Critters

When Jill Edwards leaves home in the mornings she’s not looking forward to what she knows she’s going to see. While others still sleep, Edwards is making her pre-work patrol in lower Downtown around the Yonge corridor from 5:30 to ...

John Bennett — Mine was in a University of Toronto auditorium listening to Greenpeace Founder Bob Hunter describe the first voyage to “Save the Whales” back in 1976. “Save the Whales” became ‎the catch phrase of the 70s, synonymous with ...

St. Lawrence Neighborhood dog owners are a sociable bunch and many congregate on the playground and baseball field in Crombie Park bounded by Frederick, The Esplanade and Sherbourne. Their dogs romp and play and poop. Most local dog owners pick ...

Ontario is moving ahead with enhanced standards of care for marine mammals – such as  dolphins, belugas and walruses – to ensure both greater protection and improved treatment. These new standards of care, reflecting advice from an expert report by ...

Frank Touby — Well, Tank friends and fans, we’ve come a long way since adopting the beloved Labrador retriever formerly owned by Danny Murphy, the charismatic Irishman who made so many friends from his post by the LCBO across from ...

 Tank Touby — I wish to thank everyone who was worried about me and who called both Toronto Animal Services and my new home. I was lonely and confused at first but I am okay now. I miss Danny and probably ...

Frank Touby — Hello again, Tank fans. The thing about retrievers is that they are needy. Fixated. Neurotic could be the word if you’re lacking in charitable thoughts because one of that variable breed is utterly focused on you. That ...

Frank Touby — The Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon Oct. 19 was a spectacular event with weather perfectly suited for marathoners: cool to the point of chilly. Just the thing for someone running 21 miles, even in the sparse tank tops ...

Frank Touby — It occurs to me how lucky we are to have Tank and how that’s equally true for Tank having us. He has blended right in as one of our pack (aka family in dog terms). The first ...

Frank Touby — We have been back in St. Lawrence Neighbourhood a couple of days now after having shuffled off toward Buffalo and our Lake Erie cottage known locally as The Bog. The Tank Report   That’s because it is ...