North Toronto Post - May 2012

St. Delicious

National Geographic names Toronto’s St. Lawrence Market best in the world

The iPad education: Should schools be encouraging kids to bring devices to the classroom?

Brittany Mahaney
iPads help kids learn in a way that works for the digital generation, say some Toronto teachers

Home is where the reno is: Answers to this season’s home décor questions

Toronto’s top designers provide quick fixes to this season’s pressing home decor questions

Brianne Hogan
An outdoor lounge, like this from TV show Decked Out, will help you
make the most of Canada’s short summers

Want to commemorate your pregnancy? Get a belly cast

Casting a belly in plaster is the latest way to commemorate pregnancy

Rebecca Eckler

Asian comics on the rise and turning tradition on its head

Sheng Wang just one of the rising stars of comedy with Pacific Rim roots

Mark Breslin

Karim Rashid: The designer behind mailboxes and modern art

The uncanny rise of design chameleon Karim Rashid and his secret Toronto connection

Brianne Hogan

One song for Canada

Ten-year-old student preaches the benefits of music

Danielle Perry

To read or not to read?

Take it from me and keep your kid’s diary off limits

Joanne Kates

Gold medal medicine

If you had Canada’s top physical education expert cornered at a party, in an Olympic year no less, what would you ask him?

Ron Johnson

Suzuki and Strombo team up

Power pair defend our country’s fragile marine ecosystems

David Suzuki

Heritage versus homeowners in Lawrence Park

A couple’s plans to build their dream home in Lawrence Park have been put on hold.

Michelle Ervin

Yonge & Eg-normous?

Design review panel tells developers to go back to the drawing board

MIchelle Ervin

Local gold baron’s donation decried

Activists up in arms over mining giant’s gift to nature museum

Nicholas Mizera

Cyclists might get 10-kilometre lane on Eglinton Avenue

The Ward 22 chapter of the Toronto Cyclists Union is pleased to see the city contemplating bike lanes along the 10-kilometre stretch between Brentcliffe Road and Black Creek Drive

Michelle Ervin

Toronto's Best Taco

Mexican food has never been hotter — or better — in Toronto. Just in time for the annual celebration of Mexican heritage, spicy food connoisseur and host of Everyday Exotic and Heat Seekers on...

Charlotte Herrold

Cream of the cropped

As the temperature rises, so do the hemlines on everything — including jackets. Jeanne Beker picks the season’s coolest cropped toppers

Casino referendum a big gamble for Toronto

Dropping a casino option on Toronto has provided a marvellous insight into the decision-making processes of the city’s politicians.

John Sewell