CTV News Toronto at Six for July 2, 2025

A teenage boy is dead following a late-night stabbing near Toronto’s Woodbine Park, police are still searching for suspects; Coldplay's first performance went off without a hitch on Monday night with fans saying they were able to make it into and out of the venue with fewer issues; and, attempted electricity fraud involving the credentials of a retired city worker nearly lost Toronto $2.5 million.

Tens of thousands will be watching Coldplay perform after Rogers Stadium officials say new measures have been implemented; Five people have been taken to hospital after an alleged impaired driver crashed into several parked vehicles and a pedestrian in Scarborough; and, a Toronto couple are still in shock after being pressured into paying over $480,000 for incomplete renovations and unnecessary work.

A Hamilton, Ont. man at the centre of a widescale W5 investigation into an alleged sexual assault ring is now facing dozens of additional charges; A Canadian couple’s dream voyage of working remotely on a sailboat while showing their eight-year-old daughter the world came to a sudden end earlier this week when their vessel was blown off course and ran aground on a coral reef; and, contributions from all corners of the Toronto Blue Jays roster have played a massive role in their two-month ascension to the top spot in the American League East.

Police are searching for at least 10 suspects after a Muslim woman was violently swarmed in her Oshawa restaurant; a man is dead after a fire broke out at an encampment in the Don River valley; and, looking to start a new sport? There's a website that's pairing up students with instructors.

Toronto police are investigating after they say a Chinese restaurant in The Annex was shot at Tuesday night; the speed camera at Parkside Drive is back up and running once again after being vandalized for a fifth time, this time with it's own surveillance camera to monitor it; and, an E. coli warning is in effect at one Etobicoke beach keeping many on dry land.

Nobleton, Ont. is on high alert after a 12-year-old boy named Rocco was bitten by a coyote over the weekend; the new Rogers Stadium in Downsview Park is drawing harsh criticisms from concertgoers for its handling of crowd control after the event; and, around 250 full and part-time hospitality employees of the CN Tower has been locked out amid a labour dispute.

Masai Ujiri, the architect of Canada's first and only NBA championship team, has been let go by the Toronto Raptors; Ontario's education minister says the province has taken control of four school boards, three of which are in the GTA; and, tenants of a north Toronto apartment are speaking out after only having one working elevator for months, before it too stopped working in the middle of a record heat wave.

Two teenagers suffered serious injuries after they were shot in Toronto’s Flemingdon Park neighbourhood early Thursday morning;  Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw renews a pledge to rebuild trust with the queer community as security ahead of Pride weekend ramps up; and, Toronto Police released a warning to the public about an uptick in pickpockets looking to snatch phones and they're targeting people in crowds. 

The SIU and Peel police are conducting investigations into a police-involved shooting in a Brampton apartment building; Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow says she is bringing a motion to city council to fix some of the “gaps” that were exposed in the city’s response to a three-day heat wave this week; and,  two Ontario homeowners contacted CTV News after their washing machines caught on fire, almost burning their homes down.

The Ontario government has unveiled the final designs for the new Ontario Place public space, marking a major milestone in the transformation of Toronto’s waterfront; for residents of one Toronto condo complex, a break from the heat can't come soon enough; and, two Ontario homeowners are speaking out after receiving water bills totaling $25,028.