Toronto’s Best High Schools
The Fraser Institute usually does a yearly ranking of the top public English speaking high schools in Toronto. Due to Covid and the cancellation of province wide testing, that obviously did not happen last year but here is the list as ranked by the Fraser Institute in 2018. Click here to see a larger version […]
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Toronto’s Best Public Schools
Like last year, the return to school is filled with stress this fall thanks this year to the Delta variant. My little one misses his friends so much I don’t feel like online is the path for us but I’m definitely worried about him going back. Becasue of Covid and the cancellation of province wide […]
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Toronto’s New Vacant Home Tax
As you may have heard, the City of Toronto is recommending that City Council move forward with the Vacant Home Tax, with a number of important exemptions. The tax is not yet in effect and specific tax details still require approval by City Council. Council is currently focused on approving the design details of […]
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Support your local bookstore! Halloween at Mable’s Fables
People who know me know how much I love Mabel’s Fables in Leaside. They are such a great place to build a love of reading in kids, but they’ve been hit hard by Covid. This Halloween, for those who are not trick or treating, a spooky book to read aloud would be a great way […]
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Out and About in Toronto: Uncle Betty’s
Every year our family does dinner and a movie for the last day of school. This year it was trickier than usual but Uncle Betty’s came through and opened their new patio just in time! The owner and staff are just as great as before and optimistic about the patio being able to hopefully save their […]
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Out & About in Toronto: Unboxed
A big welcome to Toronto’s only zero waste grocery store. This could not come soon enough. This week the International Energy Agency (IEA) reported a surge in CO2 in 2018. This is having a significant impact on temperatures, with 2018 the fourth warmest year on record, almost 1˚C above what they were in the period between 1850-1900. As […]
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Mortgage Stress Test
Yesterday the Toronto Real Estate Board has asked the government to look at whether the mortgage stress test is still necessary. The stress test was brought out last year to protect buyers from rising interest rates but have impacted the ability for some to qualify for mortgages, especially first time home buyers. Last winter, Toronto […]
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Out & About in Toronto: The Hogtown Vegan
The IPPC report on climate change says we only have 12 years left to reduce our carbon output or we risk the fate of the planet. One easy way to do that for regular Canadians is to reduce the amount of meat we eat. Now, I am married to a Korean man who loves his barbecue so I know […]
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Best place in Canada to find love: Toronto
Movinga, a professional relocation service in Europe, has come out with a fascinating list of the best cities to find love. They did a LOT of reasearch and looked at the top 100 highly in demand cities to find out criteria including percentage of single people, divorce marriage ratio, male to female ratio of singles, age of […]
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5 Tips to Make Your Christmas Tree Look Amazing
1. Get a big, real, glorious tree. You can’t beat that smell and Christmas is about memories and traditions and nothing conjures up the memory of happy Christmas pasts faster than the smell of a real tree. And if you live in Toronto, you are in luck! The 125th Toronto Scout Group will be selling trees […]
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