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Stabbing in North York sends woman to hospital with critical injuries

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Police are on the scene of a stabbing outside an apartment building near Bathurst Street and Finch Avenue West on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. (CP24/Simon Sheehan)

A woman is fighting for her life in the hospital following a stabbing in an apartment parking lot in North York on Saturday afternoon.

Toronto police said they got a call shortly after 4 p.m. for a stabbing in the area of Bathurst Street and Finch Avenue West.

When officers arrived, they located an adult female victim with serious, life-threatening injuries, police said.

She was subsequently taken to the hospital.

Toronto paramedics told CP24 that a second person was assessed at the scene but was not taken to the hospital. Images from the scene show a body covered in orange tarp.

Police would not provide information about the suspect, only saying that officers were not looking for anyone. They added that there was no threat to public safety.

North York stabbing Police officers are on the scene of a stabbing in an apartment parking lot near Bathurst Street and Finch Avenue West on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. (CP24/Simon Sheehan)

A Toronto police spokesperson says the victim and the suspect knew each other, but the extent of their relationship is unknown.

It is not immediately known the circumstances of the stabbing.