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A teenage girl has been rushed to Sunnybrook hospital after she was struck by a car in North York.
EMS were called to the intersection of Bathurst and Ellerslie Avenue around 9:30 Sunday night, near Finch.
She suffered serious head injuries.
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8/26/2012 5:07:00 PM
Four young people who died in a plane crash Friday in southwestern Ontario have been identified.
Ontario Provincial Police say the plane's pilot was Marko Misic, 20, of Toronto and the three passengers were Mohammed Shahnawaz Zia, 23, of Toronto, Wasay Rizwan, 27 of Toronto and Victoria Margaret Luk, 19, of Mississauga, Ont.
All four victims were pronounced dead at the scene.
The single-engine Cessna 172 had departed from the Waterloo Regional Airport at 6:10 p.m. Friday.Police say it was supposed to fly to Toronto, then Niagara Falls, Ont., then back to Toronto. But at some point during the flight, investigators say the four-seater plane encountered ``unknown difficulties'' and crashed into a cornfield in Mapleton, Ont.The plane had been rented from the Waterloo-Wellington Flight Centre.
Witnesses say they spotted the plane weaving back and forth in the sky Friday evening about 50 kilometres northwest of Kitchener.
At first they thought ...
Two teen kayakers, 15 and 16 years old, have been rescued after they came across some rough waters on Lake Ontario overnight.
They were part of a group of 11 people trying to cross from Niagara to Toronto.
They set off on the 50-kilometre trip around 1:30am Sunday.
Sgt. Harlen Tinney with the Toronto Police Marine Unit says about 3-quarters of the way to their destination, the winds picked up, causing the waves to grow and toss the kayaks around on the water.
Several boats flipped over and in all of the confusion, the two teens lost the rest of the group.
"You could easily get seperated from your group just because ... you're so close to the water and you can't see very far," says Tinney.
The US and Canadian Coast Guard were called out to find them.
The Toronto Police Marine Unit rescued the boys about 12 kilometres off shore.
"They ...
Every flight from Pearson to Miami today has been cancelled and almost every arrival from Miami is grounded as Florida braces for Tropical Storm Isaac.
Forecasters say the storm could grow into a category 1 hurricane by the time the eye reaches the Keys tonight and possibly a dangerous category 2 when it hits the northern Gulf Coast.
The storm has top sustained winds of about 100 km/h and is moving at 31 km/h.
Check out the latest information on arrivals and departures from Pearson Aiport's website.
A man has died in a single-vehicle crash in Scarborough.
Police say the man in his 30s lost control of the car at about 11:50 p.m. Saturday as he was going northbound on Marilake Dr near Brimley Rd and Hwy 401.
His car flipped over and he was ejected. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police say there was no one else in the car.
Police are investigating a shooting near Vaughan Rd and Oakwood Ave.
Officers were called to the area after gunshots were heard at about 3 a.m. Sunday.
The victim took himself to hospital. He was shot in the back and has non-life threatening injuries.
Police have no information on suspects at this time.