Reporting for the Toronto Star.https://bsky.app/profile/markcolley.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/markcolley.bsky.social/post/3lyyekildhc2pOne of Toronto’s most famous swans is dead — and the lives of his family have taken a dark turn. On a Toronto tragedy, for @thestar.com: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/one-of-torontos-most-famous-swans-is-dead-and-the-lives-of-his-family-have/article_62745bcf-ac8e-4f70-a491-8f371d6713ac.html16 Sep 2025 22:27 +0000at://did:plc:d4sglonbe2at7fly5rgevtk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyyekildhc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/markcolley.bsky.social/post/3lijyxp25hk2pNick Costigan felt the sudden drop. He heard a screeching noise. Then his window became a fireball and the right wing tore off. “Then it was dark.” Inside Delta Flight 4819, for @thestar.com: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/a-quick-drop-a-screeching-sound-then-a-fireball-inside-the-delta-air-lines-flight/article_c8fdf25e-ee58-11ef-b802-0f5ee2072570.html19 Feb 2025 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:d4sglonbe2at7fly5rgevtk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lijyxp25hk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/markcolley.bsky.social/post/3lihi4kfyt22cFrom today's Toronto Star front page: Three critically injured after a miracle at Pearson, when 80 people fled a mangled, charred fuselage. With many amazing colleagues: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/18-injured-in-plane-crash-at-pearson-airport-it-was-like-a-strange-dream/article_3f6bf1e8-ed69-11ef-a888-43d587f41274.html18 Feb 2025 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:d4sglonbe2at7fly5rgevtk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lihi4kfyt22chttps://bsky.app/profile/markcolley.bsky.social/post/3lhqx6t6sfs2mRainbolt, the world's most famous GeoGuessr, bought a billboard in Toronto. It is mystifying locals -- if they even notice it at all. The story behind the "This is not Vanvouver" sign, for @thestar.com: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/this-is-not-vancouver-nice-so-who-s-the-internet-celebrity-behind-this-cryptic-toronto/article_367d6278-e595-11ef-ad92-63bbb548a17e.html09 Feb 2025 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:d4sglonbe2at7fly5rgevtk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhqx6t6sfs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/markcolley.bsky.social/post/3lhjw2nxf4c2pThere are 2,300 abandoned rockets orbiting Earth. Eventually, they will all come down. How long until one hits a plane? My latest for the Toronto Star: https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/space-debris-is-cluttering-our-orbit-and-its-getting-worse-how-long-until-falling-space/article_70b28500-e4b8-11ef-a904-ab4a8223fba6.html06 Feb 2025 20:22 +0000at://did:plc:d4sglonbe2at7fly5rgevtk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhjw2nxf4c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/markcolley.bsky.social/post/3lg7exstuos24While not mentioning Canada by name, Donald Trump promised to impose tariffs on foreign countries to "enrich our citizens." That and nine other promises Trump made during his inauguration speech, for @torontostar.bsky.social: https://www.thestar.com/news/world/united-states/everything-donald-trump-promised-in-his-inauguration-speech-tariffs-the-gulf-of-america-and-astronauts/article_84cb4d44-d769-11ef-833a-5b595e248bd2.html20 Jan 2025 22:25 +0000at://did:plc:d4sglonbe2at7fly5rgevtk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg7exstuos24https://bsky.app/profile/markcolley.bsky.social/post/3ldhfea4cw223One of Canada's greatest and bravest. Finally, an honour much deserved. https://www.thestar.com/news/terry-fox-will-be-the-next-canadian-featured-on-the-5-bill/article_00a74e46-bbf3-11ef-be05-23925e074af7.html16 Dec 2024 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:d4sglonbe2at7fly5rgevtk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldhfea4cw223https://bsky.app/profile/markcolley.bsky.social/post/3lbuadper4c2fThe World Chess Championship starts at 4 a.m. Toronto time. That hasn't stopped locals from watching. On a clash between a champ and a phenom, and the messed up sleep schedules that come with it, for @torontostar.bsky.social: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/chess-at-4-a-m-for-the-world-chess-championship-these-torontonians-will-do-anything/article_87cd81be-ab69-11ef-8bd2-93dc1a79b0ad.html26 Nov 2024 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:d4sglonbe2at7fly5rgevtk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbuadper4c2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/markcolley.bsky.social/post/3lbmu7s52ik2u“You’ll do like two or three Blink 182 tattoos when they come through,” Wildenboer said, “but nothing, nothing, nothing like this.” On an unexpected, unprecedented boost from the Eras Tour: https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/taylor-swift-is-good-for-business-but-nobody-in-toronto-saw-this-coming-inside-the/article_e691d8be-a900-11ef-86f1-83f0a81342da.html23 Nov 2024 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:d4sglonbe2at7fly5rgevtk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbmu7s52ik2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/markcolley.bsky.social/post/3lbfjfkex3k2hThe @torontostar.bsky.social sent me -- a non-Swiftie who has covered Taylor Swift for the past few weeks -- to watch the Eras Tour. Here's what I learned. https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/i-m-not-a-taylor-swift-fan-but-i-went-to-the-eras-tour-in/article_af25e17a-a5e2-11ef-90ba-036be6c5400f.html20 Nov 2024 17:54 +0000at://did:plc:d4sglonbe2at7fly5rgevtk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbfjfkex3k2h