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injured woman is held against the wall. The hostages families say they got the video from the idf and that it was originally released by hamas. The group is hoping to pressure the israeli government to secure the hostages released. And spain, ireland and norway have all announced that they will recognize palestinian state next week. The step comes amid international outrage over the civilian death toll and humanitarian crisis in the gaza strip. 7 months into the war. Today's decisions may generate momentum for the recognition of a palestinian state by other eu nations in un member countries. Norway's prime minister said there cannot be peace in the middle east of there is no recognition much and that israel has responded by recalling its ambassadors from all 3 countries creating it harm. That's what they stood on the same steps with prime minister sanchez estate. >> We said that the point of recognizing the state of palestine was coming closer. 9 points has arrived. Today. Ireland's norway and spain. All right. Say we recognize the state's of palestine. Each of us, when undertake whatever national steps are necessary to give effect to decision. >> We thank dose countries for taking this principle position. We believe that this is an astounding, a message of support the palestinian people's right to self-determination. Independence and statehood, which is non-negotiable. A number of a little and we believe it's also an astounding message. Against the apartheid colonialism and genocide. >> And a spokesperson for the israeli government accused ireland, norway and spain of perpetuating war by recognizing a palestinian state. >> Island, norway and spain have decided to reward the terrorists of hamas with a prize of recognizing a palestinian state. It is certainly not lost on israelis and jews. The world over that the same 3 countries also chose to remain neutral in world war ii. Seems like they didn't mature to realize that history remembers pieces. And now. They are giving a price to the rapist's and the merger is who will still holding out stolen people in captivity. >> John allen is the former canadian ambassador to israel and spain. And he joined us today with his thoughts on the latest developments. >> I do think others will follow suit within the eu, possibly australia, new zealand and possibly canada. Think a recognition for many years we mouthed kind of support for 2 states, but we actually is western countries haven't done very much about it as so. And have increased and s and yahoo government has essentially refused consider 2 states. I think effort by countries to give moderate palestinians some hope recognize the polls. Israelis and have a to their own self determination going forward. >> We also spoke to michael lynk, a professor emeritus at western university and former un special rapporteur for human rights in the occupied palestinian territory. >> This now makes roughly 144 countries in the world who have recognized palestine as a state. That's roughly 75% of the un membership. And keep in mind that israel, I think is recognized by 165 palestine is not that much further behind. You know, obviously, that is also symbolic because it doesn't, their recognition isn't palestine as a state tomorrow in the sense of being able control its borders, run its own affairs. I like to it wants to be able to government, that's still a long ways off. >> Time now is 5.24 we're sitting at 26 degrees and you're watching live at 5. Coming up, the hot docs film festival has announced it is laying off some of its staff as it continues to struggle financially. Crave, The most talked about... Sounds intense. ... most anticipated shows... You step out of line even once. ... All right here. Subscribe now at crave.ca. Announcer: Have you ever walked into a big fancy car dealership and wondered who's paying for this place? Shopping for a Chrysler Dodge, Jeep Ram or Fiat? Log onto peelchrysler.com. Actual photos rock bottom prices, click shop, buy online, save big! Because nobody beats a deal from Peel! Yeah, I like to swing. And I like to get Cash Back when I swing. Just download the browser extension and shop as usual.

