Buffalo Bills lose to the Chicago Bears in Toronto

Steve Russell - Staff Photographer

I'm not sure that the Buffalo Bills consider the Rogers Centre home field. It seemed a lot more Bear friendly.

 Billy Buffalo runs out at the start of the game.

Buffalo Bills linebacker Arthur Moats (52) tackles Chicago Bears running back Chester Taylor (29) and loses his helmet.

A fan cheers the American game.

Buffalo Bills linebacker Reggie Torbor (53) breaks up a pass to Chicago Bears running back Matt Forte (22).

Chicago Bears tight end Greg Olsen (82) reachs for a first down in front of Buffalo Bills cornerback Reggie Corner (27).

Buffalo Bills wide receiver Roscoe Parrish (11) scores the Bills first touchdown with Chicago Bears safety Danieal Manning (38) and Chicago Bears cornerback Tim Jennings (26).

 Buffalo Bills holder Brian Moorman (8) as kicker Rian Lindell misses the convert as the Buffalo Bills lose to the Chicago Bears 22-19 in NFL action.

 Bills fan cheers their touchdown as the Buffalo Bills.

A Bear leaps into a pile in search of a loose ball after Buffalo Bills running back Fred Jackson fumbled in second half.

A Buffalo Jill gets ready to cheer in the second half.

Buffalo Bills safety Donte Whitner (20) denies Chicago Bears running back Matt Forte (22) the end zone.

Buffalo Bills linebacker Antonio Coleman (59) loses his helmet tackling Chicago Bears tight end Brandon Manumaleuna (86) in second half action.

A Bills fan celebrates a rare Bills touchdown in second half action.

Chicago Bears wide receiver Earl Bennett (80) catches the game winning touchdown, the flag was for a defensive penalty.

Bills fans lament an 0-8 start as the Buffalo Bills lose to the Chicago Bears 22-19.

Buffalo Bills wide receiver Lee Evans (83) makes a spectacular catch, unfortunately out of bounds in second half action as the Buffalo Bills lose to the Chicago Bears 22-19 in NFL action.

 

 

The best of October

A busy month and a lot of pictures to show for it!

BERNARD WEIL - James George, 92-year-old former high commissioner to India and former ambassador to Iran, relaxes in his Toronto apartment. In the 1960s, the Dalai Lama asked Canada to resettle Tibetan refugees. Canada refused. George convinced Trudeau (an old friend of his) to do it. In 1971, 228 Tibetan refugees came - in small groups and at different times - to Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta.

DAVID COOPER - Competitor's are chosen when their names fall out of a burst balloon at the start of theround.  Art Battle 8, a painting competition involving rookie artists plucked out of the crowd, which then becomes the jury. Artists paint in the middle of the hall under bright lights, with house music pulsing.

DAVID COOPER - Small single engine aircraft made a forced landing on the West bound lanes of the 407 east of Woodbine Avenue on October 8th.

COLIN McCONNELL - Look Mom the slipper fits, little princess  5-year-old Hailey Chopik tries it on. A lot of little princesses got to hang out in Casa Loma for the launch of the Disney Princess Collection.

COLIN McCONNELL -  Shy little princess two-year-old Sierra Jacome gets to meet Cinderella. A lot of little princesses got to hang out in Casa Loma for the launch of the Disney Princess Collection.

RICHARD LAUTENS - Leah Pinsent and Peter Keleghan's (right) pied a terre/condo, which they share with Gordon Pinsent. The three actors keep the 700 square foot downtown condo to use almost as a hotel room when convenient.

RICK MADONIK - Lawyer James Lockyer departs from Osgoode Hall and the Ontario Court of Appeal where he was successful in having the convictions of two young mothers overturned and sent back to the lower court based on the flawed evidence of former coroner, Dr. James Smith.

STEVE RUSSELL - Lifted by the rest of the final 22, Denys Drozdyuk wins $100,000 and a car as the Best Dance in Canada at the finale of "So You Think You Can Dance Canada" at the Showline Studios  in Toronto.

