How did the piglet cross the road? With a police escort, of course September 25, 2018 This little piggy should have stayed home. Instead, the piglet was found wandering down a major highway north of Toronto. But don’t worry, York… Continue Reading
Meatless Monday: Korean dish of squirming octopus raises ire of activists, defended by others January 8, 2018 In February, when PETA sent an observer into Toronto restaurants, it wasn’t to get them to dine out but to investigate how live animal… Continue Reading
Jann Arden offers reward to help find deaf, partly blind dog stolen in Toronto September 18, 2017 Singer, songwriter and animal lover Jann Arden is lending her celebrity to help catch a dognapper. Thunder is a 16-year-old deaf and partially blind… Continue Reading
Bee Warned: Man’s recording-breaking “bee beard” will completely freak you out August 31, 2017 Blood Honey is a new film described by its producers as a “mind bending indie psycho thriller.” So naturally, to promote it they find… Continue Reading
Raccoon welcomes passengers arriving at Pearson Airport in Toronto May 7, 2017 Toronto really has become raccoon city. Passengers arriving at the city’s Pearson Airport were greeted by an unusual welcome wagon over the weekend. A raccoon… Continue Reading
Reward offered for sick abuser who bound dog’s mouth, abandoned it to starve to death January 14, 2017 On Christmas Eve, a small dog was found abandoned on a Toronto street with his mouth bound shut with an elastic band. The apricot-coloured… Continue Reading
NUTS! Squirrel thieves caught on video stealing chocolate bars January 6, 2017 The folks at Luke’s Grocery in Toronto have been dealing with shoplifters for some time. And finally, the caught the little kleptomaniacs in the… Continue Reading
Blue Jays clip Orioles with walk-off homer to take MLB wild-card game October 5, 2016 Toronto baseball fans can thank a man with a parrot. Edwin Encarnacion’s three-run home run in the bottom of the 11th inning lifted the Blue… Continue Reading
Capybara Captured: Second runaway rodent now back at Toronto’s High Park Zoo June 29, 2016 After more than a month on the lam, a pair of capybaras that escaped Toronto’s High Park Zoo are back home. The female and male capybaras, which are dog-sized… Continue Reading
Toronto police looking for jerk who brutally attacked a mother goose sitting on her eggs May 1, 2016 Toronto Police are searching for a man who brutally attacked a mother goose nesting in a commercial park near Steeles and Keele on April… Continue Reading