The Toronto Observer

Prospective mayors, councillors and trustees stopped at nothing to promote their campaigns for the Oct. 25 municipal elections, even breaking a few bylaws in the process.

Improving transit and speeding up road repairs are his top priorities for Ward 38, says freshly re-elected councillor Glenn De Baeremaeker.

No boys were allowed on the ice during a full-day of hockey as the Scarborough Sharks Girls Hockey Association hosted their opening day celebration in the Malvern Community Centre arena.

This example from two years ago only begins to scratch the surface of the bigger issue: the unprecedented infestation of bedbugs that has taken a completely unprepared Toronto by storm, and policies still haven’t improved.

Scarborough kept one familiar face and banished another in the Oct. 25 TDSB trustee elections.

Rob Ford’s West End mentality may have worked for his Etobicoke constituents, but it certainly isn’t commuting to Scarborough, in the aftermath of his sweeping election.

Andrea Bargnani disappeared in the second half, scoring only four of his 22 points as his Raptors lost to the New York Knicks 98-93.

As the Toronto Blue Jays named former Red Sox pitching coach John Farrell as their new manager they caught the attention of a former Boston player. Surprisingly it wasn’t a pitcher but one of most celebrated, and at times hated, hitters of all time – Manny Ramirez.

Prior to a Toronto Roller Derby (ToRD) semi-final matchup on Saturday, the league held the debut of its junior derby girls.

Last year’s hockey season will forever be etched in the mind of Toronto Marlies’ forward Jerry D’Amigo.