From the breaking news desk: Aug 22 & 29

This is it. This is the final list of stories that I worked on in the Toronto Star radio room. I trained some new interns on the 30th and 31st — forcing them to… Read More →

From the breaking news desk: Aug 13 – 17

My latest list of news stories from the Toronto Star radio room. Boy, 4, in hospital after fall from window A 4-year-old boy is suffering from life-threatening injuries after falling from the second… Read More →

From the breaking news desk: Aug 1 – 9

The latest collection of breaking news stories from the Toronto Star radio room, all authored by yours truly. Food bank volunteers shocked at break-in A food bank was hit in an early morning… Read More →

From the breaking news desk: July 29 – 31

One dead, one arrested after ‘spectacular’ residential crash Man not wearing seatbelt was ejected and killed; car looks like “it went through a war,” investigator says. Toronto man charged with online luring A… Read More →

From the breaking news desk: July 17 – 19

Keeping cool in the world’s hottest spots Think it’s sweaty in Toronto? Try taking a vacation to El Azizia, Libya. The small desert town has the distinction of dealing with the highest temperature… Read More →

Washington Post declares Ottawa “cool”

Previously published at the Toronto Star’s Intern Blog Stop the presses! This just in… Ottawa is making headlines in Washington, D.C.’s largest and oldest newspaper, even winning out over Toronto when it comes to subcultural kudos.… Read More →

From the breaking news desk: July 9 – 12

It was a very grim series of shifts this time around. Many tragedies and close calls. Here’s the latest list of breaking news stories that I authored. Child choked by window blind cord… Read More →

Making it to Algonquin, without the automobile

Originally published in the Toronto Star Fabiola Carletti Staff Reporter Ontario’s top park just got a lot closer to the city. Currently, car-less Torontonians must either rent a vehicle or take an indirect… Read More →

There’s something about Meghan

I didn’t blog about my first front-page Toronto Star story on the day it was printed because, well, I needed time to hyperventilate. To properly explain why,  I’ll have to use grandiose adjectives… Read More →

Designs on a better way

Multilingual map heralds subway to unite a city Originally published in the Toronto Star Himy Syed examines a tattered subway map written entirely in phonetic Chinese characters. Without understanding a word, he draws… Read More →