Dave Pollard

Dave Pollard is a national online editor with the Toronto Sun. A Mississauga native with 35 years' experience in the business, much of it writing sports, Pollard has been with Canoe.com and the Toronto Sun since 2008.

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Eclectic Austin much more than just America's live music capital

Over the last 20 years, the slogan “Keep Austin Weird” has been soundly embraced by the capital city of Texas.

March 26, 2022 Travel USA

A look at downtown Austin, Texas from the south side of the Colorado River.

EXPLAINER: What Canadians needs to know about Trudeau's gun ban

With the stroke of a pen in the spring of 2020, Justin Trudeau banned more than 1,500 types of legally-held firearms.

with Video

December 25, 2021 Canada

A restricted gun licence holder holds a AR-15 at his home in Langley, B.C., on May 1, 2020.

Hated Berlin Wall reduced to rubble 30 years ago

Anyone old enough to remember that explosive and optimistic time will quickly recall then-U.S. President Ronald Reagan’s pointed and passionate words to Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

June 7, 2020 World

Fireworks explode over Brandenburg Gate during a ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in Berlin on November 9, 2019.

Amazing Mazatlan offers combination of sun, surf and sightseeing

There was a time, not that long ago in the grand scheme of things, when Hollywood’s elite would spend their down time living it up on the Pacific coast in Mexico.

January 25, 2020 Travel International

People watch the sun set from the warm waters of the Pacific Ocean in Mazatlan, Mexico. (DAVE POLLARD/Toronto Sun)

Blue Jays reportedly sign Korean starter Hyun-Jin Ryu to four-year, $80M deal

The Blue Jays reportedly signed free-agent starting pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu Sunday night to a four-year deal worth US$80 million, according to the MLB Network’s Jon Heyman .

December 23, 2019 Toronto Blue Jays

Hyun-Jin Ryu of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches against the Colorado Rockies at Dodger Stadium on April 30, 2013 in Los Angeles. (Victor Decolongon/Getty Images)

HAMBURG, LUBECK AND BREMEN: Northern Germany's stars shine bright

Hamburg has been a city of songs for centuries, long before five mop-topped young lads from Liverpool again put the northern German city on the musical map in the early 1960s.

October 6, 2019 Travel Europe

The sun sets on Hamburg on a warm summer night. (DAVE POLLARD/Toronto Sun)

Jays rookie Waguespack records first career win with solid outing against Red Sox

The Blue Jays threw a curveball even before their game with the Boston Red Sox began.

July 4, 2019 Toronto Blue Jays

Jacob Waguespack of the Toronto Blue Jays delivers a pitch in the second inning during a MLB game against the Boston Red Sox at Rogers Centre on July 3, 2019 in Toronto.

Jays dusted by Diamondbacks

It appears there’s a simple formula for beating the Blue Jays these days.

June 8, 2019 Toronto Blue Jays

Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (27) hits a single and breaks his bat during the eighth inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Rogers Centre. (Kevin Sousa-USA TODAY Sports)

Cottage-country resort first to earn 'pot-friendly' designation

Spark one up in celebration, if you’re so inclined.

June 2, 2019 Ontario

Picture of a marijuana flower taken in a greenhouse at the Fotmer Life Sciences company in Nueva Helvecia, 120 Km west of Montevideo, Uruguay, on April 17, 2019

POLLARD: D-Day beach visit a somber reminder of cost of war

Standing alone on a once nondescript stretch of beach along the French coastline, the silence broken by just the ever-present wind and the crashing waves, can be a powerfully moving yet somber experience.

June 2, 2019 Canada

A fortified German defensive position can be seen in front of the Juno Beach Centre in Courseulles-sur-Mer, France. (DAVE POLLARD/Postmedia Network)