Maple Express | September 27, 2026 — Man Dead, One Arrested After Stabbing at North York Apartment Building

1. Man dead, one arrested after stabbing at North York apartment building

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Toronto police say a man is dead and another person has been arrested after a stabbing at an apartment building in North York on Saturday night. Police say a call came in shortly before 8:30 p.m. for a stabbing on Tangreen Court, near Yonge Street and Steeles Avenue West.

Officers who arrived found a male victim, who was later pronounced dead at the scene. Police say one person was arrested at the scene. The circumstances surrounding the stabbing are under investigation, and the homicide unit has been notified. Police have not yet released further details, including the victim's identity.

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2. Four dead after helicopter crash on Montreal's South Shore

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Quebec provincial police (Sûreté du Québec) say four people are dead after a helicopter crashed and caught fire on Montreal's South Shore on Saturday afternoon. Police say they were called to the scene around 2:30 p.m. near Rang des Écossais off Highway 10 in the municipality of Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville.

Sûreté du Québec Sgt. Audrey-Anne Bilodeau says the four people inside the helicopter were declared dead at the scene, and first responders brought the fire under control within the following hour. Based on preliminary information, the helicopter was in distress shortly after it took off and then crashed. Police could not confirm ownership of the helicopter, where it took off, where it was headed, or the identities of the victims. An investigation is underway, and the Transportation Safety Board of Canada has deployed a team of investigators to the scene.

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3. Toronto and Vancouver ranked among the world's weakest real estate markets

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A new report from UBS shows Toronto has gone from the strongest real estate market in the world to one of the weakest, with housing prices down about 30 per cent since peaking in 2022. The wealth management firm's annual Global Real Estate Bubble Index tracks residential prices across 23 cities worldwide, including Amsterdam, Dubai, New York City and Tokyo.

UBS rates Toronto's current bubble risk as “moderate,” pointing to Ottawa's foreign buyer ban, a glut of housing supply and higher interest rates as factors behind the reversal. For eight years, between 2014 and 2022, UBS found Toronto had the strongest housing market of any city it tracks, with prices doubling on the back of population growth, investor demand and heavy construction. Since its peak, the trend has flipped: prices are down about 10 per cent in the past year alone. Vancouver's prices are down around 20 per cent from the 2022 peak, with home sales at a 25-year low.

Recent local data reflects the same correction. In the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board's most recent data, listings in August were down 14 per cent compared with the same time last year. Sales in the GTA edged lower, down roughly two per cent from August 2025, while the composite benchmark price fell 4.5 per cent year-over-year, with average selling prices hovering at $993,410. Toronto's average home price across all property types peaked at $1,334,544 in February 2022. Rents have eased too: across one- and two-bedroom units in the GTA, prices are down about two per cent from the second quarter of 2025 to 2026, averaging $2,273 and $3,013, respectively.

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4. Peel police seek man who approached child walking home in Brampton

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Peel police are looking for a man who allegedly approached a child walking home in Brampton on Wednesday afternoon and had a brief physical interaction. Police say the child was walking in the area of Flamingo Crescent and Forsythia Road between 3:30 p.m. and 3:55 p.m. when a man approached from behind.

The child was able to “disengage” from the brief interaction and left, and was not physically injured, police say. The man was last seen walking east on Forsythia Road toward Folkstone Crescent. He is believed to be South Asian, 25 to 30 years old, six feet tall with a slim build, and has straight medium-length black hair that touches his ears. He was last seen wearing a black cloth face mask, a white T-shirt and long brown pants. Police are asking anyone with information to contact them or Crime Stoppers anonymously.

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5. Toronto mayoral candidates keep campaigning across the region

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Campaigning in Toronto's mayoral race is continuing, with candidates fanning out across the Greater Toronto Area.

CTV News Toronto's Janice Golding says mayoral candidates Olivia Chow, Brad Bradford and Chris Alexander are leading their own rallies to sway voters.

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6. Toronto celebrates Oktoberfest in the Distillery District

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Toronto is marking Oktoberfest at the Distillery District, where celebrations featuring beer and other festivities are underway.

CP24's Andrew Brennan reports from the Distillery District on the annual Oktoberfest celebrations.

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7. Burlington woman charged after thefts at several Ontario hospitals

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Ontario Provincial Police in Orillia have laid charges after an investigation into thefts at five different hospitals around the region and the GTA, and are now reaching out to the public in case there are more victims. Police say the investigation began after a series of complaints about theft and fraud from patients and staff within the hospitals, and multiple search warrants were executed with a large amount of items recovered.

A 34-year-old woman from Burlington faces multiple charges, including 34 counts of fraud under $5,000, 13 counts of theft under $5,000, seven counts of disobeying a court order, four counts of criminal breach of trust, two counts of fraud over $5,000, three counts of possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000, theft over $5,000 and personation with intent. OPP are asking anyone who attended the hospitals during those time periods and may have experienced unauthorized transactions to contact them.

