CTV News Toronto at Six for Dec. 17, 2025

An increase in the land transfer tax was a hot topic, prompting a clash in council; More on Ontario's tire recycling program and the growing dispute over how millions of dollars in consumer recycling fees should be allocated; The city and the province are throwing their weight behind a formal bid to make Toronto home to the new Defence, Security and Resilience Bank.

Toronto City Council passes a motion to boost the slow-moving speed of the Finch LRT by giving it signal priority; Collectible store owners across the GTA say there's a growing issue of thefts involving valuable Pokémon trading cards; Five friends from the GTA have gone viral for embarking on ultra-long walks to explore the area. 

Hanukkah celebrations in Toronto are going ahead with security and police presence being ramped up; Durham police is offering a new reward for the suspect in the 2023 shooting death of a casino guard; With the high cost of living, many people are taking out loans to deal with financial pressures. Pat Foran on what you need to know.

A 7-year-old is struck and killed by a city bus in downtown Hamilton; Toronto police say they have identified a serial killer responsible for the decades-old murders of three women; and, the Finch West LRT trains are shut down twice just four days after rolling into service.

A mix of rain and snow makes for a messy commute for GTA residents as dozens of collisions are reported across the region; the new Finch West LRT is up and running but there is uncertainty as to who has the authority to make it run faster; and, the Ontario Liberals call on the Ford government to put U.S. liquor back on the shelves and donate the proceeds of sales to local food banks.

Peel police search for a suspect after a deadly shooting outside of a shopping mall in Brampton; Toronto's homicide unit investigates after the body of a senior if found inside a home near Bathurst Street and St. Clair Avenue West; and, tempers flare at Queen’s Park as the controversial Skills Development Fund takes centre stage.

OPP announce they will launch an investigation into a company connected with Ontario's controversial skills development fund; More than a dozen arrests are made in connection with a string of violent crimes across Ontario as part of 'Project Wrangler'; and, Air Transat passengers brace for turbulence with the airline's pilots ready to walk off the job.

A man is rushed to hospital after a brazen daylight shooting in Mississauga that police believe may have been the result of an attempted robbery; two people are arrested after a chain of events that began with an home invasion in Etobicoke and ended with a crash involving a police vehicle; and, the Ford government is grilled over its response to the Algoma Steel layoffs.

The residents of two high-rise condo buildings in Toronto’s Thorncliffe Park neighbourhood will be out of their homes 'until further notice' because of an 'unprecedented fire; a shipping container full of hurricane relief supplies destined for Jamaica is stolen; and, a housing bill that passed at Queen's Park last week is raising concerns it could make it easier for landlords to evict tenants.

A garbage truck driver is struck and killed by the truck he was operating on a Scarborough street; a woman is fighting for her life in hospital after the tent she was in at an encampment in south Etobicoke; and, Ontario's transportation minister provides an update on the potential opening of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT.