Quick sale for west end Toronto home
43 BEMERSYDE DR., TORONTO ASKING PRICE $939,000 SELLING PRICE $935,000 PREVIOUS SELLING PRICES $799,100 (2009); $705,300 (2004); $332,500 (1999); $264,700 (1996) TAXES $6,665 (2011) DAYS ON THE MARKET...
View ArticleMy five-year-old is often constipated. Should I be worried?
The question: I have two girls, ages 5 and 7. Ever since she was a baby, my youngest has seemed prone to constipation, at least compared with her older sister. They have roughly the same diet and...
View ArticleKing West condo sells for top dollar
18 STAFFORD ST., NO. 805 ASKING PRICE $329,900 SELLING PRICE $346,500 PREVIOUS SELLING PRICE $296,000 (November 2007); $286,500 (July 2007); $166,051 (2004) TAXES $1,750 (2011) DAYS ON THE MARKET Two...
View ArticleWhy banking on cord blood isn’t necessarily a good idea
It’s a straightforward pitch to expecting parents: Pay a private clinic to store your baby’s stem-cell-rich umbilical-cord blood, and rest assured that he or she has protection for life. Multiple...
View ArticleAre schools going too far in measuring student BMI and banning junk food?
Are physically active kids better learners? This is Part 3 of The Globe’s series on children’s fitness and education. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. It’s the takes-a-village question, applied to...
View ArticleA foodie’s tour of the forgotten corners of Paris
Out-of-the-way pleasures are what Jennifer McLagan likes best. Most people go where most people have already gone. But the critically acclaimed food writer who divides her year between Toronto and...
View ArticleThe God Box: transferring your troubles to a higher authority
Whenever Trena Barnes frets about her marriage or finances, she jots down her worries on a slip of paper and puts them into a small, wooden box. To others, the container looks like an ordinary jewel...
View ArticleMay 27: Your lookahead horoscope
IF TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY: The more other people urge you to change things the more inclined you will be to leave them just as they are. And why not? Your ship of fate is still on course and no major...
View ArticleWhat volunteer programs are available for high-school grads?
The question Our son will be finishing up high school next year. He had planned on applying to Katimavik, but sadly that is no longer an option. We are wondering if there are any other similar programs...
View ArticleWhen a man is a woman
Laurence Anyways, the third movie from Quebec’s wunderkind filmmaker Xavier Dolan – he’s only 23 and already a habitué of the Cannes Festival – deals with a serious subject, transgenderism, albeit in a...
View ArticleMay 29: Your daily horoscope
IF TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY: It’s not like you to let your heart rule your head but over the coming year you will be more inclined to let your emotions guide you. The ideal, of course, is to find the...
View ArticleReport card gives kids an F on physical activity
With kids’ physical activity levels as woefully low as they are – in large part because parents feel safer having them inside watching television rather than running around outside – moms and dads are...
View ArticleI have low blood sugar – what should I eat?
The question: I have been diagnosed with low blood sugar. Is there a special diet I should follow? The answer: There isn’t a specific diet for low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia, but there are dietary...
View ArticleTwo offers for Dufferin Grove detached
250 RUSHOLME RD., TORONTO ASKING PRICE $2.2-million SELLING PRICE $2.25-million PREVIOUS SELLING PRICE $1,405,000 (2008) TAXES $8,704 (2011) DAYS ON THE MARKET Four LISTING AGENTS Paul Johnston and...
View ArticleProposed changes to wine law back on table in Ottawa
The Prohibition Era in Canada could finally come to an end in June. After a setback this week in Parliament, when federal New Democratic Party MPs bungled passage of a private member’s bill that aims...
View ArticleWhat one banker is telling international investors about the Toronto real...
I can’t imagine what it’s like to be a Bank of Nova Scotia economist facing a room full of foreign real estate mavens. Investors around the globe are fascinated by Canada’s housing market. When...
View ArticleCommon painkillers may prevent skin cancer
Commonly used painkiller medications may act as partial shields against skin cancer, according to new research from Denmark. The study found that people who routinely took non-steroidal...
View ArticleThe Grove: The Empire strikes back
Toronto doesn’t need another British restaurant. The city has spent the last 70 years trying to escape its Britishness. And British food is whatever the opposite of sexy is – it’s leaden, gassy, the...
View Article‘Catastrophe awards’ and zero grades: Teachers voice their frustrations
The dunce cap may be history, but one teacher has found a tool to single out underperforming children: the “catastrophe” award. A Grade 3 student in Arizona was given the unusual end-of-year award –...
View ArticleThe reincarnation of Montreal’s Ritz
Last Saturday, as Ritz-Carlton general manager Andrew Torriani and I finished up our second course of a perfect seared scallop with puréed spring peas in the hotel’s not-quite-open Maison Boulud, I...
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