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8. Nova Scotia-Maine ferry sees ridership rebound, but next year's contract still unsigned

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As the busy summer-fall tourism season winds down, there is still no contract for “The Cat” — the Yarmouth-based ferry that runs between Nova Scotia and Bar Harbor, Maine — to operate next year. The ferry's final crossing for the season will be Oct. 14.

Neil MacKenzie, CEO of the Yarmouth and Acadian Shores Tourism Association, says it's important that there are real signals to operators and the tourism industry that the province will have a deal in place, so people booking travel know the service will be here and can plan ahead. He says ridership through July this year is up nearly 30 per cent compared with 2025. The vessel is run by Bay Ferries Ltd., headquartered in Charlottetown, which operates the ferry service through a contract with the U.S. Navy.

Nova Scotia's Public Works Minister Fred Tilley recently told reporters he is hopeful a new long-term ferry contract could soon be signed, but did not offer details on the negotiations. Lorn Sheehan, a Dalhousie University business professor who served on a panel that examined the Yarmouth ferry strategy 16 years ago, speculated that trade tensions between Canada and the U.S. could be slowing negotiations, adding that “economically on balance, I think this ferry makes sense.” Yarmouth Mayor Pam Mood says the ferry is a job creator for the town, while Sheehan urged people to look at the economic impact for the entire province, noting Americans often go on to visit the wine region, Halifax or Cape Breton. MacKenzie says a new contract needs to be signed soon or the province could lose a lot of tourism business.

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9. B.C. tribunal orders Flair Airlines to pay woman $500 for lost jewelry

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B.C.'s small claims tribunal has ordered Flair Airlines to compensate a woman who claimed her jewelry was stolen from her checked bag on a flight from Mexico to Vancouver. In a decision issued earlier this week, Civil Resolution Tribunal member Amanda Binnie ordered Flair to pay Henriette Tams $500 for the lost items.

The flight took place in February 2024. While unpacking her checked bag the morning after a late-night landing in Vancouver, Tams discovered “it had been repacked and her jewelry pouch was missing,” according to the decision. Tams told the tribunal the pouch contained nine jewelry items ranging from $15 to $535.24 in value, though she did not provide receipts or other documents to prove their value; she claimed the jewelry was worth $868.73 in total. She reported the missing items to the airline, initially by text and later through Flair's website. The decision says Flair acknowledged her missing item claim, apologized, and said it might contact her for additional information, but ultimately denied the claim because she did not provide an itemized list or receipts.

In its defence, Flair argued that Tams had not provided any supporting evidence to prove it was responsible for her loss, and said that under its international tariff, jewelry is unacceptable for transportation as checked baggage and can only be transported in a carry-on — though it did not provide evidence such as a copy of the tariff. Binnie noted that under the Carriage by Air Act and the Montreal Convention, airlines are liable for the loss of registered baggage while it is in their care. She found that Tams provided evidence of her baggage tag, so her baggage was registered, and Flair is liable for the lost items. Given the lack of evidence of the jewelry's true value, Binnie concluded that the legal principle of “betterment” applied.

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10. B.C. teacher reprimanded for leaving special-needs student behind at park

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A B.C. teacher “unintentionally left behind” a student with special needs when returning to class after a field trip to a local park, according to the provincial regulator for the profession. William Mallachd Klassen acknowledged what happened in a consent resolution agreement with the B.C. Commissioner for Teacher Regulation published online this week. In the agreement, he admitted his behaviour constituted professional misconduct and agreed to a formal reprimand under the Teachers Act.

According to the document, Klassen was a vice principal and an elementary school teacher in the Kootenay Lake School District at the time of the incident, which occurred on June 25, 2025. He decided to take his split Grade 6-7 class on “an unplanned trip to a nearby park” about a 10-minute walk away, and another Grade 7 class and its teacher also attended. One of the students in Klassen's class had an individual education plan (IEP) and required one-on-one support from an educational assistant (EA).

Before leaving for the park, Klassen advised the student's EA that she was not required to attend, and the EA remained at the school, according to the document. After spending about 25 minutes in the park, the two classes headed back. “When the classes left the park, Klassen did not take attendance for his class and the student was unintentionally left behind,” the agreement reads. The student walked back to the school unaccompanied and returned to Klassen's classroom about five minutes after the rest of the students, and was described as “crying and visibly upset upon returning to the school.” Klassen immediately informed the school's principal and accepted responsibility, and also contacted the student's parents and apologized. He was reprimanded by the school district days after the incident, and the commissioner ordered its investigation in January of this year. The commissioner considered two factors in concluding a reprimand was appropriate: Klassen “failed to take reasonable steps to ensure student safety,” but he also “immediately accepted responsibility and acknowledged the seriousness of his conduct.”

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