Maple Express | November 3, 2026: Weapons call at U of T Mississauga dorm resolved, no injuries

1. Weapons call at University of Toronto Mississauga dorm resolved with no injuries

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Peel Regional Police say officers responded late Monday to a dangerous weapons call at a dormitory on the University of Toronto's Mississauga campus, and the situation was contained to a single residential unit with no reports of physical injuries. The school issued a shelter-in-place order for students near McLuhan Court residence, a complex that houses hundreds of first-year students, while police urged the public to stay away from the area.

In an update early Tuesday, police said the matter had been resolved and that officers would remain on scene overnight. The school said in a later alert that some areas at the residence remain cordoned off, and that mental health and counselling supports are available for those affected.

Images from the scene showed police vehicles blocking roadways near the dormitory and officers directing traffic. A spokesperson for Peel Regional Paramedic Services said police had asked paramedics to stage nearby, and that no patients were taken to hospital.

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2. Homes evacuated in Milton as crews work to cap major residential gas leak

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Emergency and utility crews are working to cap a "major residential natural gas leak" in Milton, Halton Regional Police said, after the incident at a home on Bartleman Terrace, near Regional Road 25 and Louis St. Laurent Avenue.

Police said Milton Fire Dept. and Milton Hydro responded to a request for assistance from Enbridge Gas at around 7:45 p.m. Gas workers had originally responded to an odour of gas but quickly determined there was an apparent major gas leak within the home. Crews are now engaged in a "methodical, staged response," and it is unclear how long it will take to resolve the situation.

Transit buses have been brought in temporarily to shelter affected residents.

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3. Durham police investigate separate shootings in Ajax and Pickering

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Durham Regional Police are investigating two separate weekend shootings in Ajax and Pickering in which homes and vehicles were hit by gunfire. The first happened Sunday near Chalmers and Blackburn crescents, near Harwood Avenue South and Kingston Road West, in Ajax.

Police said officers responded at around 2:30 a.m. to reports of possible gunfire but could not locate evidence or victims. Shortly afterwards, a resident reported damage to a home, garage and two parked vehicles, and officers found several shell casings on the roadway in front of the residence. Investigators determined the shooting happened between 2 and 3 a.m.; three adults were inside the home at the time.

Hours later, just before 8:30 p.m., police responded to a similar incident near Shadybrook Drive and Edgewood Road in Pickering, near Whites Road and Sheppard Avenue. A victim reported hearing multiple gunshots outside their home, and officers found shell casings and damage to the residence and two vehicles in the driveway. Surveillance footage showed a lone suspect in black clothing approaching on foot and firing multiple rounds at the parked vehicles before fleeing on foot. No injuries were reported in either shooting, and police believe both are isolated incidents. Anyone with information is asked to contact the West Division Criminal Investigations Branch at 905-579-1520, ext. 1905.

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4. Rideshare driver arrested after passenger sexually assaulted on Halloween night

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A rideshare driver is facing charges after allegedly sexually assaulting a female passenger in downtown Toronto on Saturday, Halloween night. Toronto police say that shortly before 10 p.m., the victim entered a rideshare vehicle near Yonge and Wellesley streets and was assaulted by the driver while sitting in the passenger seat.

Once the ride reached its destination, the driver allegedly prevented the victim from leaving the vehicle and assaulted her further. The victim was eventually able to flee but left her purse in the car, and the driver then exited the vehicle and assaulted her once more, according to police.

Sahib Brar, 32, of Brampton, has been arrested and charged with two counts of sexual assault and one count of forcible confinement. The charges have not been proven in court. Police believe there may be additional victims and are urging anyone with information to contact them.

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5. Toronto man, 33, charged after victim allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted

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A Toronto man has been arrested after a person was allegedly drugged and then sexually assaulted in the downtown core last month. Toronto police say they launched an investigation following reports of a sexual assault on Oct. 19.

Investigators allege the suspect approached the victim at Barbara Hall Park, near Church and Gloucester streets, and provided them with illicit substances. The suspect then allegedly took the victim to a private residence, offered more illicit substances and sexually assaulted them.

On Monday, police arrested Waleed Ameen Adam Abdelrahman, 33, of Toronto, and charged him with one count of sexual assault. The charge has not been proven in court. Police believe there may be additional victims and are asking anyone with information to come forward.

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6. GTA gas and diesel prices to drop 11 cents on Wednesday

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Gas and diesel prices across the Greater Toronto Area are expected to fall 11 cents a litre on Wednesday, to 167.9 and 235.9 respectively, according to gas price analyst Dan McTeague of Canadians for Affordable Energy. He said the last time drivers saw gas at 167.9 a litre was on Aug. 9, while diesel at 235.9 hasn't been seen since Sept. 2.

In an email to CP24, McTeague attributed the drop to optimism over a deal that would see shipping traffic resume in the Straits of Hormuz, along with speculation that Tuesday's U.S. midterms could bring a speedier resolution to the conflict in the Middle East. Speaking with CP24 on Monday evening, he said an 11-cent drop for both gas and diesel is something that doesn't happen very often.

