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Ron Watton (July 21, 1932- Oct. 30, 2023 Toronto Star Obituary section Dec. 16,2023) was a Canadian football player who played for the Toronto Argonauts, BC Lions and Hamilton Tiger-Cats. [1] He previously played football with the Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers .
The Toronto Star is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and part of Torstar's Daily News Brands division. [6] The newspaper was established in 1892 as the Evening Star and was later renamed the Toronto Daily Star in 1900, under Joseph E ...
He joined the Toronto Star in 1961, and covered the National Hockey League, and specifically the Toronto Maple Leafs. He also wrote on the 1972 Summit Series and several IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships. [5] He has also authored over 30 books related to sports and has contributed to over 60 additional titles. [5]
Robert Donald "Donny" Petersen (17 April 1947 – 12 December 2021) was a Canadian outlaw biker, writer, and alleged gangster.The author of 21 books, Petersen won the International Book Award in 2012, 2013 and 2014, and served as the national secretary and principal spokesman for the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club in Canada.
Garry Hoy (January 28, 1954 – July 9, 1993) was a Canadian lawyer who died when he fell from the 24th floor of his office building at the Toronto-Dominion Centre in Toronto, Ontario. In an attempt to prove to a group of prospective articling students that the building's glass windows were unbreakable, he threw himself against the glass. The ...
One Yonge Street, the former Torstar headquarters.. Torstar Corporation is a Canadian mass media company which primarily publishes news. In addition to the Toronto Star, its flagship and namesake, Torstar also publishes daily newspapers in Hamilton, Peterborough, Niagara Region, and Waterloo Region In addition to the Metroland Media Group and a minority position on Canadian Press.
For nearly a decade since, Bruner has worked in several prestigious antique shops and art galleries throughout Toronto. In August 2009, Bruner was diagnosed with a Glioblastoma multiforme brain tumor. After battling the cancer for nearly three months, Bruner died with her family at her side, on December 18, 2009, at Toronto's Sunnybrook Hospital.
Duncan Ian Macpherson, CM (September 20, 1924 in Toronto – May 3, 1993 in Beaverton, Ontario) was a Canadian editorial cartoonist. [1] He drew for the Montreal Standard (starting 1948) and for Maclean's, illustrating the writings of Gregory Clark and Robert Thomas Allen.