Metro Morning

GTA Grade 8 virtual 'class photo' with student avatars was missing something very important; visual artist/scientist blends disciplines for Aga Khan exhibit; journey to a snowbank with 5-year-old guide

"You want a list?": senior explains how she kept herself busy at home for months, but is happily getting the vaccine today; The problems with Zoom include lots of eyes but no actual eye contact.

Toronto illustrator credits a high school artist friend for pushing him to international success; Poem for a sunlit room; UHN has world's only lab that tests winter boots for ice traction.

Life in Toronto carpenter's Tiny Shelters; "It's not just a trading relationship -- our two countries make things together": Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland says Biden understands co-operation.

"It has to be all over your shirt!": The 'interesting and bizarre' history of Jamaican Patties in Toronto; Black History in a Grade 11/12 Zoom class.

Toronto poet creates animated short for Sesame Street -- "it is important for me to have under-represented voices" bring the charaters to life; Young GTA artists' portraits that defy stereotypes.

Food and music: Lunar New Year dumplings; virtual Slow Jamming; Suresh Doss hunts down rare Lebanese sweet; Joloff rice rivals Nigeria & Ghana.

"Mr Alfa" visits a Grade 4 Zoom lesson on Black History; Toronto production team of Black women get film to Sundance; Outdoor activist says everyone should feel welcome in their city's ravines.

Jason Simmons is an UP driver who also belts out some amazing tunes to lift riders spirits during the pandemic; Chicken and rice is the ultimate comfort food for some of us -- perfect for a pandemic, winter night. Metro Morning's food guide Suresh Doss takes us to his favourite chicken and rice joint; From beginner to Beethoven, teenager Jalen Anderson-Clarke decided to learn piano during the pandemic; Extreme athlete David Carroll explains why this week's Covid news feels like Mile 85 of a hundred-mile marathon... with only a few months left, nearing the end can feel the most painful.

How to 'Address a Haggis' on the occasion of poet Robbie Burns' birthday; On-line misinformation in the sciences calls for careful vetting.