11 Oct 2019

Pascale Girardin’s Four Seasons Sculpture Celebrates The Shifting Seasons

Luxury hospitality brand Four Seasons commissioned Pascale Girardin to create an original sculpture for the Four Seasons Hotel Montreal, located in the heart of the Golden Square Mile. Titled Contemplation, the sculpture is suspended in the hotel’s open-air atrium. Made...
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20 Jun 2019

Celebrating Authentic Québécois Cuisine – Chef J.C. Poirier

After 20 years in the restaurant business, chef J.C. Poirier credits being true to himself and his Québécois roots as the keys to his outsized success. For Jean-Christophe ( J.C.) Poirier, chef and owner of Vancouver’s St. Lawrence restaurant, food...
By Cece M. Scott
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18 Apr 2019

House Of The Month – Dans l’Escarpement

Dans l’Escarpement is a real cliffhanger and YH2 designed it perfectly. Ever wanted to escape the city life and go backpacking through the wilderness? If so, with the newest home design by architectural firm Yiacouvakis Hamelin, Architectes – YH2 –...
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05 Dec 2018

Bois & Cuir Toronto

Established in 2014, this Montreal-based home furnishing store has opened its first location in Toronto at 55 Avenue Rd., in Yorkville Village. With a broad range of styles and products, your design needs are sure to be met at this...
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09 Aug 2018

CIRKA Distilleries Serving Its Finest Artisanal Liquors

Leaving the high-tech world behind, Paul Cirka moved to Montreal, where he founded his craft spirit distillery, CIRKA. Producing vodka, gin and whisky, its locally sourced ingredients ensure a top-quality spirit that you won’t want to miss. Interviewed By Victoria...
By Shaun Melady
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09 Aug 2018

ICFF concludes with a record-high attendance and celebrated Italian-Canadian co-productions

This summer marked the seventh edition of the Italian Contemporary Film Festival. With over 180 screenings spread out over eight cities in Canada, this festival reached new heights and new cities this year, including Vancouver, Hamilton, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Toronto, Vaughan, Ottawa,...
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06 Oct 2017

Tranforming a Montreal Landmark — Sid Lee Architecture

Sid Lee Architecture makes Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth a star again in Montreal. Interviews By Rebecca Alberico In today’s frenetic world, there are very few buildings we consider foundations or icons in the ever-changing cityscape, where structures just 30 years...
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03 Aug 2017

Italian Contemporary Film Festival 2017

Spanning six Canadian cities, the sixth edition of the Italian Contemporary Film Festival honoured some of the biggest talents in new Italian and international cinema from June 8-16. Tony Nardi, two-time winner of the Genie Award for Best Actor, won...
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02 Dec 2014

Tasting the Unexpected

A weekend of world-class wines in Ottawa and Montreal “South Africa makes wine?” The look of disbelief on the face of the woman next to me is as easy to decipher as her Parisian accent. “Wow, this is actually good....
By Shenin Yazdanian
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