Thornhill 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

905er to compete in Canada’s Got Talent finals

Thornhill youngster is in the finals of the reality television show Canada’s Got Talent.

Nicholas Mizera

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

Dunlap Observatory & parklands preserved

The four-year battle to preserve the historic David Dunlap Observatory Lands (DDO) has ended in a victory for residents.

Sabrina Nanji

Thornhiller wins battle to legalize brothels

Terri-Jean Bedford’s landmark case to be appealed by feds, province

Sabrina Nanji

Baythorn’s arts program saved, others nixed

Parents and students are celebrating after learning that the threatened Baythorn arts program will remain open.

Sabrina Nanji

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