Existing home sales in Toronto were up 64 per cent this year, and the average house price was up 20 per cent to more than $423,000 - the highest price on record. Michael Hlinka explains why this might not be good news if you're looking to sell your home.
Michael Hlinka on Housing Prices (4:26) 
News: A hot real estate market getting hotter
QUESTION OF THE DAY: Are you looking to sell your home? How comfortable do you feel about the current housing market?
Tell us your thoughts.
Powys Dewhurst is the writer and director of the film Where Do White People Go When the Long Weekend Comes? The Wondrous Journey of Delroy Kincaid, playing at the Regent Park Film Festival. He speaks with Andy Barrie about telling the story of an eight-year-old boy who moves from a Caribbean seaside village to a Canadian inner city.
Concerns about the flu season and H1N1 are making many people nervous. Andy Barrie speaks with Toronto psychiatrist Dr. Irvin Wolkoff about why pandemics make us panic and what can be done to restore some rationality.
Dr. Irvin Wolkoff on Pandemic Panic (6:41)
Michelle Muir is a Grade Four teacher with a love for poetry - and the two-time winner of CBC Radio's Poetry Face Off. She joins Andy Barrie to talk about publishing her first collection of poetry, 'Nuff Said.
Michelle Muir Poetry Launch (6:07)
A growing number of parents in Toronto are deciding to start their own businesses from home. Andy Barrie is joined by Julie Ritchie, the co-founder of the Children's Trunk Show, and Jade Stafford, the owner of Mommapalooza, to discuss the rise of the "mompreneur."
Julie Ritchie and Jade Stafford on Mompreneurs (6:13)
Kay Redfield Jamison lost her husband, lover, playmate, and colleague Richard Wyatt after twenty years together. She speaks with Andy Barrie about her book, Nothing Was the Same.
Mentioned on today's show:
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Homes Sales Increase in Toronto
- Regent Park Film Festival
- Spence Gallery: Michelle Muir Book Launch
- Spence Gallery: Michelle Muir
- Children's Trunk Show
- Mommapalooza
- Help the Children's Storefront
- Kay Redfield Jamison
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