Thornhill Post - April 2012

Thornhill’s 10 Best Streets

Charlotte Herrold and Michelle Ervin

My modern zombies

Why I can’t seem to tear my kids away from their video games

David Eddie

Green P sells 1,000-car Yorkville lot to developer

Locals predict construction and parking pains in shopping district

Michelle Ervin

Issuing T.O. an eco report card

Does our city make the grade when it comes to fostering a sustainable community?

David Suzuki

Developer withdraws application from OMB

Prime location could spark new proposals from more developers

Sabrina Nanji

Interior design heads to the great outdoors

Three of the city’s top decorators on the hottest trends in backyard spaces

Brianne Hogan

Skater Girl Showdown: Hogtown vs. So Hip It Hurts

Looking to tap into a modern-day fountain of youth? Or maybe you just want to keep up with the kids. Either way, skateboarding is a sure thing. People of all shapes and sizes are pushing wood for...

Melanie Fiona: From Cee Lo Green to the Grammys

As the Toronto singer releases her second album, The MF Life, we chat to her about collaborating with some of the biggest names in the music industry

Martha Worboy
Melanie Fiona was in a group with Drake in the early days of her musical career in Toronto

Transit talk is more bluster than benefit

Despite subway setback, Rob Ford’s unhealthy city agenda stands

John Sewell

Faceoff: Stellicktricity vs. Puck Daddy

Should mom and dad get to write off sports tickets like the corporations do?

Making a splash

Local brothers shine a light on the planet’s water woes for new tv series

Martha Worboy

Love is in the hair, or lack thereof

Rebecca Eckler checks out the city’s first waxing bar catering to men and women

Rebecca Eckler

Toronto's Best Hot Dog

It’s time to (literally) raise the roof at the Rogers Centre this month, and celebrate the Blue Jays’ home opener; in honour of this occasion, we called upon deli king Zane Caplansky to help us...

by Karen Aagaard

What’s a nice kid from the suburbs doing in a show like this?

Aaron Berg ready for the Big Apple

Mark Breslin

Our favourite fool

Why Toronto’s comedic dynamo Eugene Levy rules the roost

Cool nights, hot patios

Four downtown T.O. fine-dining options with heated patios for tasty, toasty spring evenings

Joanne Kates

The other, other white meat

Touted as a leaner alternative to more common proteins such as beef, pork and chicken, rabbit is quickly becoming a star ingredient on many menus across the GTA. We put it to the test — herewith,...

by Charlotte Herrold

Real Estate Roundtable 2012

For our fifth annual real estate roundtable, we wrangled seven of the GTA’s top market mavericks for a lively & insightful debate on just what continues to drive up our housing prices, the...

by Charlotte Herrold & Ron Johnson

Denim to dye for

Jeanne Beker tries on this season’s coolest crop of coloured jeans

Shore’s case to be heard in mental health court

Thornhill councillor is accused of stealing a cellphone from a gym

Sabrina Nanji

Is your child launching or leaning?

Survey reveals parents job hunting for their kids

Joanne Kates

Contaminated soil dumped on Oak Ridges Moraine

Save the Oak Ridges Moraine (STORM), along with other environmental groups Earthroots and Ontario Nature, said contaminated soil was found on the moraine

Sabrina Nanji

Camp Chimo counsellors sued over conduct

Counsellors from a summer camp and the Town of Markham are the target of a lawsuit filed by the families of young campers

Sabrina Nanji