Canadian students can now back-to-school shop for a cause. Me to We has partnered with Staples and ACCO Brands to create an eco-friendly line of school supplies that directly benefits students in developing countries. The purchase of each product will send a life-changing gift directly to a child in Latin America, Asia or Africa: backpacks …
On July 4, the Cortel Group hosted a roof-topping party at Tower 1 of the highly anticipated development, Expo City condominiums. During the celebrations, Vaughan mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua presented Expo City’s Tower 1 with a certificate for being Vaughan’s tallest building. Guests felt on top of the world as they mixed and mingled at 380 …
The 15th annual Canstruction returned to Toronto this May, once again inviting some of the city’s most prestigious architects to have some fun and spread some love by creating sculptures out of food cans for a good cause. This year’s Canstruction Competition saw the giant likes of an Instagram symbol, a loonie, a flower in …
Vaughan’s recently re-elected MPP has found a new position as Ontario’s minister of transportation — a role that comes with a $29-billion responsibility. We caught up with Steven Del Duca to discuss his budding career, family life and love for presidential biographies City Life: Not too long ago you were walking the neighbourhoods of Vaughan, …
The president of the Remo Ferri Group of Automobiles opens up about his favourite film, his family and, of course, his love for Ferrari Q If you could meet anyone in the world, dead or alive, who would it be and what would you say to them? A Steve McQueen. I would ask him: What …
For one month between June 12th and July 13th, the world will stand still for those who believe in the Beautiful Game. Fitting that Pelé, perhaps the greatest soccer legend of all time and the outright ambassador for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, coined this phrase. It was no coincidence that during the group draw, …
James Hinchcliffe must be running on fumes. In a trailer on a side street just north of Toronto City Hall, the Canadian IndyCar driver fields questions about his racing career while trying to grab a few bites of lunch before wrapping up day one of a two-day commercial shoot for Honda. Last night he was …
Over 250 of Toronto’s luminaries gathered at Downtown Porsche for the inaugural Amore Without Borders event on May 14, held in support of Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders Canada (MSF.) The amore-themed atmosphere inspired guests, who had the chance to contribute to the cause by bidding in the live and silent auctions, which included vintage …
For the first time in his career, Romany Malco is doing what he’d previously refused to do: a sequel. The 45-year-old actor explains that for too long he approached projects as a purist, favouring originality and creativity to rehashing tired ideas. But he’s become humbler over time, learning that if there’s potential to turn something …
On May 4, 2014, friends, family and supporters gathered at the Concord West Seniors Club in Concord, Ont. to celebrate the group’s first non-fiction anthology, A Note of Hope. Funded in part by the Government of Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors program and published by Dolce Book Publishing Inc., the 300-page collection of stories takes …