You will also start receiving the Star's free morning newsletter These incidents were reported by police in the past week and reportedly occurred in the past two weeks There were 10 residential break and enters reported in the district from Feb Toronto Police Service received 24 reports of a break-in at a home between Feb including 10 in the district of Scarborough In total 235 residential break and enters have been reported in the City of Toronto since Jan 1 – down 83.2 per cent compared to the same period in 2024 A break-in was reported at a house near Fulham Street and Pitfield Road on Thursday This was the first residential break and enter reported in Agincourt South-Malvern West in 2025 A break-in was reported at an apartment near Blantyre Avenue and Kingston Road on Saturday There have been two residential break and enters reported in Birchcliffe-Cliffside in 2025 A break-in was reported at a house near Brooklawn Avenue and Sloley Road on Tuesday This was the first residential break and enter reported in Cliffcrest in 2025 A break-in was reported at a house near Allangrove Crescent and Kenmanor Boulevard on Saturday There have been five residential break and enters reported in L’Amoreaux in 2025 Four break-ins were reported at these locations: a house near Ivy Bush Avenue and Morbank Drive on Saturday an apartment near Huntsmill Boulevard and Jordanroch Court on Tuesday a house near Belsay Court and Frank Rivers Drive on Wednesday a house near Sanwood Boulevard and Treerun Avenue on Thursday There have been five residential break and enters reported in Steeles in 2025 A break-in was reported at a house near Aragon Avenue and Scarden Avenue on Thursday There have been two residential break and enters reported in Tam O’Shanter-Sullivan in 2025 A break-in was reported at a house near Budea Crescent and Crocus Drive on Friday This was the first residential break and enter reported in Wexford/Maryvale in 2025 Find out where residential break and enters were reported in East York, Etobicoke, North York, Old Toronto and York This story was automatically generated using open data collected and maintained by Toronto Police Service. The incidents were reported by police in the past week and reportedly occurred in the past two weeks, but recent crime data is preliminary and subject to change upon further police investigation The locations have been offset to the nearest intersection and no personal information has been included for privacy reasons Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: Account processing issue - the email address may already exist Invalid password or account does not exist Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the email address listed on your account A dance studio in Agincourt South – Malvern West is encouraging an entire generation to dance like nobody’s watching Simply Swagg Dance Studio near Milner Avenue and McCowan Road was founded by 36-year-old Paul Thurton in 2009 I didn’t expect it to have the effect that it did,” said Thurton I really started to see how dance was just the tool to really access these kids’ hearts and minds and then through that you can really see their confidence growing and their self-esteem and just their self-identity instead of searching for who they are out there and trusting what their friends are saying and thinking.” The key to their confidence was building genuine connections in a supportive space with peers who share their love of dance I was really shy and quiet and hated messing up But ever since I started dancing here I learned not to care what people think about me,” said 13-year-old dancer Aniyah Rochester you’re really vulnerable and you’re expressing yourself through movement and not just words so you really learn how to connect with one another,” said another dancer Scarborough is the birthplace of Canadian hip-hop and that local culture resonates with the kids at Simply Swagg and you can see the conquering of the struggle as well in the craft The storytelling and the emotions and the thoughts that go into these arts and especially spawning from Scarborough you can feel the rooted organic culture that spawns from Scarborough,” said Thurton Simply Swagg’s Scarborough roots are a bonus for parents of these children like Tonya Domize Murphy whose 15-year-old son Cashuis Murphy is a dancer “I’m a Scarborough native in my thirties as well and growing up I was in the arts and singing and there was no space like this,” said Murphy He really stayed connected to his community.” “Even though it might not be the cheapest thing to do he really created this space that I did not have growing up So the way that this studio has kept our kids off of the streets Nineteen-year-old Abby Medeiros is an instructor and a former student at the studio She finds a lot of satisfaction in paying it forward “Being an instructor is probably the most important thing to me I have not only learned patience but how to communicate Honestly how to talk slower and how to mentor little kids has been the most amazing experience,” “I had this one kid who came in three-year-old couldn’t even speak and then he started this term and he was like ‘Hey Abby!” and I was like so shocked because all of the sudden he could speak and he’s getting so much better.” 