CARLOS OSORIO - The Dalai Lama speaks to an audience at Rogers Centre in Toronto.

VINNIE TALOTTA - A Guiness World Record attempt in Support of Windfall was successfully made beating a standing record of 250 brides in one room. A total of 273 brides were present at the Sheration Hotel.

TANNIS TOOHEY - Irene Moore, 99, voted in this past election, but doesn't remember who she voted for.  A voting station was set up in her old age home, Extendicare Guildwood, but her family is curious as to how much 'help' she recieved from scrutineers. 

RICK MADONIK - Chante Clarke scoops up a loose ball as Nicole Stewart, right, tries to wrestle control for a jump ball. Northview Heights Secondary School plays host to the visitors from Downsview Secondary School in a league match up. 

STEVE RUSSELL - Toronto Maple Leafs tough guy Colton Orr growls at the Rangers in the pre-game warm-up with pink skates on, Orr and Mike Komisarek will wear the skates in the game as the Toronto Maple Leafs play the New York Rangers at the Air Canada Centre.

RICK EGLINTON - Toronto FC #37 Nicholas Lindsay gets twisted up with Panamas #32 Harold Cummings in first half action as Toronto FC plays Deportivo Arabe Unido of Panama at BMO field.

TANNIS TOOHEY - Toronto Argonauts #3 Cory Boyd, gets an impromptu lesson on being photogenic from teammate #61 Cedric Gagne-Marcoux during their walk-through practice at the Rogers Centre before shooting their team photo. 

RICK MADONIK - Leafs Kris Versteeg sticks close to Michal Rozsival during NHL action between Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Rangers.

RICK MADONIK - Leafs netminder Jonas Gustavsson watches as a puck defflects back towards him after hitting the post.

RICK MADONIK -  Leafs Colby Armstrong celebrates his first goal as a Leaf.

LUCAS OLENIUK - The Toronto Raptors unveiled their 2010-11 squad Wednesday night before hosting the New York Knicks. 

LUCAS OLENIUK - Jarret Jack attempted a few shots from the court side seats at the ACC prior to the teams 2010-11 home opener.

LUCAS OLENIUK - New York's Landry Fields took a spill after colliding with Toronto's Linas Kleiza while chasing a rebound in the first half.

LUCAS OLENIUK - Whatever he learned from shooting from the seats must have worked, Jarret Jack Jarret Jack cheered after bringing the Raptors within 3 points in the dying seconds of the game.

STEVE RUSSELL - Toronto defenders  Amir Johnson (15) and Jarrett Jack (1) force Cleveland Cavaliers guard Manny Harris (6) to pass in the second half as the Chris Bosh-less Toronto Raptors thump the the LeBron James-less Cleveland Cavaliers 101-81.

October was Lovely,

LUCAS OLENIUK - The Toronto Star covered the plight of Haitians through the eyes of Lovely.

LUCAS OLENIUK - Mango farmer Durosier Arnaud arranged his mangoes in a storage room outside of Gros Morne, a mango rich area in north-central Haiti.  Mangoes need to sit upright to allow for the sweet milk to settle before shipment.

LUCAS OLENIUK - A group of Christian pilgrims climbed Mt. Canaan high above the ressettlement camps of Canaan and Jerusalem to pray before breaking a fast. Twenty kilometres outside of Port-au-Prince a massive resettlement camp is sprawling across the Haitian countryside into the mountains.  The large camp is divided in two towns, Canaan and Jerusalem.  After the capital was crippled by the January earthquake thousands of people started to arrive at this mountainside field in search of a life free of fear, disease and hopelessness. 

LUCAS OLENIUK - Children practice acrobatics on the shore of the Massacre River outside of Ouanaminthe, Haiti across from the Codevi garment manufacturing plant that lies on the border of the Dominican Republic.

LUCAS OLENIUK - Lovely

October was for Elections,

STEVE RUSSELL - Rocco Rossi's team begin to clean up their  campaign headquarters on Avenue Road after he pulled out of the mayoral race.

