Steve Russell
@steverussell
Toronto Star photojournalist! Canon Ambassador!
Round of 64 at the @WTA National Bank Open at Sobey's Stadium in Toronto. #WTA #NationalBankOpen #NBO
The count? One strike to two balls! Dalton Varsho experienced one of #baseballproblems.
The most exciting play in baseball has to the triple, especially a George Springer triple and especially for a photographer camped out at third base. #BlueJays #MLB #GeorgeSpringer
One of the events I love to cover! The Toronto Caribbean Carnival holds its annual King and Queen showcase at Lamport Stadium. #TorontoCaribbeanCarnival #Mas #Toronto
Good Morning Toronto! If you though the smoke from the wild fires in Northern Ontario would blow over by now,..., sorry! Sunrise over the Beaches shows the air quality will be just as bad today. #TheBigSmoke #airquality #Toronto
The view of the Northern Ontario forest fire haze engulfing the Toronto Skyline from Humber Bay Park West. #ForestFire #TorontoHaze #TheBigSmoke #Toronto
Ay Caramba! Mexico fans were left sad at the FIFA Fanfestival at Fort York Commons after England beat them 3-2 in the round of 16 in the FIFA 2026 World Cup. #Caramba #QueLastima #Fıfaworldcup2026 #fifaworldcup #mexicomiseleccion
UGH! Toronto fans gathered at Fort York Commons and watched Canada's trip deep into the FIFA 2026 World Cup end with a 3-0 loss to Morocco. #FIFAworldcup #FIFAfanfest #TeamCanada
Big game for Portugal, Cristiano #Ronaldo scores! Portugal moves to the round of 16. #FIFAWWorldCup #FIFA #TorontoStar #shotoncanon
ICYMI, Thousands gathered on Toronto’s Beaches to watch the Canada Day fireworks display last night.
Hundreds of Portugal fans showed up to try to catch a glimpse of Ronaldo at Centennial Park in Etobicoke on the eve of their knock out game against Croatia. #Ronaldo #FIFA #Fıfaworldcup2026 #Portugal
Thousands of Police officers march along Martin Grove as they gathered for the funeral of Toronto Police Constable Marc Pinizzotto at the Toronto Congress Centre, he was killed in the line of duty on Thursday, June 11, 2026 #TOpoli #TPS #TPSfuneral
Croatia beats Panama in FIFA 2026 World Cup action in Toronto. #FIFAWorldCup #FIFA #WorldCup
Germany avoids an upset with two goals in the second half, one in injury time, to beat Ivory Coast 2-1 in FIFA 2026 World Cup action. Deutschland vermeidet eine Überraschung mit 2 Toren in der zweiten Halbzeit, eines davon in der Nachspielzeit, und besiegt die Elfenbeinküste
OMG! A Toronto team won the Cup! It was the Toronto Marlies and they won the Calder Cup. They last won in 2018! The Marlies are the @MapleLeafs farm team. #TorontoMarlies #CalderCup @TheAHL #MapleLeafs
Things got a little heated between Isabelle Harrison of the Toronto Tempo and Angel Reese of the Atlanta Dream. The play resulted in Harrison getting a flagrant 2 for the foul. #Tempo #TorontoTempo #WNBeh #WNBA
Canada scores late in the second half to tie Bosnia and Herzegovina in their FIFA 2026 World Cup opener! #FIFAWorldCup #WeAreToronto
Fans pour out of the FIFA 2026 World Cup FanFest at half time of the Mexico versus South Africa game as a thunderstorm lurked in the area forcing an event evacuation. #WeAreToronto #FIFAWORLD26 #Toronto #TOstorm
Canada’s FIFA 2026 World Cup team trains ahead of their game on Friday against Bosnia-Herzegovina at TFC Training Ground in Toronto. #CANMNT #CanadaSoccer #WorldCup2026 #WC2026
The Toronto Blue Jays celebrated Roy Halladay as they fell to the Philadelphia Phillies. #TorontoBlueJays #BlueJays #RoyHalladay
Canada’s FIFA 2026 World Cup team trains ahead of their game on Friday against Bosnia-Herzegovina at TFC Training Ground in Toronto. #FIFAWorldCup #CANADAMNT #CMNT
Jays Win! Jays Win! Jays Win! The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles powered by a Ernie Clement three run homer! #BlueJays #TorontoBlueJays #Jays #LetsGoBlueJays
The World Cup Trophy Tour landed at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto! #WorldCup2026 #WorldCupToronto #FIFA
Dang it! The Toronto Blue Jays fall to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Dylan Cease and Vladdy both left the game with injuries.
I saw this in traffic today, And my first thought was, “how does he afford to pay for gas?” My second thought was, “is that a dog driving?”
Toronto Fire investigate a fire that happened at Phat Boy Fireworks at 1770 Albion in Etobicoke that caught fire after a car crashed into it. Not long after birds begin building a nest in the facade's ruins.
Cyclists on the Gateway Bridge over the mouth if the Humber River.