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property. We'll explain what that means coming up tonight. Plus, how to deal with a 26 billion dollar infrastructure shortfall that is at the top of the agenda at city hall as councillors admit they're struggling to fund repairs and a rough ride for some drivers after a chain reaction crash shuts down the toronto-bound burlington skyway. And environment canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the gta as storm could move in tonight, bringing large hail and damaging winds with it. You're watching live at 5. Good evening and thanks for being with us. I'm leena latafat. A teenage boy is dead and a man is facing charges after a crash in vaughan. It happened around 10 45 last night in the area of martin grove and langstaff. Police say the 16 year-old boy who died was riding a mini bike when he was struck at a four-way stop near jackman crescent. 24 year-old harden or cho han is charged in the crash. >> The driver of the vehicle. At the collision was subsequently arrested and charged for dangerous operation, causing death failed to stop after an accident causing death and possession of a controlled substance. We are appealing for any witnesses to come forward who may have dashcam surveillance video from their homes to please come forward and contact our investigators as well you know, any normal cameras as well at the residence to please come forward. >> It's sad to hear >> It's a this is this is a recurrent problem along the street, cars are just whizzing by. They speed through that stop sign. We see it all the time because close enough to hear it's, it's something that should be monitored more are speeding. Know, absolutely has like guy I've got the video capture of that and that he was speeding. >> Police say cho han was out on bail on unrelated offences at the time of the crash. The 16 year-old boy who was killed has not been identified. A man has been convicted of murdering his mother in leslieville in 2022. A jury ruling 23 year-old alice li is guilty of second-degree murder in the death of his mother. 56 year-old ken lee. Her body was found in several garbage bags in march of 2022 on eastern avenue after she was fatally stabbed in the apartment she shared with her son lee, killing his mother. That was never in question during the trial. But the defence argued it was the result of years of abuse. He will be sentenced at a later date. Well, stormy weather is on the way here in the gta environment. Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch. We are dry. Things looking calm for now, but that could really change in a few hours, some wild weather could move in later tonight, bringing with it up to 90 kilometre an hour wind gusts to sized hail and heavy rain. Stay with cp24 as we continue to keep a really close eye on this system. Major traffic issues on the burlington skyway caused by a serious collision to tell you about the chain reaction crash in the toronto-bound lanes of the qew bringing drivers to a standstill. Drivers could be seen standing on the highway shortly after that crash. Opp eventually allowing drivers to turn around and drive in the opposite direction on the highway so they could exit. No injuries are reported at this time. And for a closer look at that situation, let's bring in adwoa and of what is the latest there its the same still at the 2 left lanes remain blocked for cleaning with his much earlier multi vehicle collision and vehicle fire. That was a fire involved in this in. >> Because it was a chain reaction collision. A lot of those other vehicles got ignited. The managed to get the fire under control. But again, still these 2 left lanes on the upside of the burlington skyway are blocked. If you're headed toronto-bound and this is what it's doing to the drive. It's very slow for well before the red hill valley parkway, that camera I can show you the delays, if you're headed on the side, there are no issues on outside, but it's low firm appleby line out to the burlington skyway. Again, just drivers going to take a look once you get all of from all of this, if you're on the gardiner, it's pretty slow on the eastbound side from park lawn to the construction, all the way out towards about jarvis. And even the westbound side remains visits. Typical delays from cherry o to dufferin is trying to make your way home outside of camera view. We're do problems on northbound lanes of the 400 at king road and cheo reporting a collision blocking the right lane leena. I'll send it back thank you. One person has been injured in an overnight shooting downtown. It happened a little before 12:30am in the area of isabella and sherborne. >> South of bloor police say a man with a gunshot wound was found behind a building. He was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. No word on a suspect and a woman found dead in lake ontario almost 7 years ago, has been identified as a missing person from switzerland. Police

releasing this drawing of the woman after she was found dead in the humber bay in august of 2017 in january of last year. Police use the woman's dna determined she had distant relatives in north america who had heritage that traced back to a specific region of switzerland. Toronto police then got in contact with swiss police to track down the woman's family and confirmed a dna match. Bringing the cold clay case to a close. For pro-palestinian protesters who are accused of vandalizing and downtown bookstore have had the charges against them dropped. 11 people were charged after the indigo at bay. Bloor was splattered with red paint last year and protesters we're putting up put up rather, accusing ceo heather reisman, a funding genocide. The crown says it is withdrawing the charges because there is not a reasonable prospect of conviction. It will proceed with the remaining prosecutions. >> I didn't lose all employment because of these allegations that were false and proven to be so based on the constitutional and legal frailties in the case against all of the accused. It would be my view that in fact, there's no reasonable prospect of conviction in the case as jews, we say calling out companies that support israeli war crimes is a legitimate form of protest. >> Targeting indigo is not antisemitic. >> The remaining 7 accused are charged with hate-motivated offences, including criminal harassment, mischief and conspiracy to commit an indictable offence. Canada ranks among the top 10 countries in the world for stolen vehicles. That's according to interpol. The international law enforcement agency says it has identified more than 1500 stolen canadian vehicles across the globe since february. That's when the rcmp integrated its database for stolen vehicles with inter polls. The agency says auto thefts are significant revenue source for organized crime groups and thieves are attracted to canada's abundant supply of highly prized suvs and crossovers. 