Student in custody after report of gun seen inside Marc Garneau Collegiate, police say
CBC
A student is in custody after a lockdown at North York's Marc Garneau Collegiate Thursday afternoon.
Insp. Lori Kranenburg says police received a report of someone seen with a gun inside the school around 12:30 p.m. An investigation was launched and a student from the school was arrested, Kranenburg said.
Police would not comment on whether or not the student had a weapon, why the student was taken into custody, or how many students reported seeing a gun.
There were no reported injuries.
"The information that we originally had was that there was a gun seen, but the circumstances of that is still under investigation," Kranenburg said.
Valley Park Middle School, just a few minutes from Marc Garneau Collegiate, was put in a hold and secure after some students made their way there following the lockdown.
"The hold and secure have been lifted at both schools, and the investigation is continuing," said Kranenburg.
Shortly after 2:30 p.m., police started considering the "safest way" to resume school activities, she said.
Shari Schwartz-Maltz, a Toronto District School Board (TDSB) spokesperson, says Marc Garneau Collegiate has about 1,800 students. During lockdowns and hold and secure incidents, nearby schools often serve as a "refuge" for students who can't make it back into their school.
The TDSB has seen a string of violent clashes involving students on and off school property since the start of the academic year, including stabbings and shootings.
Most recently, police announced a 13-year-old boy was charged with two counts of robbery with a weapon after he allegedly pointed what turned out to be a toy gun at two other students and demanded money from them in a Toronto middle school bathroom.
Last week, a gun was fired inside a bathroom at East York Alternative Secondary School, injuring an outreach worker.
When asked to comment on what TDSB is doing to address the rise in weapons found at schools, Schwartz-Maltz said the topic of youth violence is "upsetting for everyone at TDSB."
"I can't even begin to tell you how upsetting it is," said Schwartz-Maltz.
Canada is preparing for U.S. President Donald Trump to hit the country with potentially devastating tariffs on Tuesday, but the federal government and the premiers say they are in the dark about what will actually materialize and how high those promised levies will be.
Former P.E.I. Premier Dennis King has been appointed as Canada's new ambassador to Ireland, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday in a news release.
Oxford and Elgin counties have the highest number of measles cases in the country, the province's public health agency says, as local medical officials warn of more possible exposures to the deadly virus.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford will take questions from media Monday for the first time since his Progressive Conservatives won their third-straight majority in a snap election last week.
Newfoundland and Labrador is staring down federal, provincial, and municipal elections in the next eight months, but for one new Canadian the opportunity to vote is something she's not taking for granted.
Even with a dirt trench running down the hallway, and exposed wires and pipes hanging from the ceiling, it still kind of looks like an elementary school.
Some of the most affordable rental housing in Nova Scotia is rapidly becoming less so, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation data analyzed by CBC News.
A two-time federal Conservative candidate in Miramichi says he doesn't think current party MP Jake Stewart can win again in a federal election that is expected to start within weeks.
Quebec municipalities and human rights groups are voicing concerns about proposed legislation that would require newcomers to abide by a set of common values.
Amazon and Walmart Canada have so far ignored the NDP government's requests to restrict the online sale of machetes to Manitobans, the province says.
Saskatoon city council is seeking money to crack down on unlicensed short-term rentals in the city, like those on AirBnB and VRBO, amid an active moratorium on licensing certain new short-term rentals.
When Kwaku Ayisi lost a friend who hadn't even reached 40 to breast cancer, it inspired him to look at the barriers Black women face in Saskatchewan's breast-health system.
A northern Alberta town is losing its only family doctor clinic and officials are trying to find solutions before the doors close for good at the end of May.