 VINNIE TALOTTA - Mayoral candidates take part, separately, in "So You Think You Can Dance Canada" promos. Joe Pantalone dances with Karen Moniz of Come Dancing.

JIM RANKIN - Children of supporters get ready to marck Markham Mayor Frank Scarpitti into Le Parc Conference and Banquet Centre for his victory party. Scarpitti was elected to a second term as mayor.

JIM RANKIN - Markham Mayor Frank Scarpitti cruises his way to re-election. Supporters watch results roll in at Le Parc Conference and Banquet Centre.

RENE JOHNSTON - Mohamed Dhanani gives a dry run of a celebration at the banquet hall. Dhanani was poised to be Toronto's first Muslim councillor, but, the number of councillors on the ballot broke up the vote and incumbent,Parker was able to hold his seat at City Hall.

RENE JOHNSTON - Mohamed Dhanani is consoled by his wife Amna at his campaign office after the loss.

STEVE RUSSELL - It wasn't a nail biter, George Smitherman supporters watch in disbelief as the numbers show a Rob Ford landslide victory at his election party at The Guvernment in Toronto.

STEVE RUSSELL - George Smitherman kisses the hand of his 23-month-old son Michael as he delivers his concession speech after losing the Toronto Mayoral election.

CARLOS OSORIO - Hazel McCallion smells flowers given to her as she celebrates at Mississauga City Hall after winning her 12th term in office.

LUCAS OLENIUK - Supporters at the Toronto Congress Center cheered after an Rob Ford was confirmed as Mayor of Toronto.

 

 

 

A look back at September.

DAVID COOPER - Apartment fire at 200 Wellesley still burning. Woman stands on her balcony several stories above the flames trapped by the smoke in her apartment. The fire was has left everyone in the building homeless.

DAVID COOPER - Apartment fire on the 24th floor at St. James Town 200 Wellesley Street east Friday evening has put close to 1200 people out of their homes. Demetre Papadopoulos and his 14 year old dog Pluto, live on the 11th floor.

STEVE RUSSELL - Energy minister Brad Duguid tours Hydro One control centre in Barrie. The control centre divides the province into four sectors where controlers keep an eye out for problems and run through senarios in case of power shortages or other problems. 

LUCAS OLENIUK - Top NHL draft pick, Taylor Hall, took to the ice in Etobicoke as part of the 2010 NHLPA Rookie Showcase.  The event provided Upper Deck and Panini trading cards with an opportunity to photograph the top prospects for the upcoming season.  Unfortunately, useasonably warm conditions outside and a ventilation problem inside the arena, a fog took over the ice and the shoot had to move to an adjacent rink.

STEVE RUSSELL -  Giuseppe Piterna and his son Mauro have finished packing almost everything in their home. The elderly and quite ill couple (his wife Francesca is in the hospital) fell behind on their mortgage and are were evicted.

RENE JOHNSTON - The Toronto City skyline takes the late summer light from the west as the CityPlace condos rise.

LUCAS OLENIUK - Crews work to dry off the rain soaked rides at the CNE. 

CARLOS OSORIO - Kids paint in Jaylene Kostiuk's all day kindergarten class at James S. Bell Elementary School on the first day of school.

CARLOS OSORIO - Mayor Hazel McCallion announces that she plans to run again in Mississauga. 

STEVE RUSSELL - Anthony Russo, flanked by Kassie Brown in yellow and Robyn Baltzer in grey leap as they rehearse a number for Cirque du Soleil on Queen Street West for the show "Banana Shpeel" which will run until October 10 at the Canon Theatre.

COLIN McCONNELL -  Violinist Adrian Anantawan is reheasing with Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

ANDREW WALLACE - A smoker flings his butt.

COLIN McCONNELL -  Thousands of Muslims gathered at Exhibition Place in Toronto to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, which commemorates the end of the holy month of Ramadan.

RICK MADONIK - Rafi Karim, 3, drinks a juice box as he waits with his family on chairs in the recepiton area of the centre, Access Point on Danforth, a centre which brings together a number of services from health care to youth programs, and greatly serves newcomers to Canada.

