Buffalo may be getting the worst of it, but Canadians aren’t out of the woods. Lake effect snow has also been falling around Toronto. Eric Sorensen explains what’s fueling these historic snowstorms.

25 years ago in the House of Commons, MPs agreed unanimously to try to eradicate child poverty by the year 2000.

In the city of Ottawa, distracted driving has become a primary cause of accidents. Chris Jeri breaks down some of the stats about distracted driving in this animation.

Our team built a series of graphics to cover the Rosetta story. All set designs by Annu Gulati and Beth Mally.

Rosetta and the Comet

A team of scientists have landed a spacecraft on the icy surface of a speeding comet, hurtling through space more than 500 million kilometres from Earth.

A new study conducted by the Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University shows a third of Canadians believe politicians frequently accept bribes and that one in five voters has stopped voting because of perceived political corruption.

Through this animation, Andrew Miller, Andre Paquette and Leo Kavanagh tell the story of Fred, a politician at city hall who rises to become an MP for the House of Commons.

Toronto called in the army after 113 centimetres of snow fell over two weeks in 1999. Now, imagine receiving that same amount in just 24 hours.

That’s just what parts of Buffalo are dealing with after battling snow for more than two days. The main cause of the 123-plus cm of snow (4 feet, for Americans) is due to lake effect snow.

Janet Cordahi built this infographic with the towering chief meteorologist Anthony Farnell, which compares the amount of snow that different areas of Buffalo received.

Not all heroin addicts are able to unhook themselves from their addiction. Providence Health Care, a Vancouver health provider, has a heroin maintenance program that prescribes pharmaceutical heroin to addicts at no cost. This week’s episode of 16×9 explores this controversial treatment.

NHL’s chief operating officer has gone public, saying jersey sponsorship is coming, but he won’t say when. Eric Sorensen looks at what ads on uniforms could mean for the game.

Designers: Annu Gulati and Beth Mally

Chris MacDougall presents a comparison of fares of different public transit systems from a few world class cities around the world.

Canadian troops are not playing an active role on the ground in any war right now. However, there are Canadian servicemen and women engaged in air missions against ISIS over Iraq, striking new targets on Wednesday.

In this week’s edition of The West Block, Tom Clark boils down the stark warning in the UN’s most recent report on climate change.

While Canada’s healthcare system covers the cost of hospital care for everyone, many are left without funding for prescription drugs.

President Barack Obama woke up to a grim new reality following the midterm elections. His political foes in the Republican party won control of the Senate.

This animation, by Chris MacDougall, depicts the difference between all weather tires and all season tires.

A new report says almost half of the Canadian households who use food banks are families with kids and nearly half of those are two-parent families. Although 841,191 Canadians turn to food banks every month just to make ends meet, many misconceptions still exist regarding individuals who access these services.

Janet Cordahi‘s infographic explores some common myths regarding food bank use in Canada.

“Global News believes in a greater Toronto” is the fall image campaign to promote the The News Hour with Leslie Roberts. These digital signage promos are part the campaign and will be displayed at various locations including Cineplex Odeon movie theatres, Royal Bank Plaza, Richmond Adelaide Centre and Union Station.

Design and animation: Andrew Miller

Tom Clark lays out the good, the bad, and the ugly of Canada’s economy.

A new Ipsos Reid poll suggests that of all of the socio-demographic facts “guesstimated,” Canadians got all of them either wrong or without a majority finding the given fact to be true.

Canada is becoming a major force in the pro basketball circuit. This year a record 12 Canadians are on starting NBA rosters — the most of any country outside the U.S.

Once upon a time, Toronto’s graphics department worked exclusively with Winnipeg. During that time, our team established a unique relationship with Senior Producer Brian Wood. Working together on a daily basis via telephone and emails, we were able to produce and design visuals for the Winnipeg broadcasts. Finally, we had the pleasure of meeting Brian this last week as he spent some time here at Global Toronto to help produce Decision 2014: Winnipeg Votes.

Brian finally got the chance to finally meet what is now known as the GlobalGFX department.

To Brian: It’s wonderful to finally put a face to a familiar voice! We’ve enjoyed working with you and we’re looking forward to working with you even more!