After filming documentaries in more than 20 countries, geologist Nick Eyles still appreciates Ontario’s landscapes the most. “I have a peculiar fondness for the Canadian Shield,” Eyles said. “As good as Ethiopia was, it’s not as good as Georgian Bay.”
When UFC president Dana White announced a Toronto mixed martial arts event was on horizon he gave the sport more of what it desperately needs – legitimacy.
When Rebecca Marino matched Venus Williams serve for serve on centre court at the US Open in September, the tennis world was introduced to Canada’s next top talent.
Boxing is a combat sport — a toe-to-toe fight in which the goal is to hit your opponent more times than they hit you.
Kim Umbach was born with Leber’s congenital amaurosis, a degenerative condition where tunnel vision is the gradual result. Luckily, she found an athletic past-time to give her a sense of achievement.
Jordan and Jaimie McDonell attend East York Collegiate, the same school as both of their parents. Active participation must be hereditary because the girls have followed in the paths of their mom and dad, getting into sports in a big way.
The slogan for the Toronto Roller Derby (ToRD) league doesn’t even begin to capture the essence of the sport. Women and men both take part in the flat-track revival of the 1970s sport, and everyone involved does it on a volunteer basis.
The Raptors’ opening night didn’t go exactly the way the team’s fans would have wanted, losing 98-93 to the new-look New York Knicks, but the Toronto faithful are still supportive of their club.
Scarborough kept one familiar face and banished another in the Oct. 25 TDSB trustee elections.
There were tears, hugs, handshakes and big smiles at Ward 42 candidate Neethan Shan’s election HQ Monday night. Shan took second place behind 19-year incumbent councillor Raymond Cho.