DAVID COOPER -  Terence Houle, a Blackfoot artist who plays - with pleasant comic effect - with his ethnic identity and how it fits into the modern world in his new show Givn'R, at the Art Gallery of York University (AGYU). The piece he is standing beside is titled "Trail's End / End Trail's" playing on the noble savage on horseback.

DAVID COOPER - Katie Riley, tosses cake into the air after winning a $35,000 wedding at the Boiler House. Two Brides-to-be, Riley and Hayley-Shea Charuk dove into a 500lb wedding cake to find a key to win a $35,000 wedding at the Boiler House in the Distillery District.

RENE JOHNSTON - Mayoral frontrunner Rob Ford loses his umbrella in the storm.  Rob Ford coached his Don Bosco football team to a win in the rain.

TANNIS TOOHEY - Mayoral Candidate George Smitherman laps up a drink from the water fountain at the newly opened Sugar Beach before he talks to the media.

LUCAS OLENIUK - Aboard the Number 7 Snowbird plane piloted by Marco Rusconi during the Snowbird media flight.  The team toured Ontario's cottage country through sun and rain before returning to Pearson Airport for debriefing. 

DAVID COOPER - The Canadian International Air Show went ahead on the last day of the CNE down at the waterfront. Gray skies and some light rain didn't affect the show. A Westjet 737 aircraft passes in the background as The Canadian Forces Snowbirds finished of the show is spectacular fashion.

LUCAS OLENIUK - Actor Edward Norton photographed at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival.  Norton was promoting his film "Stone".

RICHARD LAUTENS - Well known comedic actor Will Farrell was in town promoting his new movie, "Everything Must Go", on at the Toronto International Film Festival. 

RICHARD LAUTENS - Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman is the director and star of the Movie 'Jack Goes Boating' at the Toronto International Film Festival.

LUCAS OLENIUK - Actress Kalki Koeclin photographed in Toronto at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival.

STEVE RUSSELL - National Film Board, NFB, chair Tom Perlmutter for Atkinson Fellow Kate Taylor's look into the identity and the gatekeepers of Canadian Culture through media

STEVE RUSSELL - Toronto International Film Festival Piers Handling for Atkinson Fellow Kate Taylor's look into the identity and the gatekeepers of Canadian Culture through media.

 

SPORTS

DAVID COOPER - Toronto Argonauts Quarterback Cleo Lemon stretches at practice at University of Toronto, Mississauga campus as they prepare for Labour Day game in Hamilton.

RENE JOHNSTON - Rob Friend of Canadian National soccer team gets pulled down by Santiago Acasiete of the Peru National Team in first half action in a friendly in Toronto.

RENE JOHNSTON - Canadian National soccer team goalie Lars Hirschfeld tries to keep the ball out of the net with help from Kevin McKenna as Jefferson Farfan (17) of the the Peru National Team in second half action in a friendly. Canada lost 2-0.

RENE JOHNSTON - The Toronto Argos Chad Lucas gets hammered and loses the ball from the hit by Hamilton Ti-Cat Dylan Barker at Ivor Wynne in Hamilton on Labour Day in the first half.

RICK MADONIK - Rangers Nelson Cruz breaks his bat as he flies out during MLB action between Texas Rangers and Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.

RICK MADONIK - Vernon Wells fouls off a ball during an at bat during MLB Action between Tampa Bay Rays and Toronto Blue Jays.

RICK MADONIK - Fred Lewis can't come up with the ball as a runner turns on the Kyle Crawford triple during MLB Action between Tampa Bay Rays and Toronto Blue Jays.

CARLOS OSORIO - Toronto Blue Jays Jose Bautista waits in the dugout with his jersey off after defeating the Baltimore Orioles 5-2. Some of the Jays players gave the jersey's they wore in the game to some fans.

TANNIS TOOHEY - Toronto FC's Dwayne de Rosario and Chad Barrett react in their 3-2 loss versus San Jose Earthquakes.

TARA WALTON - Toronto Maple Leafs' Captain Dion Phaneuf rocks Buffalo Sabres' Chris Butler during the first period of action Monday September 27, 2010.