13-year-old Joshua Evidente is motivated to keep coming back “When I’m working hard on something and then I nail it It’s a feeling I can’t even put into words Simply Swagg holds classes for all age groups. If you would like to find out more, you can head to their website. WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Mark Carney will have to navigate a delicate balance during his first in-person meeting with Donald Trump today As the Toronto Maple Leafs busied themselves closing out a raucous 5-4 Game 1 victory over the nemesis Florida Panthers with backup goalie Joseph Woll holding fort and third-stringer Dennis Hildeby.. A Canadian man arrested on vacation has been proven innocent Melissa Nakhavoly with why he is still being held in the Dominican Republic Warmer temperatures but showers are expected on-and-off for the next few days Meteorologist Natasha Ramsahai has your seven-day forecast Ontario Premier Doug Ford calls on Prime Minister Mark Carney to prioritize a list of projects including the proposed Highway 401 tunnel a mentally ill man who was killed in an Ontario prison is calling out the provincial government over the lack of correctional reform listen to NewsRadio Toronto live anytime and get up-to-the-minute breaking-news alerts weather and video from CityNews Toronto anywhere you are – across all Android and iOS devices As Canada's largest (and let's be honest, best) city, Toronto is an expensive place to live — more and more so, it seems, as demand for housing grows while supply remains limited enough to keep average home prices well above the $1 million mark "In 2022, the real estate market experienced volatility, but is now seeing a rebound in sales numbers as a result of the Bank of Canada's recent decision to put a hold on interest rates at 4.5%," wrote the brokerage when releasing its ranking of the 10 most-affordable communities in Toronto "The Canadian Home analyzed data from over 150 communities in Toronto to map out the average selling price and the number of properties sold in the last six months." It's important to note that this analysis focused on condo apartments which go for much higher on average than condos do The firm thus concluded that these are currently the most-affordable communities in which to buy a home (not a house but a condo) in The 6ix for those who don't already own property: "Kingsview Village is an established community where families can choose from a wide range of housing options and brand-new two-story homes," reads the new report "Residents of this close-knit neighbourhood have their pick of several different types of dwellings including a slew of high-rise apartment complexes on Dixon Road and other high-rise buildings and homes on Islington Avenue." "Scarborough is a diverse community with something to offer everyone Investing in a condo in Scarborough is a wise financial decision as prices for units of all sizes are rising," writes The Canadian Home many new developments are in progress with a thriving condo renovation market This is supported by various infrastructure improvements already underway or in the planning stages." "Many different nationalities are represented in the residents of Dorset Park A new group of young families with children is slowly displacing the older first-generation Dorset Park residents are undergoing a period of transition right now," reads the report "This is an ideal area for newlyweds or homebuyers looking to start a family." Hailing this multicultural community for its many shopping The Canadian Home notes that apartment buildings dominate this area including recent immigrants to Canada in search of a diverse and welcoming area will find what they're looking for in this vibrant and inexpensive neighbourhood," reads the report culturally diverse neighbourhood takes up a large portion of the far northwest corner of Toronto featuring an eclectic mix of vast parklands and educational campuses," say the analysts who compiled this ranking "West Humber-Clairville is close to the airport and major highways making it a convenient location for commuters West Humber-Clairville has several parks and green spaces The Canadian Home notes in its report that this neighbourhood has been undergoing significant redevelopment in recent years "Purchasing a home in Yorkdale-Glen Park now could result in a solid return on investment in the future," notes the report the neighbourhood is close to major transportation routes making it easy to commute to downtown Toronto or other parts of the Greater Toronto Area." This area has affordable homes near grocery stores and shops as well as excellent play structures and sports spaces," writes The Canadian Home "Flemington Park has many big green spaces and is only a 20 minute to drive downtown." or Northwood Park as it is more commonly known is a stunning area where buyers will find many brand-new homes in Toronto," reads the report with nearly 20 per cent of the people falling within the age range of 18 to 24." Analysts highlight the "relaxed atmosphere," in this area crediting the large number students who live there and "enjoy spending sunny days lounging on the lawns and in parks." this dense residential area spans the western tributary of the Humber River and is home to three distinct municipalities," reads the report "Houses in this Toronto suburb vary from modest bungalows and Victorian mansions to large apartment buildings and luxury high-rises providing a lot of variety to those first-time buyers who are looking for something different." but still with average condo prices under $600,000 "First-time homebuyers may find the community's wide selection of reasonably priced single-family homes and public transit routes that pass through the community and provide convenient access to other parts of the city Ashton Emanuel There were five residential break and enters reported in the district from March 4 to March 10 Toronto Police Service received 24 reports of a break-in at a home between March 4 and March 10 including five in the district of Scarborough In total 266 residential break and enters