CTV News Toronto at Six for May 23, 2024

Two of Toronto's five ferries are out of service this weekend for repairs, prompting an alert by the city to expect "long wait times"; the sex assault charges against billionaire Frank Stronach involved three women allegedly victimized between the 1980s and 2023; and, local businesses are gearing up as thousands are expected to descend on College St. for the 'Taste of Little Italy' festival.

Traffic in downtown Toronto is expected to worsen as track work on Spadina will force the TTC to replace streetcars with buses for the remainder of 2024; a battle is brewing between a small corner store near Ossington and the City of Toronto over the right to serve coffee and baked goods; and, criminals are now ordering expensive products to your home and then stealing them in a new kind of porch pirate scam called 'double decker'.

Convenience store owners are concerned about the Beer Store selling lottery tickets; a court has dismissed the legal challenge to Ontario Place redevelopment; and, a medication for chronic migraines has been approved.

It was a disastrous afternoon commute for Toronto drivers after a fatal crash involving three dump trucks shut down the Gardiner; three people were injured, with one rushed to hospital with stab wounds, following a large brawl outside Weston Collegiate Institute; and, the victim of a paving scam is speaking out over his arrest for holding onto equipment left by the scammers who fled after being confronted.

Parishioners are expressing sadness over the priceless art, many done by the Group of Seven, lost in a fire at a historic Toronto church; Jihad Akl describes the moment gunshots were fired on his restaurant, killing his son, and how he chased the gunman while injured; and, the University of Toronto's latest proposal to protesters to end the encampment on campus has been rejected. 

A framework for a deal reached has been reached between the TTC and the union representing TTC workers; The Ontario SPCA is calling for financial contributions after 12 Shih Tzu dogs came into the organization’s care; and, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and CAMH collaborate for the Art of Healing patient program.

The union representing thousands of TTC workers say little progress has been made in negotiations to avoid strike action; a judge granted an order to get passwords to accounts owned by Aiden Pleterski amid allegations the self-proclaimed 'Crypto King' continues to hide monetary assets; and, Greg Pulver is on the hook for his tire flying off his car because he didn't return to the shop to get them retorqued.

Despite voicing confidence a deal can be reached with workers, TTC Chair Jamaal Myers also suggested commuters prepare a 'Plan B'; the family of the two men who died after suffering gunshot wounds in a shooting outside a Toronto high school shares their shock and grief; and, a Toronto woman said it took over four months for her travel insurer to reimburse her nearly $20,000 after being hospitalized abroad.

Students of a Rexdale high school admit the gun violence that killed a man in his 60s and injured four others left them unsettled; the Crown's star witness describes what he overheard leading up to and after a fatal shooting at a Mississauga restaurant; and, Ross Derry of Oshawa, Ont. was stunned to discover his coverage for a $4,000 e-bike that was stolen was limited to $1,000.

The SIU is investigating after a man was critically injured in a police-involved shooting in Scarborough; the five men shot, one fatally, in the parking lot of North Albion Collegiate Institute late Sunday night were part of the same soccer team; and, Rosemary Wysocki of Kitchener, Ont. described the frustrating process to get compensation for her lost suitcase from Flair.