5:37 26 degrees out there. But it's feeling like 33 with the humidity. You're watching live at 5 coming up, we'll go to city hall to find out what city council has gotten on dot on day one of their monthly meeting. Speaker: Hi, can I take your order? Hello? Oh. Hey. Wait, what was the question? Speaker: Let me guess, one driving high combo, extra baked? No? Uh, can I get a burger with a side of... fries? Think you're a better driver when you're high? Think again. Smoking weed affects reaction time and concentration. A message from madd Canada. Rolex, rolex, rolex My cash for your used or new Rolexs. Bring me your Submariners, your Yacht-Masters... your GMT's, your Date or your Datejusts. Oliver Jewellery pays the hightest prices for Rolexs! www.oliverjewellery.ca ooh yeaaahhh!!! The Jeep No Limits Event is here. Which means more trails to blaze. More challenges to meet. And right now enjoy no payments for 90 days. Get into a Jeep Compass. With best-in-class horsepower. Or Jeep Grand Cherokee, the most awarded suv ever. ( ) Jeep No Limits is here. Time to test your limits. Get up to 10% off msrp for up to eighty seven hundred dollars in discounts. And no payments for 90 days. Do you have a question about personal injury? Can I sue? I'm Wendy of Sokoloff Lawyers. I have over 30 years of experience and I can answer your questions. So, call me. Don't put it off, call Sokoloff Every locker tells a story. Find the space you need to live every chapter of your story. Access Storage, here for you. Try four weeks free. Visit AccessStorage.ca rolex, rolex, rolex My cash for your used or new Rolexs. Bring me your Submariners, your Yacht-Masters... your GMT's, your Date or your Datejusts. Oliver Jewellery pays the hightest prices for Rolexs! www.oliverjewellery.ca ooh yeaaahhh!!! (Dynamic instrumental music) >> Welcome back, there is a lot on the agenda at toronto city council's monthly meeting, including everything from gridlock on the gardner to toronto's financial woes. Let's go live to ctv's natalie johnson for the very latest. What's happening now eileen, able to big topic of the day here in council chamber has been the city's aging infrastructure and how the city would pay the bills to maintain it all moving forward. City staff recently undertook a review. >> Its capital portfolio and

found that 40% of the city's capital assets. We're talking roads, bridges, buildings are either in poor or very poor condition of the cost to maintain them is absolutely enormous. We're talking 40 billion dollars with b over the next 10 years. And that is 26 billion dollars more than a city had predicted. So we're hearing a lot of calls here today about the infrastructure money, specifically from the feds. We know that the province has tipped a decent amount of money as part of that new deal that we saw in the fall. But a lot of calls to ottawa today for more steady stream of income to maintain the a state of good repair. Also for things like new subway cars for line to all of these things that are costing the city an enormous amount of money that it simply doesn't have at this point. Okay. Natalie, a lot of drivers are watching for gridlock on the gardner that is expected to come out tomorrow. What can you tell us about that? That's exactly right, leena. It's an issue that has just been added to the agenda here in city home. We know that the construction that has been taking place over the last 7 weeks between dufferin and strachan is really snarl traffic, a lot of significant impacts across the city as a result of that. And so there is a motion on the agenda put forward by councillor brad bradford to look at that timeline. This is a 3 year project that we're talking about in so many people are saying 3 years is just unsustainable for this kind of disruption. So council tomorrow will be looking specifically at whether around the clock construction might be an option here to speed up that timeline. Here's more from councillor lily chang on that this someone who previously lived in asia. >> 24/7 is definitely something that should be normal. We have to find ways obviously to mitigate sound and you know, in japan, they're actually examining using ai to figure out which parts of a bridge need fixing. So I think we need to really examine what's happening in other countries and learn from their best practices. >> Mayor olivia chow saying this morning that the city is now working with the current contractor to look at ways of expediting the timeline. Also testing noise levels overnight to see whether demolition might be possible around the clock. Bitumen. It's brutal drive. Natalie. Thanks so much for the city of toronto says it's changing its approach to deal with homeless encampments with the ultimate goal of getting people off the streets and into permanent housing. For more on this, let's go live to cp24's. >> Steve ryan, steve. >> Yeah, we know the city has said that that the number of encampments within the city limits has decreased significantly. But there still are many of them around the city. And the city is now changing its approach to how they deal with those who are homeless and who find themselves living in some of city park. So the city will no longer be asking the toronto police to step in and forcibly remove people who are in those encampments. They're now going to approach it from a different lands. And that lens as one of the guidance and one of counselling, the city of toronto is going to provide all those who are in the encampments with the opportunity on a path to employment, get them off of any substances that they may be addicted to do with mental health issues as well. And make sure that they have a firm footing when it comes to leaving the encampments getting. Full time jobs and getting homes that they can call their own. So this approach is much different. Then in the past and the police were the ones that stepped in through force oftentimes were forcibly removing people that is no longer going to be the case. It's going to be more on guidance and more on a counselling. Here is more reaction we got earlier on with regards to this new approach that the city is going to adopt. That's >> Chow and I have written to economic and community development committee with the motion to direct city staff to develop and implement key actions to increase access to safe secure housing and shelter for people who who are living outdoors respond to the unique housing these of shelter seekers. And I particularly want to highlight recommendation for a pilot program of enhanced multi-sectoral case management support for people living outdoors of those people who have complex mental and physical health needs and that this would be done in partnership with community serving and health care experts. >> In april of >> This past we had an average everyday of 225 people that call the centre central intake phone service. They were unable to get matched to a bed by the end of the day. As of may 5th, there were 256 encampments at 131 city-owned properties in toronto. But this work is about people. That's why we've evolved our strategic approach to encampments. Everyone deserves a safe, affordable place to call home. And this report and the accompanying protocols are just one piece of the measures we're taking to offer certainty help indignity to people experiencing homelessness and surrounding communities.