have been reported in the City of Toronto since Jan 1 – down 82.8 per cent compared to the same period in 2024 A break-in was reported at a house near Havenview Road and Lockdare Street on Thursday There have been two residential break and enters reported in Agincourt South-Malvern West in 2025 A break-in was reported at a house near Midland Avenue and Tara Avenue on Friday There have been two residential break and enters reported in Bendale in 2025 A break-in was reported at a house near Ionson Boulevard and Red Deer Avenue on Tuesday There have been three residential break and enters reported in Birchcliffe-Cliffside in 2025 A break-in was reported at a house near Hillwood Court and Stonebridge Boulevard on Thursday There have been six residential break and enters reported in L’Amoreaux in 2025 A break-in was reported at an apartment near Pharmacy Avenue and Teesdale Place on Wednesday There have been two residential break and enters reported in Oakridge in 2025 Scarborough residents have always complained of their second-class status. Some believe the burb has become little more than a fleeting afterthought post-GTA amalgamation Now a new report by social policy expert John Stapleton confirms this might be the case While poverty has become endemic to North Scarborough, none of Toronto’s 31 Neighbourhood Improvement Areas (NIAs) — communities earmarked for special support to tackle youth violence poverty and social service gaps — are located there policymakers calculate the average income after basic shelter costs Yet after using this equation in more than 140 neighbourhoods within the GTA seven in north Scarborough (north of Highway 401) have higher levels of poverty than those designated as NIAs The result leaves many Scarborough residents feeling short-changed by the city “Even though northern Scarborough has seven of the poorest of Toronto’s 140 neighbourhoods not one has an NIA designation: not Malvern which comes in 9th poorest; neither Agincourt North (29th) nor Agincourt South-Malvern West (32); not L’Amoreaux (34th),” the report says Flemingdon Park and Black Creek — all designated NIAs — rank as the top three poorest neighbourhoods says he hopes the analysis “helps to improve the way we target communities” for extra support “John is the first to acknowledge there is not enough money for those who get it,” he said “But let’s make sure we do it a bit better.” city staff at least acknowledge the limitations of the tools they have been using – and vow to leverage Stapleton’s data to bring about new decisions for those in North Scarborough next year But Councillor Jennifer McKelvie isn’t interested in waiting She plans to bring a motion to council asking city staff to consider designating her Scarborough-Rouge Valley ward an NIA neighbourhood immediately “In the 10 months since I have been elected I have witnessed the aspiration and resilience of the Malvern community,” said the first-term councillor in an email from Copenhagen where she is attending a municipal conference the inherent challenges associated with having the longest commute times in the entire city and the 9th lowest after-tax and shelter income make it very difficult for Malvern residents to get ahead.” it’s a similar reality where he lives in the neighbourhood of Milikin its malls,” Stapleton wrItes in the forward to his report Old Toronto is much better at taking care of itself than Scarborough,” he says the lack of public policy advocacy in northern Scarborough is stunning I know that when policy advocacy is done well north Scarborough does not take care of itself It is ineffective when it tries to fight back.” Stapleton notes that this is because of a class divide Northern Scarborough had the lowest voter turnout in the last civic election and the highest concentration of residents who commute over an hour to work daily It also contains the highest percentage of residents who don’t speak English or French at between 10 per cent and 49 per cent One resident embroiled in the situation is Bee Lee Soh an Agincourt rooming house resident who lives on less than $300 a month after paying rent She says her address has excluded her from participating in the Toronto Strong Neighbourhood Strategy 2020 a multi-year effort to improve the health and wealth of the city’s poorest communities Part of Lee Soh’s problem is the absence of affordable housing in the neighbourhood North Scarborough has the lowest level of subsidized housing per capita in the city And it has the lowest level of subsidized housing of all NIAs who says she has tried for years to become a member of a local resident advisory council for the strategy Let’s hope Stapleton’s report redefines the NIA designations and brings relief to those far reaches of the GTA – the ones most burdened by stigma A cake shop in the City of Toronto’s east end started by five friends with a passion for dessert has become home to many unique cake flavours That’s how we came up with the idea,” said Robin Liu Their store in Agincourt South-Malvern West is located around the Highway 401 and Midland Avenue area It was opened this past year after the lease at their original location There is also another store in downtown Toronto and the owners hope to keep expanding There’s a number of cakes to choose from and the flavours are unique described as a blend between European and Asian ingredients So that’s how we come up with all our flavours,” said Liu There’s a number of different desserts on the menu and all of them look like a work of art combining bright colours and different flavours “One of our specialties would be the Mille Crepe cakes It’s kind of like because it’s 32 very thin crepes and with the fresh cream in it we do have lots of different flavors which you may not see in the other places,” said Liu Grape, ovaltine and Match Yuku are just a few unique flavours they highlight in their cakes. To find out more about this shop and what they have to offer, head to their website.  WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Mark Carney will have to navigate a delicate balance during his first in-person meeting with Donald Trump today, following months of the U.S. president targeting Canada with... As the Toronto Maple Leafs busied themselves closing out a raucous 5-4 Game 1 victory over the nemesis Florida Panthers with backup goalie Joseph Woll holding fort and third-stringer Dennis Hildeby... A Canadian man arrested on vacation has been proven innocent. Melissa Nakhavoly with why he is still being held in the Dominican Republic. Warmer temperatures but showers are expected on-and-off for the next few days. Meteorologist Natasha Ramsahai has your seven-day forecast. Ontario Premier Doug Ford calls on Prime Minister Mark Carney to prioritize a list of projects including the proposed Highway 401 tunnel. The family of Soleiman Faqiri, a mentally ill man who was killed in an Ontario prison, is calling out the provincial government over the lack of correctional reform Now New and Improved! Watch CityNews, listen to NewsRadio Toronto live anytime and get up-to-the-minute breaking-news alerts, traffic, weather and video from CityNews Toronto anywhere you are – across all Android and iOS devices. Bee Lee Soh, an Agincourt rooming house resident whose address excludes her from participating in city programs that could help lift her out of poverty. - Moe Doiron for the Toronto Star Portrait social policy expert John Stapleton, wrote a report calling on the province to raise the age of support for Crown Wards to 25 in Toronto. February 27, 2012. STEVE RUSSELL/TORONTO STAR Scarborough has long complained of its second-class status as part of the Toronto megacity.And when it comes to poverty, a new report suggests the city is indeed shortchanging some of Scarborough’s neediest communities. This article is over a year old, and the information within may be out of date. Scarborough has long complained of its second-class status as part of the Toronto megacity. And when it comes to poverty, a new report suggests the city is indeed shortchanging some of Scarborough’s neediest communities. None of Toronto’s 31 so-called Neighbourhood Improvement Areas — communities earmarked for special support to tackle youth violence, poverty and social service gaps — are in north Scarborough, says the report by social policy expert John Stapleton. And yet, when average incomes after shelter costs are calculated in each of Toronto’s 140 neighbourhoods, seven in north Scarborough, north of Highway 401, have higher levels of poverty than those designated as Neighbourhood Improvement Areas, or NIAs, according to the report. “Even though northern Scarborough has seven of the poorest of Toronto’s 140 neighbourhoods, not one has an NIA designation: not Malvern, which comes in 9th poorest; neither Agincourt North (29th) nor Agincourt South-Malvern West (32); not L’Amoreaux (34th),” the report says. Milliken, where Stapleton has owned a home for more than 40 years, is the city’s 12th poorest neighbourhood, according to the report, written in collaboration with the University of Toronto’s Neighbourhood Change Research Partnership using 2016 census data. Thorncliffe Park, Flemingdon Park and Black Creek — all designated NIAs — rank as the top three poorest neighbourhoods, in Stapleton’s analysis. U of T professor David Hulchanski, who heads up the research partnership, says he hopes the analysis “helps to improve the way we target communities” for extra support. “John is the first to acknowledge there is not enough money for those who get it,” he said. “But let’s make sure we do it a bit better.” City staff responsible for the NIA program acknowledge current tools to assess neighbourhoods in need don’t capture the full picture and will use Stapleton’s report as part of a broader review over the next few years. But Councillor Jennifer McKelvie, whose Scarborough-Rouge Valley ward includes part of Malvern, says she plans to bring a motion to council asking city staff to consider designating the area an NIA now. “In the 10 months since I have been elected, I have witnessed the aspiration and resilience of the Malvern community,” said the first-term councillor in an email from Copenhagen where she is attending a municipal conference. “However, the inherent challenges associated with having the longest commute times in the entire city, and the 9th lowest after-tax and shelter income, make it very difficult for Malvern residents to get ahead.” For Stapleton, the numbers in his report confirm his experience in Milikin, once a thriving middle-class part of the city which runs east of Midland Ave. to Middlefield Rd., south of Steeles Ave. to McNicoll Ave. “I see this daily: in its roads, its parks, its stores, its malls,” Stapleton says in the forward to his report. “I see the mail service, the sanitation, snow removal, the transit, and the infrastructure and I know what that looks like and how it feels,” says the retired provincial social services bureaucrat who has advised federal, provincial and municipal politicians on how to fight poverty. As Toronto’s inner suburbs became less attractive, less expensive and more stigmatized, they also become less able to advocate for themselves, he says. “Whether the issue is transit, bike lanes, city jobs, infrastructure development, poverty reduction, educational institutions, or affordable housing, Old