Bayview Post - January 2013

Special educator funds life-changing scholarship

Veteran teacher Merle Levine reflects on 53-year career

Bree Rody-Mantha

Faceoff: Weir vs. Aw

Should junk food bear warning labels as the Ontario Medical Association urges?

Acclaimed Toronto stage performer stars in new musical

Louise Pitre digs the therapeutic value that darker roles offer

Martha Worboy
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Radio sweethearts share a love of tunes and travel

Beloved music critic Alan Cross met news anchor Mary Ellen Beninger in the radio booth

Rose D’souza

Picking the best Peking

With Chinese New Year around the corner, we rounded up the GTA’s options for a Peking duck feast and asked former Black Hoof chef, Grant van Gameren — who is opening a new restaurant in...

Tea leaves reveal my daughter will marry rich

And if I want to find parking at Yorkdale, I have to talk to the angels

Rebecca Eckler

Power to the people

Mega-quarry protests save local farmland

David Suzuki

Learn to make Susur Lee’s edible, architectural masterpiece

Top Toronto chef shares recipe for his trademark Southeast Asian–inspired dish

Michelle Ervin

Fast-food feast from the Middle East

Dr. Laffa’s landmark Steeles and Dufferin area eatery serves one of the best shawarmas, thanks to his traditional Iraqi flatbread. The slight downside? Lab results reveal fairly high fat...

Rose Reisman

Survive and thrive

Five strategies to save your housing hide come 2013

Garth Turner

Too Close To Call: Barista brew-haha

Stuart ‘the bull dog’ Ross vs. Ezra ‘by the pound’ Braves

From SWAT team to small screen

Local police officer Calum de Hartog charms the CBC with his new psychological crime drama, Cracked

David Paterson

Cities are built on support for arts

James Pasternak - Ward 10 Councillor

Hockey returns to Goulding Park

John Filion - Ward 23 Councillor

The host with the most

Rose D’souza

Sending your child to camp helps

Anxious parents are able to give up control

Joanne Kates

Brunch City

25 of Toronto’s tastiest reasons to get out of bed — even on a cold weekend in January

By Joanne Kates, Karolyne Ellacott and Gizelle Lau

Rob Ford’s $10 million dance with democracy

Civility, informed debate and respect missing in action in Toronto

John Sewell

Homes slated for former TDSB site

Development on Fairmeadow requires setback variances

Bree Rody-Mantha

The simple life

Why live large when you can indulge in small pleasures instead? Here are some cozy condo alternatives in three of Toronto’s best neighbourhoods.

Nicholas Mizera

If you build it, they will come

Toronto native says all world-class cities have exceptional transit systems in common

Ron Johnson

Monkey business

We ask Toronto Humane Society senior vet, Dr. Karen Ward, about primates as pets and sharks in soup

Charlotte Herrold

Wacky new Canadian game show tame by modern standards

Why is the only new Comedy Channel show this year a remake of the Match Game?

Mark Breslin

Takeover leaves future of urban park uncertain

Locals worry new management could put Downsview Park at risk

Nicholas Mizera

Beyond Canada Goose

Jeanne Beker wraps up in the season’s cool new crop of stylish yet functional parkas