Toronto police say they have arrested a crew accused of using an SMS blaster to send malicious messages to thousands of people across the city. Authorities call it the first known instance of an SMS blaster being used in Canada, signaling a potential shift in how scams and cyber harassment can scale through mass texting.
India’s Consulate General in Toronto expressed deep anguish after a 20-year-old Indian doctoral student was shot dead near the University of Toronto Scarborough on Tuesday, local time. Toronto Police said officers responded to reports of a shooting in the Highland Creek Trail and Old Kingston Road area, where the student was pronounced dead at the scene.
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