Toronto is much better at taking care of itself than Scarborough,” he says. “To me, the lack of public policy advocacy in northern Scarborough is stunning. And being a public policy advocate, I know that when policy advocacy is done well, it gets results,” he says. “Unfortunately, north Scarborough does not take care of itself. It is ineffective when it tries to fight back.” The northern part of Scarborough had the lowest voter turnout in the last civic election. It has the highest concentration of residents who commute over an hour to work and the highest percentage of residents who don’t speak English or French at between 10 per cent and 49 per cent, Stapleton adds. Toronto’s NIAs grew out of the Priority Neighbourhood strategy launched by the city and United Way Greater Toronto in 2005 to address an alarming growth of poverty and lack of social services in the city’s inner suburbs. Thirteen areas were targeted for special attention. City staff were assigned to co-ordinate local services and community planning. And community groups were funded to work with residents to develop neighbourhood action plans, create community gardens, start youth programs and launch other community-building activities. In 2014, under mayor Rob Ford, the Priority Neighbourhood designation was changed to Neighbourhood Improvement Area, largely due to concerns from some residents that the original label created a stigma. At that time, the city and the United Way also introduced a new tool to designate NIAs called Urban HEART, which looks at six areas including physical environment and infrastructure, social and human development, economic opportunity, governance, population health and disease-specific concerns. But by looking at income — and not shelter costs — Stapleton argues the Urban HEART tool underestimates poverty in struggling parts of the city without large concentrations of social housing. And this has led to neighbourhoods such as those in north Scarborough being left out. That is because low-income residents living in private accommodation often spend much more than 30 per cent of their income on rent and therefore have less money to get by. This is particularly true of the working poor and those living on social assistance, Stapleton says. It creates a “double or nothing” profile for poor neighbourhoods because areas that already benefit from an abundance of subsidized housing are more likely to get NIA status. Meanwhile, large areas of the city that need NIA resources — such as north Scarborough — don’t have them “simply because they have very little subsidized housing.” North Scarborough has the lowest level of subsidized housing per capita in the city, the report says. And it has the lowest level of subsidized housing of all NIAs. “After-shelter income is so obviously the key metric for determining need and vulnerability in a large city with extremely high private-market rents and extremely low public rents,” Stapleton said in an interview. Bee Lee Soh, an Agincourt rooming house resident who lives on less than $300 a month after paying rent, says her address has excluded her from participating in the Toronto Strong Neighbourhood Strategy 2020, a multi-year effort to improve the health and wealth of the city’s poorest communities. “It is really frustrating,” said Soh, 58, who says she has tried for years to become a member of a local resident advisory council for the strategy. Trauma from falling into homelessness over a decade ago and the daily struggle to survive on meagre Ontario Works benefits has made it difficult for Soh to find a stable job. She fills her days volunteering and helping politicians understand poverty, most recently as a member of former federal social development minister Jean-Yves Duclos’s national advisory committee on poverty. Despite her extensive volunteer work in northwest Scarborough, Soh says city staff have told her she can’t be a member of the advisory council because she wasn’t nominated by her “local planning table.” “But we don’t have a local planning table because we aren’t an NIA,” she said. Soh, however, is persistent and after much badgering learned just last month that she would be permitted to participate. “I am happy to be part of the advisory council. But it just doesn’t seen right how I was treated,” she said. Stapleton’s report shows that 17 of Toronto’s poorest neighbourhoods get no special attention by City Hall. Ten of those communities are in Scarborough, including seven in north Scarborough — north of highway 401 and east of Victoria Park Blvd. In July, at the request of Toronto Centre Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, city council voted to review the NIA status of North St. James Town, near Bloor and Sherbourne Sts., the 23rd poorest neighbourhood, according to Stapleton’s report. Scarborough North Councillor Cynthia Lai said she also plans to raise Stapleton’s findings with city staff “to see if any action is warranted.” But in the meantime, Lai said she has been advocating for more neighbourhood police officers. “I agree north Scarborough has been neglected,” said Lai, who was first elected a year ago. “It is one of the things that motivated me to run for council.” Community Development manager John Smith, who oversees 10 community development officers assigned to work with the city’s 31 NIAs, says the city will “definitely” be looking at Stapleton’s report along with other data and focus groups to broaden the Urban HEART assessment tool. John Stapleton, a social policy expert, is the author of a new report that suggests the city is shortchanging some of Scarborough’s neediest communities. TORONTO STAR FILE PHOTO Staff will report to