Mark Colley

3 days ago | thespec.com | Alex Ballingall |Mark Colley |Isabel Teotonio

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff, died Monday. He was 88. Follow the Star’s live coverage today. The canonization of the first millennial saint, Carlo Acutis, is postponed after the pope’s deathVATICAN CITY—The canonization of the first millennial saint, Carlo Acutis, has been postponed due to the death Monday of Pope Francis, the Vatican announced. Acutis was to be canonized next Sunday in St. Peter’s Square on the occasion of the Jubilee celebration for adolescents.

1 week ago | thespec.com | Jennifer Pagliaro |Mark Colley

The hit-and-run driver who injured four people Tuesday at the downtown campus of Toronto Metropolitan University knew one of the victims and may have been targeting them, Toronto police say. Just before 2 p.m., four people were injured on a pedestrian walkway, including two who were sent to hospital — one with minor injuries and the other with serious but not life-threatening injuries. Two others were offered medical aid at the scene. As the driver remained at large Tuesday evening, Duty Insp.

1 week ago | thespec.com | Mark Colley

In David Blackmore’s 10-year-old mind, it was a brilliant idea. He would take his five-foot-long inflatable raft, for a ride off the shores of Toronto’s Cherry Beach. He’d take a paddle for steering. He’d go it alone, because his friend Michael Stewart wanted nothing to do with it. So in the evening of April 15, 1968, Blackmore set off. Wearing only boots, jeans and a sweater in near-freezing weather, he journeyed into Lake Ontario in the dinghy he had bought from an army surplus store.

1 week ago | thespec.com | Mark Colley

It was on the ice at the University of Oxford where Mark Carney first met his wife. She was new to skating, but that didn’t make any difference — she had quickly become the best player on the team. She could skate faster than anyone else, handle the puck well and had a good shot. It was from the ice that Diana Fox caught the attention of a five-foot-nine-inch goalie on the Oxford men’s team, the future prime minister of Canada.

2 weeks ago | thespec.com | Mark Colley

Door knocking, stump speeches and talking Charli XCX with Nardwuar the Human Serviette. Liberal Leader Mark Carney and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh appeared in interviews with internet-famous celebrity interviewer Nardwuar on Thursday, sharing their thoughts on essential election issues, like Carney’s bald spot, Singh’s love of “Wavin’ Flag” artist K’naan, and an obscure 1968 party game.