extremely frustrating to hear that.' This is the third emergency call reported to CTV News in five days that a patient experienced a 911 call or ambulance response time delay. On Friday, passersby told CTV News they called 911 after they found a staff member bleeding in the doorway of a store near Queen Street West and John Street following a robbery. Toronto paramedics confirmed the ambulance response time was 15. On Saturday night, a 15-year-old was shot in the area of Weston Road and Jane Street. Neighbours rushed to help him and called 911 but the first call was not answered for nearly 7 minutes. The boy was pronounced dead in the hospital. Mayor Olivia Chow called the delay in answering the call 'not acceptable,' and the deputy chief of Toronto Paramedics confirmed a review was underway. The Toronto Police Service told CTV News, '…reducing wait times is a top priority for the Toronto Police Service. We are actively hiring three classes of 30 new communications operators this year to strengthen our capacity and improve response times.' For Dale, she wants to see the delays addressed urgently to prevent a different ending for another child. 'We shouldn't be expected to have a separate, private ambulance service to address our children's emergency needs,' she said.
CBS News
06-06-2025
- Business
- CBS News
Blue Diamond Growers to close historic Sacramento plant, shift operations to Central Valley
The Blue Diamond Growers facility will be winding down operations and leaving its historic midtown Sacramento plant, the company announced Friday. In a statement from Blue Diamond Growers CEO Kai Bockmann, the challenges of running a plant from a historic facility was among the reasons cited for the impending closure. "Our Sacramento team's work ethic and incredible drive have enabled us to build Blue Diamond into what it is today," Bockmann stated. "However, the challenges of running a plant from these historical buildings has become too costly and inefficient." Blue Diamond said the move will start later in 2025 when about 10% of the Sacramento plan employees are expected to exit. About 600 workers will be impacted by the closure, according to Blue Diamond. Most of Blue Diamond's operations will be transferred to the company's plants in Turlock and Salida. Blue Diamond stated that they'll be offering some workers the opportunity to work at the other facilities. Blue Diamond noted that their corporate headquarters will be remaining in Sacramento. Down the line, Blue Diamond noted that they will be looking at selling the more than 50-acre Sacramento property.
National Post
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- National Post
Jesse Kline: The young Jews who will never dance again
In an unassuming industrial district littered with warehouses and big box stores in midtown Toronto lies a powerful reminder of the deadly consequences of antisemitism and why Israel is at war. Article content Article content The Nova Exhibition, which is on display until June 8, provides visitors with an in-depth look at what took place at the Nova music festival in southern Israel on October 7. Article content Article content After passing through security, guests are shown a lively video filled with scenes of young people dancing without a care in the world. In interviews, those who attended the event speak of the transcendence of music, the power of community and the vibes that can only be experienced when 4,000 bodies are all gyrating to the same beat. Article content Article content Though the short video remains upbeat, it is clear by the end that something ominous is on the horizon: as partygoers gather to catch a glimpse of the sunrise, the skies above are suddenly filled with incoming rockets. Article content From there, visitors are taken into a dimly lit, smoke-filled room with black curtains on the walls and what appears to be a dirt floor. Inside, large television screens play looping videos of Hamas terrorists tearing down the border fence and streaming into southern Israel, where they drive around in white pickup trucks, shooting at everyone they see. Article content Guests then walk through a recreation of the Nova festival campsite, featuring the types of tents used by campers, along with recreations of the booths that merchants used to sell their wares. Each one is accompanied by a TV screen featuring testimonies of those who survived and videos from that day shot on the cellphones of those who did not. Article content Article content Phones scattered throughout display text messages that attendees sent to their loved ones before they were slaughtered in cold blood or shoved into a vehicle and taken to the Hamas tunnels underneath Gaza, where some of them have languished for 599 days and counting. Article content Article content In his 1970 poem on Black liberation, recording artist Gil Scott-Heron said that, 'The revolution will not be televised.' But in the case of Hamas, its 'revolution' was live-streamed for the whole world to see. Indeed, only in the 21st century could an atrocity such as this be so thoroughly and meticulously documented.