council in the fall of 2020 to get the ball rolling, Smith said. However, he noted this doesn’t preclude more immediate action in communities such as North St. James Town, where council has already approved increased support in the wake of devastating apartment fires and power outages in the area over the past year. But there is no question NIA status is an advantage. More than 220 city community grants of between $1,000 and $3,000 have been issued to NIA residents over the past three years. And $12 million has been spent on community infrastructure, such as meeting rooms, community gardens, sports pads and parks, Smith said. The United Way invested about $17 million in the 31 NIAs and eight other high-need areas including Malvern and Steeles-L’Amoreaux in north Toronto. Smith says the NIA model helps to co-ordinate a “multi-layered web of community supports, including federal, provincial and local funding investments.” He is hoping to quantify those investments in his report to council next fall. Lee Soda, executive director of Agincourt Community Services Association, has seen the impact of her area losing Priority Neighbourhood status in 2015 when the NIA model was adopted. “For us who work in these communities and are on the ground, we have to recognize there has been improvement over the years,” Soda said. “But the Urban HEART tool didn’t factor in everything — particularly the housing piece. And I think it puts this part of Scarborough at a real disadvantage without the status.” Devika Shah, executive director of Social Planning Toronto also welcomes Stapleton’s report. “I absolutely agree that north Scarborough is an area of the city that is underserved,” she said in an interview. “Expanding on Urban HEART as an assessment tool for more equitable measures is needed.” Neighbourhoods that need the support shouldn’t have to be competing against each other, trying to prove who is in greatest need, she said. The city could find the necessary funds by cancelling the “ill-conceived” $1 billion Gardiner Expressway rebuild or spending less on policing, she added. While the city works to expand it assessment tool, Stapleton’s report would be a good place to get started now, Shah said. “Just looking at the after-tax income, after-shelter costs alone give you a good indication of which (areas) need additional support,” she said. The United Way, which partners with the city on NIAs, is also reviewing Stapleton’s analysis. “Reports like these are important to help us understand the full picture, the diverse contexts and changing dynamics of poverty in the GTA,” said Nation Cheong, the United Way’s vice-president of community opportunities and mobilization. “In a region as diverse as ours, poverty looks different in different places,” Cheong added. “What’s important is that as a region, we are continuously examining it, naming it, adapting and working together to tackle these challenges.” Toronto’s northeast and northwest are the city’s hardest-hit area for COVID-19 according to new data released by public health Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience Don't have an account? Create Account the data displays both the total number of cases per neighbourhood and the number of infections per 100,000 people We apologize, but this video has failed to load.Try refreshing your browser, ortap here to see other videos from our team.Play VideoArticle contentFor total number of cases the Rouge neighbourhood in the city’s extreme east ranks the highest at 400 followed by Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown with 384 Lambton-Baby Point — a wealthy enclave in the former city of York between the Humber River and Jane St. Andrew-Winfields — an area bordered north-to-south by the 401 to York Mills Rd Mayor John Tory said he wasn’t surprised by the results into the socio-economic characteristics of some of those neighbourhoods and the kinds of work settings in which people work the accommodations that they often live in sometimes many members of a family together,” he said “It provides more of an opportunity for the virus to spread inside those households than what otherwise might be the case.” Eileen de Villa said that while knowing which areas of the city are hardest-hit is valuable from a public health point of view she warned against using the map to stigmatize those living there “Where a person lives does not necessarily indicate where they picked up COVID-19,” she said “You are at risk of getting COVID-19 anywhere when you are in close contact with the respiratory droplets of someone who is infected with the virus.” She also warned against assuming the map indicates parts of the city people should avoid “Areas with lower rates of COVID-19 cases are not inherently safer from a COVID-19 perspective,” she said As of Tuesday — the most up-to-date information available at press time — there are 10,525 cases in Toronto Three-hundred fifty-six patients were in hospital TEN HARDEST HIT TORONTO NEIGHBOURHOODS(Source: City of Toronto Public Health) Rouge (400 cases)Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown (384 cases)Milliken (365 cases)West Humber-Clairville (357 cases)Woburn (325 cases)Glenfield-Jane Heights (305 cases)Agincourt North (301 cases)Agincourt South-Malvern West (301 cases)Downsview-Roding-CFB (277 cases)York University Heights (249 cases) transmission or republication strictly prohibited This website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic. 