04 Aug 2016

A Home Away from Home – Newcomers to Canada

City Life talks to Juan Carlos Gallardo, who has helped his family create a new home in Vaughan after emigrating from Ecuador. The sound of perpetual Vaughan traffic fades away as I pull into Juan Carlos Gallardo’s modest subdivision. The...
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10 Jun 2016

The Ultimate Espresso Machine Showdown

We taste-tested five of the most popular espresso machines on the market. Find out which ones earned the caffeine lovers’ seal of approval and which ones flunked. Ah, the espresso machine: the almighty guardian angel of the office kitchen that...
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14 Apr 2015

Mother’s Day Gift Ideas

If Mother knows best, how do you decide what to give her on that special Sunday? Leave it to us — we’ve hand-picked mom-approved items we know she’ll adore! 1. She’ll feel like she’s in a Parisian five-star hotel with...
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09 Jun 2014

Caffeinated Crooner

The world is jazzed by the Italian-Canadian fusion that Espresso Manifesto is bringing to the recording table. City Life sat down with the songstress behind it all, Daniela Nardi Like decades of soul-searchers before her, Canadian jazz singer Daniela Nardi...
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24 Sep 2013

Nino D’aversa Bakery

Vaughan’s heart and soul is nestled into Nino D’Aversa Bakery, to which both faithful patrons and wide-eyed newcomers flock, and where the hungry get lost in the displays of fresh-made European pastries and artisan bread, the rainbow of homemade gelato,...
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