RICHARD LAUTENS - The crowd jeers as Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez throws after catching a foul ball from Adam Lind. In their last home stand of the season, the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 7-5 at the Rogers Centre.

The END(s)

RICK MADONIK - People gave the clothes off their backs at a fundraiser at the Carlu in support of the Canadian Art Foundation. The models were actually part of a performance piece. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Labour Day football classic

Toronto Star photojournalist Rene Johnston covered the annual Labour Day Classic between the Toronto Argonauts and their bitter rivals the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.  The Ti-Cats got the better of the Argos, 28-13.

The Toronto Argos Chad Lucas (r) gets hammered and loses the ball from the hit by Hamilton Ti-Cat Dylan Barker at Ivor Wynne in Hamilton on Labour Day in the first half. (Rene Johnston/Toronto Star)

Toronto Star staff April favourites

Published, unpublished, some of our April favorites in what will become a monthly feature!

DAVID COOPER - Trevor Rogers balances rocks by the boardwalk to the delight and amazement of kids and adults alike. With summer like weather in the 20's today the Beaches looked like a summer weekend with wall to wall people on the beach and on Queen st. East. 

RENE JOHNSTON - Football players line up arm in arm as the casket of teammate and friend Mike McDonald, or Biggie passes into the hearse at his funeral at Westminster United Church in Whitby. The 16-year-old student was stabbed to death at a bus stop near his school.

 BERNARD WEIL - Overshadowed by the CN Tower, John Andrews and Mike Rochford untie netting high up poles that were wrapped up for the winter, at the Docks Golf Driving Range.

RICHARD LAUTENS - Harmeed Kaurhundal, 10, spins a Chakra-a representation of a traditional Sikh weapon. The Khalsa day parade brought thousands of colourfully dressed Sihks to parade from Canadian National Exhibition to Queen's Park. 

RICK MADONIK - Richard Bansu, of Chaminade College School, runs the first leg of the Junior Boys 4 x 100 during the competition as St. Michael's College School played host to the SnowBall Relays track and field event.  

STEVE RUSSELL - Vale INCO continues to dump slag, the molten byproduct of the smelting process. As the Strike between the Brazilian company and Members of USW 6500 entered its ninth month. 

 TARA WALTON - Mohamed Kajouji (right), the father of Nadia, an 18-year-old Carleton University student who became depressed after leaving her Brampton home and later drowned herself in the Rideau River in March 2008.

LUCAS OLENIUK - The cast and crew of "Unnamed Superheroes", a parody of the film "Kick-Ass", shot in Toronto's port area Tuesday afternoon.  The film is a school project for director and York University student Vas Saranga.  Saranga's films can be watched at www.3shadeproductions.com. 

RICK EGLINTON - Graeme Cameron demonstrates the quality of his custom made "Best Made Co." axes from the U.S.

STEVE RUSSELL - Chris Bosh lays on the ground after missing a shot to win the game as the Toronto Raptors lose to the Golden State Warriors 113-112 at the buzzer at the Air Canada Centre.   

TONY BOCK -  Kevin Youkilis out at home in the first inning on the throw from right fielder Travis Snider to catcher John Buck, after J. D. Drew singles on a ground ball to right. 

MICHELLE SHEPHARD - GUANTANAMO BAY - A detainee runs the track inside Camp 4, where "highly compliant" detainees, including Canadian Omar Khadr, are imprisoned. Khadr was 15 when detained in Afghanistan and is charged with five war crimes including murder for the death of Delta Force soldier Christopher Speer. Now 23, his case is the first to go to trial under under the Obama administration this week. 

COLIN McCONNELL - The 60th aniversary  jubilee mass  at  St. Casimir's parish on Roncessvales honoured the death of the Polish president, the First Lady and nearly 100 others in the plane crash in Poland.

 RICK MADONIK -  Lyba Spring, sexual health promoter with Toronto Public Health, in her downtown office, with two puberty felt aids which have interchangeable parts to demonstrate to kids the changes that will occur in their bodies.