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By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy You can manage saved articles in your account the Daily Bread Food Banks is bringing local Ontario produce to five lower-income sites in Toronto this summer and continuing through the end of September the Daily Bread Food Bank is taking a donations of excess farmer-donated vegetables fruits and herbs to lower-income areas in the city The mobile produce market is piloting the program in Scarborough but has plans to serve 20 neighbourhoods over the next year by delivering 20 per cent more food Daily Bread Food Bank chief executive officer Neil Hetherington states: “With our network of front-line agencies and food banks across the city Daily Bread is uniquely positioned to help these 20 neighbourhoods address the immediate needs of their most vulnerable residents by increasing our food shipments to them by 20 per cent.” Scarborough was initially chosen after the city realized a 30 per cent increase in food bank visits in 2017 produce is being distributed at no cost to the consumer providing residents of the areas to have unimpeded access to fresh The neighbourhoods designated as priority by Daily Bread are Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown The Daily Bread Food Bank has 15 member agencies that serve these areas; each will receive 20 per cent more food delivered to them including shelf-stable products as well as fresh produce 2014This article was published more than 11 years ago A new measure is being used to rank Toronto's neighbourhoods – the "neighbourhood equity score" which combines ratings for economic opportunity participation in decision-making and physical surroundings change the way Toronto's 140 neighbourhoods are evaluated by city staff when they decide where to direct services The new rankings are likely to set off a lively debate about the city's role in providing social services and what areas of the city are most deserving of extra funding and attention – all against the backdrop of the fall civic election The new measures were developed in conjunction with researchers at St Michael's Hospital's Centre for Research on Inner City Health and are adapted from work done by the World Health Organization Welcome to The Globe and Mail’s comment community. 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For more information on our commenting policies and how our community-based moderation works, please read our Community Guidelines and our Terms and Conditions There have been 3,261 vehicles reported stolen in Toronto so far this year — up 49 per cent compared to the same period in 2021 Police received 23 reports of a stolen vehicle in Scarborough between May 26 and June 1 and the information within may be out of date Police received 23 reports of a stolen vehicle in Scarborough between May 26 and June 1. That’s down from 25 reported for the previous week. Reports of auto thefts across the entire city climbed by three to 141 (you can find the latest numbers for other parts of Toronto here) One auto theft was reported at the following location: a parking lot near Mccowan Road and Nugget Avenue on Wednesday A total of 20 vehicles have been reported stolen in Agincourt South-Malvern West in 2022 One auto theft was reported at the following location: a curbside near Borough Drive and Triton Road on Tuesday A total of 28 vehicles have been reported stolen in Bendale in 2022 Two auto thefts were reported at the following locations: a curbside around Eglinton Avenue East and Lebovic Avenue on Thursday May 26 at around 1 p.m.; and a parking lot around Birchmount Road and Parnell Avenue on Saturday A total of 24 vehicles have been reported stolen in Clairlea-Birchmount in 2022 One auto theft was reported at the following location: a curbside around National Street and Olga Street on Tuesday A total of 11 vehicles have been reported stolen in Cliffcrest in 2022 Three auto thefts were reported at the following locations: a driveway around Dundalk Drive and Glamorgan Avenue on Thursday May 26 at about 12 a.m.; a curbside near Mendip Crescent and Shropshire Drive on Sunday May 29 at around 10 p.m.; and a driveway near Gilroy Drive and Shropshire Drive on Monday A total of 25 vehicles have been reported stolen in Dorset Park in 2022 One auto theft was reported at the following location: a curbside around Eglinton Avenue East and Transway Crescent on Tuesday A total of 14 vehicles have been reported stolen in Kennedy Park in 2022 One auto theft was reported at the following location: a curbside near Chester Le Boulevard and Iangrove Terrace on Sunday A total of 20 vehicles have been reported stolen in L’Amoreaux in 2022 One auto theft was reported at the following location: a curbside near Artillery Street and Midland Avenue on Tuesday A total of 25 vehicles have been reported stolen in Milliken in 2022 Seven auto thefts were reported at the following locations: a driveway near Kengate Drive and Mcinnes Crescent on Thursday May 26 at around 10 p.m.; a driveway near Old Finch Avenue and Valley Centre Drive on Thursday May 26 at about 10 p.m.; a curbside around Finchdene Square and Torham Place on Saturday May 28 at about 5 p.m.; a curbside around Milner Avenue and Morningside Avenue on Monday May 30 at around 6 p.m.; a driveway around Glacier Crescent and Quietbrook Crescent on Tuesday May 31 at around 6 p.m.; a driveway near Boulderbrook Drive and Staines Road on Tuesday May 31 at around 11 p.m.; and a driveway near Glacier Crescent and Quietbrook Crescent on Wednesday A total of 70 vehicles have been reported stolen in Rouge in 2022 One auto theft was reported at the following location: a curbside around Allanford Road and Sheppard Avenue East on Tuesday A total of 28 vehicles have been reported stolen in Tam O’Shanter-Sullivan in 2022 One auto theft was reported at the following location: a curbside