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CBC
17 hours ago
- Entertainment
- CBC
Blackpink opens limited edition pop-up shop ahead of Toronto concerts
Toronto is hosting one of the biggest K-pop acts in the world this week. Girl group Blackpink is set to take Rogers Stadium for two nights. In the days ahead of the shows, fans have had a special opportunity to prepare themselves with a special pop-up shop at Yorkdale Mall.
Yahoo
18 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Blackpink opens limited edition pop-up shop ahead of Toronto concerts
Toronto is hosting one of the biggest K-pop acts in the world this week. Girl group Blackpink is set to take Rogers Stadium for two nights. In the days ahead of the shows, fans have had a special opportunity to prepare themselves with a special pop-up shop at Yorkdale Mall.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Yahoo
Police ID man shot dead in Yorkdale Mall parking lot
Toronto police have identified a man shot dead in the parking lot of Yorkdale Mall early Thursday in what investigators believe was "not a random shooting." Kashif Jamal Bentley-Jean, 28, of Toronto, died outside the mall in the area of Highway 401 and Dufferin Street, police said in a news release on Friday. Police responded to a call about a person with a gun in the area at about 6:13 a.m. When officers arrived, they found Bentley-Jean shot. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police said the shooter or shooters fled the area before police arrived. Investigators believe this was "not a random shooting," Det. Sajeev Nair told reporters at a news conference on Thursday. "We understand that an incident like this, particularly in a public location like a mall, can be deeply unsettling," he said. "I want to ensure the public that we're dedicating all necessary resources to this case." Bentley-Jean is the city's 21st homicide of the year. Anyone with information is being asked to call police or Crime Stoppers anonymously.
National Post
4 days ago
- National Post
Woman in her 70s dead after unprovoked stabbing in Toronto parking lot, police say
TORONTO — A woman in her 70s was killed in what seemed to be an unprovoked stabbing as she was loading her groceries in a Toronto parking lot, police said Thursday. Article content The attack happened just after 9:30 a.m. in the area of Parkway Forest Drive and Sheppard Avenue East, at a commercial plaza near CF Fairview Mall in North York. Article content Duty Insp. Phil Sinclair said the woman appeared to be loading groceries into her car after shopping at the nearby supermarket when she was stabbed. Article content She was rushed to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. Article content Article content Sinclair said police believe the attack was unprovoked and the relationship between the victim and the suspect is unknown. Article content The male suspect, who investigators said wore a balaclava, fled the area on foot but police said there was no serious threat to public safety. Article content 'We don't believe it's an ongoing major threat, but we do believe it is serious enough for us to keep searching throughout the entire day, and we will continue right into the evening,' Sinclair told reporters. The stabbing marked the city's second homicide near a shopping mall on Thursday, following an early-morning shooting that left a man dead near Yorkdale Mall. Article content
CTV News
01-06-2025
- General
- CTV News
3 pedestrians taken to the hospital, 1 with serious injuries, after being struck by driver at Yorkdale Mall
Three pedestrians were take to the hospital after being struck by a driver at Yorkdale Mall on June 1. (Jacob Estrin/CTV News Toronto) Three pedestrians have been taken to the hospital after being struck by a driver in the Yorkdale Mall parking lot on Sunday afternoon. The collision happened near the Hudson's Bay store, which is near Dufferin Street and Yorkdale Road, just south of Highway 401. Toronto Police Service (TPS) said they were called to that area just before 3 p.m. for reports of a vehicle hitting three people. They say officers at the scene found one woman in her 50s with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries. She was taken to the hospital by paramedics, investigators say. Two other people, described by EMS as adult females, were also taken to the hospital out of precaution, with minor injuries, said TPS. The driver of the vehicle remained at the scene and is cooperating with the investigation. No charges have been laid at this time.
