Muriel Draaisma
Muriel Draaisma is a reporter and writer at CBC News in Toronto. She likes to write about social justice issues. She has previously worked for the Vancouver Sun, Edmonton Journal and Regina Leader-Post. She is originally from B.C. Have an idea for a story? You can reach her at muriel.draaisma@cbc.ca.
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Toronto police make new appeal for help finding man wanted for 1st-degree murder
Toronto police made a new appeal for help from the public on Friday in finding a man wanted for first-degree murder in a stabbing that may have been random.
Canada -Toronto |

11 charged in Toronto taxi scam that allegedly defrauded customers of over $500K
Eleven people have been arrested and charged after a Toronto police investigation into a taxi scam that allegedly defrauded more than $500,000 from unsuspecting customers over 10 months.
Canada -Toronto |

Extreme heat in store for Toronto with temperatures that may prompt warning
Toronto residents should brace for a stretch of very hot weather early next week. A "multi-day heat event" is in store for Toronto from Sunday to Wednesday with temperatures expected to exceed 30 C, meteorologists say.
Canada -Toronto |

Man, 21, charged with armed carjacking after fall from Gardiner Expressway, police say
Toronto police say a 21-year-old man has been charged in an armed carjacking, after he fell from the Gardiner Expressway on Monday night while allegedly fleeing from officers.
Canada -Toronto |

Toronto's Iranian diaspora watches with worry, mixed feelings as Israel-Iran conflict mounts
As the conflict between Israel and Iran intensifies, members of the Iranian-Canadian community in Toronto say they are feeling mixed emotions, many worried about loved ones back home and some hopeful for what they say is much-needed change in Iran.
Canada -Toronto |

Former harm reduction worker sentenced for being accessory in fatal Leslieville shooting
A former harm reduction worker has been given a conditional sentence of two years less a day after she aided a man connected to the fatal shooting of a woman in Leslieville near a now-closed drug consumption site.
Canada -Toronto |

Students rally after Grade 9 enrolment halted at high school for those with special needs
Scores of students at a Toronto high school that serves those with special needs walked out of classes on Monday to protest a school board decision to halt Grade 9 enrolment for the next school year.
Canada -Toronto |
Toronto should allow sixplexes to bring 'gentle density' to city, council committee says
Toronto has moved one step closer to allowing fiveplexes and sixplexes in neighbourhoods across the city.
Canada -Toronto |

'Pretty evil birds' are dive-bombing pedestrians in Etobicoke, residents say
Red-winged blackbirds are dive-bombing residents of one Toronto neighbourhood, swooping down and pecking at their heads, but an expert says there's not too much the locals can do as the birds protect their nests.
Canada -Toronto |

What vehicles are allowed in bike lanes? In Toronto, there is no one answer
Toronto needs a single set of rules for bike lanes in the city, a council committee decided on Wednesday.
Canada -Toronto |