>> The outreach program leena is going to be done with the ultimate goal of helping people get back on their feet and it's going to be done so people can keep their dignity as well. >> So effective. All right. Steve ryan reporting live tonight. Thank you. Steve. >> Police are on the scene of a stabbing near the dufferin mall this hour. This is a live shot of the scene from chopper 24 police were called shortly after 4.30 this afternoon. So still very fresh investigation. An active scene to a man in his 20's was taken to hospital. He's expected to be ok. Officers are searching the area for a suspect described as a man with dreadlocks wearing all black clothing. Keep it here on cp24 as we keep a close eye on this developing story from the dufferin mall area. And police are also at the scene of another stabbing this time in the west end at this happened at jane and alliance avenue north of st. Clair. >> Police were called to the area just after 5:00. A man in his 20's has been rushed to hospital. Paramedics tell cp24 his injuries are serious, but non-life-threatening no suspect information is available at this time. In regards to this stabbing. Stay with cp24. For more on this developing story. It's 5:46 26 degrees. You're watching live at 5. Coming up, ontario. Long-term care nurses, they're expected to see the most significant wage increase in more than 3 decades. We'll tell you all about it on the other side of this break. Woman: My grandson can choose to be anything he wants to be. Which reminds me: I've got a few choices to make of my own. Welcome to Seniors Choice. How can I help? Hi, I'd like a quick quote, please. If you're a Canadian Resident aged 50-80, you can choose the right amount of coverage for you and your family up to $250,000. That kind of money would help a lot. You can choose to apply over the phone now in just minutes, with no medicals or blood tests, just a few health and lifestyle questions. Wow. That easy? Depending on the coverage you choose, it would be as little as $14.88 a month. That's just 49 cents a day. That's less than I thought. And that money could help my family cover my funeral costs, support my husband's retirement planning or even pay off the loans. I'll do it. Seniors Choice are the #1 Direct Choice for Canadians over 50. To get a free, no-obligation quote, call one of our trusted insurance advisors today at 1-844-834-2722. Or visit seniorschoice.ca. ( ) Some people say there are doers, and there are dreamers. But what's wrong with a little dreaming? Especially when it's shared. With hard work, little dreams grow into big ones. At Kubota, we know that your work never stops. And we're inspired by those who dream - But our equipment is built for dreamers and doers, like you. Kubota, built for those who do. Five stars, all rise for To Kill a Mockingbird. Unmissable and unforgettable. A Mockingbird for our moment. Beautiful, elegiac satisfying, even exhilarating. A New York Times critics pick. Mockingbird is now the most successful American play in Broadway history. All rise for Aaron Sorkin's great play. Richard Thomas is Atticus Finch in Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird." May 28th through June 2nd at the caa Ed Mirvish Theater. Book at mirvish.com [ ] By reliably delivering more the Hyundai kona suv has earned, “Best Residual Value,” from jd Power four years in a row. [ ] From its advanced technology to its durability we took the best-selling subcompact suv in Canada and made it more wah. [Hyundai sting] Closed captioning of this program is brought to you in part by Bell switch to Canada's fastest Internet. (Upbeat instrumental music) ontario. Long-term care nurses are expected to see the most significant wage increase in more than 3 decades. A union which represents the majority of that nurses says the raises will work out to about 11.5% over 2 years. The starting wage for registered nurses in the long-term care homes goes from $32.22 per hour to nearly $34 per hour. While the top 8 year rate goes from $48 to 51 and the federal government is marking some milestones with its new dental care program. The government says 2 million seniors will have been approved to receive coverage under the canadian dental care plan this week. It provides coverage for those without private insurance and a family

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