Toronto campaign tries to put the brakes on distracted driving
Toronto launched a new campaign this November to keep drivers and cyclists focused on the roads.
Articles by Bobby Hristova
Man dances on top of TTC bus
TTC is investigating after a video showing a man hanging from and dancing on a moving bus appeared on social media.
Local activist petitions TTC to pull an all-nighter
East York community activist Justin Van Dette wants the TTC to implement 24-hour service, and he has the signatures to back him up.
Incumbents under fire at Ward 14 debate
Two city councillors sat beside each other, while other candidates criticized them down at the Ward 14 debate on Wednesday.
East York parents fear for kids without revised sex-ed
Grade 1 students don’t usually explain to other kids how they were born or how they can have a family without a father, but Eleanore Hargreaves is used to it.
East York Collegiate students join sex-ed protest, belatedly
Ontario students protested the province’s decision to roll back the sex-ed curriculum taught in elementary schools by walking out of class on Sept. 21, but the demonstration at East York Collegiate Institute didn’t follow the script.
Local hospital braces for more emergency room visits from marijuana use
While Toronto waits for marijuana legalization on Oct. 17, one doctor in East York is already taking action.
‘Ping-pong’ election shocks local nominees
Diane Dyson’s first run as city councilor wasn’t what she expected. She doesn’t know her ward, her competition or her budget, but she does know one thing about this election — “it’s making voter’s heads spin.”
Father-daughter duo co-direct documentary
Ali Weinstein started swimming at the East York Community Centre before her first birthday. Her father, Larry Weinstein, says while other kids were miserable in the water, she had the widest smile he’d ever seen.
Wine-making family creates buzz about bullying
As a child, Andrew von Teichman was bullied for wearing an eye-patch to treat his astigmatism. That experience helped determine how he and his wife, Natalie von Teichman, would later raise their own four sons.