Toronto

A promotional stunt for Drake’s upcoming album Iceman came to an abrupt end in Toronto, where firefighters took apart a massive ice sculpture after swelling crowds around the display raised safety concerns. Hundreds of people flocked to the installation, turning the scene chaotic as some fans climbed onto the structure and others tried to chip away at it in hopes of revealing the album’s release date, which Drake had said was concealed inside. Accounts from the scene said one person arrived with a sledgehammer, while others…

A Toronto-based rapper, known as Top 5, was released after a murder charge against him disintegrated. On Monday, Hassan Ali—alias Top 5—walked free. He had been accused of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Hashim Omar Hashi, a 20-year-old accounting student. On January 31, 2021, around 9 p.m., Hashi was shot multiple times as he tried to enter a parking garage near Jane Street and Falstaff Avenue. Hashi died at the scene. His family and friends remembered him as "humble, kind, and hardworking." Two weeks after…