McTeague estimated the drop could save consumers $6 to $10 per tank of gasoline, depending on the fuel type, while truckers buying diesel in large quantities could save $100 or more. He predicted prices could fall another five or six cents a litre by the end of the week.

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7. OSAP pause hits paramedic students bound to underserved communities

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Paramedic students at a career college in northern Ontario who were approved for funding through the government's Learn and Stay Grant have been swept up in the provincewide pause on student aid. More than 40 affected students have already dropped out, their school says.

The grant covers tuition for nursing, paramedic and medical lab technology students who agree to work in underserved areas, but it is funded through the Ontario Student Assistance Program. Colleges and Universities Minister Nolan Quinn paused OSAP for all career colleges and other private post-secondary institutions and tasked KPMG with auditing OSAP usage, saying preliminary findings were concerning enough to act sector-wide.

Only one career college is eligible for the Learn and Stay Grant: CTS Canadian Career College, which offers a paramedic diploma program in North Bay, Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury. Some colleges under suspicion saw OSAP usage rise more than 1,000 per cent over three years, while CTS saw a 14 per cent increase. CTS says 41 grant-funded students have dropped out, leaving 115. Aaron Madgett, a student at the Sault Ste. Marie campus who enrolled after being laid off from Algoma Steel, said his stomach dropped when he heard the funding was paused. Quinn's office said in a statement that work is underway to reassess grant eligibility at CTS.

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8. McGill says convicted murderer no longer enrolled, will review admissions

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McGill University says Jeffrey Ewert, a convicted murderer who had been studying there, is no longer enrolled. In a memo sent to students on Monday, the university announced the decision without specifying whether he withdrew voluntarily or his enrolment was revoked.

The memo, sent by Provost Angela Campbell, said McGill is also starting an independent review of its admissions process, beginning with the Faculty of Law, expected to take several months. A university spokesperson told CTV News that provincial privacy laws prevent disclosing more details, and that criminal background checks are not typically part of admissions at Canadian universities.

Ewert began his studies in August after his day parole was extended in June for another six months. He is serving a life sentence for second-degree murder and attempted murder for separate attacks on women in British Columbia in the 1980s, when he was in his 20s, and is now in his 60s. Correctional Service Canada spokesperson Kevin Antonucci said Ewert was returned to custody on Oct. 25 after a suspension warrant was issued while the service conducts a thorough assessment. Days earlier, students released an 83-page letter detailing allegations of inappropriate conduct on campus; his lawyer said the allegations lacked context and that her client was being continuously monitored by authorities.

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9. B.C. tribunal says X cannot be ordered to delete intimate image

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X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has successfully argued that a British Columbia law cannot be used to order it to delete an intimate image. The province's Civil Resolution Tribunal published its decision Monday, dismissing an application by the woman whose image was published and shared non-consensually. The woman, referred to as TR due to a publication ban, was seeking an additional $100,000 administrative penalty.

In a previous decision, the tribunal found the platform's refusal to delete the image, instead only geoblocking it so it was unviewable in Canada, violated a protection order under the Intimate Images Protection Act. Tribunal vice-chair Eric Regehr issued a $100,000 penalty at that time. In Monday's decision, Regehr wrote that X had provided considerably more detailed evidence and submissions this time and that he had to address the materials on their merits.

The tribunal found X had not complied with the strict terms of the order because the image was not deleted, but also found the company had made every reasonable effort by geoblocking and could not be ordered to pay an additional penalty. X argued that as a global platform, deleting the image would have a global effect and that the principle of comity limits how a B.C. law applies outside Canada. X also asked for TR to pay roughly US$119,000 in legal fees; the tribunal declined, saying such an order could have a chilling effect in cases where an individual takes on a multibillion-dollar corporation. X has filed for a judicial review of the earlier $100,000 penalty, and a decision in that matter has not been published.

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10. Accused in Vancouver's Lapu Lapu Day attack pleads not guilty to all 42 charges

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The man accused of killing 11 people in a vehicle-ramming attack at the Lapu Lapu Day festival in Vancouver has pleaded not guilty to all 42 charges he faces. Damienne Darby, communications counsel with the BC Prosecution Service, said Adam Kai-Ji Lo pleaded not guilty on Monday by video conference to 11 counts of second-degree murder and 31 counts of attempted murder in the April 2025 attack.

Lo elected against facing a jury in favour of a judge-only trial set to start in B.C. Supreme Court on April 19, 2027, and due to run until the end of next August. He is accused of driving an SUV through a crowd at the street festival hosted by Vancouver's Filipino community, killing 11 people and injuring dozens.

The attack prompted recommendations and changes aimed at improving public safety at festivals and community events around the province. Lo's case was moved to B.C. Supreme Court earlier this year after previously being handled in provincial court, where a judge ruled he was fit to stand trial after hearing from two forensic psychiatrists. The proceedings are subject to publication bans.

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