Overflowing with family and friends, supporters and strangers, the Steeles Memorial Chapel was filled to capacity as mourners bound together at a service in honour of Sarah Watkin. The trembling voice of a heartbroken mother’s eulogy reached even those standing out in the foyer as she shared a poignant moment of finding a paper airplane …
An inside look into the working mind of plucky Sophie Kinsella The British charm of Sophie Kinsella is as bright as the hot pink sheath she wears as we sit across from each other in the bar area of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Toronto. The former financial journalist-turned New York Times bestselling author, who shot …
Homelessness, hunger and loneliness — these are but a few of words to describe the dire situations many individuals and families in our community struggle with each year. And with the holiday season upon us, it’s easy to see why giving back, whether financially or through one’s time, pops up in our minds. But are …
City Life chats with the om-believeable yoga sensation Rachel Brathen about eating raw, becoming famous, and living a one-way ticket kind of lifestyle Tomorrow, Rachel Brathen plans to teach some of her fellow Arubans how to strike intricate yoga poses while balancing on oversized surfboards in the middle of the Caribbean Sea. “It’s called S.U.P. …
THE WESTIN TRILLIUM HOUSE BLUE MOUNTAIN People-watching is all the better at 42 kilometres an hour. Westin Trillium boasts Ontario’s first mountain coaster, affording majestic views of Georgian Bay or skiers tackling the slopes of the Niagara Escarpment. And the lodging? A wellness haven of dark wood furnishings, touches of natural stone and gas fireplaces …
How to become the MVP of this year’s party scene The holidays are right around the corner and the party invitations have piled up like the snowbanks left by snowplows at the end of your driveway. You’re excited, but nervous. Especially after you had a few too many at last year’s neighbourhood soiree and turned …
How a perilous journey through the Northwest Passage brought reconciliation to a father and his children For the better part of the 18 hours I’d spent at the helm, we’d only made about five kilometres total. Ship-killing ice was moving down from the north, forcing us into a wall of equally dangerous ice to the …
Bonding and Becoming a Child’s Best Self To grow into their best selves, children need safety, predictability and love. To nurture their imaginations, they need stories they can engage with and adults who help them to confront their normal childhood fears. Most young children these days spend their days engaging with screens — a TV, a …
Whether you’re flying home for the holidays or heading south to escape the cold, ensure that your travels are effortless by taking tips from Loren Christie, frequent flyer and travel expert for CTV’s Canada AM. City Life put his savvy to the test by asking for his advice on readers’ most trying travel questions. So …
How a young girl’s heroic fight against cancer has become her legacy This is a story of a child’s losing battle with cancer. It’s also a story about how I failed her. On a grey September evening, the rain softly washing the streets, I weave through city traffic toward the Watkin family residence, the fast-falling …