around Sloane Avenue and Victoria Park Avenue on Thursday A total of 39 vehicles have been reported stolen in Wexford/Maryvale in 2022 Three auto thefts were reported at the following locations: a driveway around Markham Road and Scranton Road on Wednesday May 25 at about 8 p.m.; a driveway near Mossbank Drive and Scarborough Golf Club Road on Monday May 30 at around 10 p.m.; and a curbside around Greencedar Circt and Lawrence Avenue East on Wednesday A total of 77 vehicles have been reported stolen in Woburn in 2022 Find the latest reports of stolen vehicles for Toronto’s other neighbourhoods This story was automatically generated using open data collected and maintained by Toronto Police Service. The incidents were reported by police in the past week and reportedly occurred in the past two weeks, but recent crime data is preliminary and subject to change upon further police investigation There were seven residential break and enters reported in the district from March 25 to March 31 Toronto Police Service received 31 reports of a break-in at a home between March 25 and March 31 including seven in the district of Scarborough In total 358 residential break and enters have been reported in the City of Toronto since Jan 1 – down 81.6 per cent compared to the same period in 2024 A break-in was reported at a house near Dowry Street and Reidmount Avenue on Wednesday There have been three residential break and enters reported in Agincourt South-Malvern West in 2025 A break-in was reported at an apartment near Dunlop Avenue and Silvio Avenue on Monday There have been two residential break and enters reported in Clairlea-Birchmount in 2025 A break-in was reported at a house near Midland Avenue and Riviera Drive on Friday There have been two residential break and enters reported in Cliffcrest in 2025 A break-in was reported at a house near Harfleur Road and King Louis Crescent on Friday There have been seven residential break and enters reported in L’Amoreaux in 2025 A break-in was reported at a house near Bramblebrook Avenue and Captain Hall Court on Thursday There have been three residential break and enters reported in Milliken in 2025 A break-in was reported at a house near Hoptree Avenue and Staines Road on Monday There have been two residential break and enters reported in Rouge in 2025 A break-in was reported at an apartment near Dubarry Avenue and Morningside Avenue on Sunday There have been two residential break and enters reported in West Hill in 2025 As he was inducted in Glory Kickboxing Hall of Fame Joseph Valtellini had transcended the sport of kickboxing “It was actually watching martial arts films with my father as a kid that inspired me to get into martial arts,” Valtellina tells CityNews nicknamed “Bazooka Joe,” was hooked and it didn’t take long for the Taekwondo black belt to decide that he wanted to compete so his career was mostly spent fighting abroad “Every fight I took I was an underdog and when I got to the big show I was fighting guys with like 100 fights and no one gave me a chance,” said Valtellini a lot of that was proving that I can be the best in the world and I became the fastest rising world champion in kickboxing.” Valtellini thanked his parents’ support but also Scarborough for instilling a type of toughness you might not get anywhere else Valtellini loves the city and kickboxing so the retired fighter He couldn’t see going anywhere else but the Agincourt South-Malvern West community “This is the first gym I walked into to kickbox when I was 19 years old.” Valtellini has now shifted his focus to growing the sport of kickboxing in the community and training the next generation of champions at Bazooka Kickboxing & MMA Isabella Filippazzo is one of the fighters he trains who is set to compete in a tournament in the new year for a chance a to win $100,000 and a pro contract I know [my opponent] has a lot of experience but I train with the best team in the world,” said Filippazzo I wanted to align myself with people who can get me to my goals and Joe is one of those guys.” Valtellini called her “the future.” “What I noticed is she has that mentality To find out more about Valtellini’s gym, head to his website. There were seven vehicles reported stolen in the district from March 13 to March 19 Toronto Police Service received 30 reports of a stolen vehicle between March 13 to March 19 In total 424 auto thefts have been reported in the City of Toronto since Jan 1 — down 81.1 per cent compared to the same period in 2024 A vehicle was reported stolen from a driveway around Pitfield Road and Tidworth Square on Monday There have been 10 auto thefts reported in Agincourt South-Malvern West in 2025 Two vehicles were reported stolen from these locations: a driveway near Bonnechere Crescent and Panmure Crescent on Friday a driveway near Saratoga Drive and Wincrest Drive on Friday There have been 12 auto thefts reported in Bendale in 2025 A vehicle was reported stolen from a parking lot near Glamorgan Avenue and Kennedy Road on Monday There have been seven auto thefts reported in Dorset Park in 2025 A vehicle was reported stolen from a curbside around Kenmark Boulevard and Kennedy Road on Thursday There have been four auto thefts reported in Kennedy Park in 2025 A vehicle was reported stolen from a driveway around Enchanted Hills Crescent and Goldhawk Trail on Tuesday There have been six auto thefts reported in Milliken in 2025 A vehicle was reported stolen from a curbside near Esquire Road and Victoria Park Avenue on Friday There have been four auto thefts reported in Tam O’Shanter-Sullivan in 2025 Find out where auto thefts were reported in East York, Etobicoke, North York, Old Toronto and York