North York Post - February 2012

Giddy up

Local duo Whitehorse no one-trick pony

Ron Johnson

Oliver’s twisted logic

Minister attacks Canadians who care

David Suzuki

Carrying the torch in a post-Pryor world

Comedian Paul Mooney’s new book rekindles some fond memories

Mark Breslin

Haute Chocolate Wars

Thinking of getting your sweetheart a box of chocolates this Valentine’s Day? You might want to stir up some lovin’ with a hot cup of cocoa instead. Hot chocolate is, well, hot again, thanks to...

Roncy restaurant revival

The Ace and The Westerly lead charge as centre of the culinary universe heads west

by Jon Sufrin

Southern Comfort

With Mardi Gras this month, you may be hankering for some southern soul food, but as tasty as these treats are, the lab results remind us why they call the holiday ‘Fat Tuesday’

by Charlotte Herrold

Four little bistros that could

A quartet of the city’s most charming French restaurants

by Joanne Kates

What Do T.O. Women and Men Want?

We put celebrity couples to the test, “newlywed game” style. The results? Mars & Venus are farther apart than we thought.

Top chef ready to go it alone

As the old saying goes, coming in second is sometimes a blessing — just ask chef Rob Rossi.

Martha Worboy
Rob Rossi

Get ready to do the T.O. garbage bag toss

Allan Lamport, mayor of Toronto in the 1950s, put it well: “It’s hard making predictions, especially about the future.”

John Sewell
Will this be the all-too-familiar sight in Toronto in the coming weeks?

The final conflict: when boyfriend meets trainer

Or, how I ended up taking a back seat to jock talk, injuries and egos

Rebecca Eckler

Resident rejects $1 million offer for 18 sewage blockages

A North York resident has turned down a $1 million offer from the city for her house after a plumbing problem

Sabrina Nanji

Parker ready for prime time

T.o. actress known for offbeat roles goes all John Grisham on us

Ron Johnson

Council approves 197 units adjacent to park

North York residents fear the loss of green space

Sabrina Nanji

Dog owners win right to appeal off-leash park closure

Dog owners at a pilot off-leash park have won the right to appeal the city’s decision to shut down the park.

Sabrina Nanji

Local looks to tackle traffic at Yonge and the 401

Resident Raymond Jean has come up with a unique idea to tackle traffic back-ups at Yonge Street and Highway 401.

Michelle Ervin

North York businessman brings Trump to T.O.

Alex Shnaider’s luxury hotel opens with some glitches

Michelle Ervin
Photo by KC Armstrong

Dragon all smoke, but no fire in the belly

Mirvish’s latest production falls short under weight of expectations

Allan Gould

T.O.'s Best Grilled Cheese

What happens when this gregarious chef sits down to a table strewn with new wave gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches? He chooses the old-school, triple-decker diner classic, of course.

by Karen Aagaard

Pumped up kicks

Jeanne Beker struts her stuff in the city’s sharpest sky-high stilettos

A weighty conversation

If you had the University of Toronto’s Dr. David Jenkins, Canada research chair in the department of nutritional sciences, cornered for 10 minutes, what would you ask him?

Mika Rekai

The price was right

Game show icon and animal rights crusader Bob Barker opens up about saving the Toronto Zoo’s elephants

by Ron Johnson

Finding Ford

Etobicoke is Ford country. A suburban, mom-and-pop enclave that is home to Toronto's boisterous mayor Rob and his councillor and big brother Doug. The houses are nondescript post-war bungalows,...

Ben Kaplan