30 Sep 2021

Vaughan: A City Coming Of Age

As home to the country’s first smart-technology hospital and first new hospital to open in Ontario in 30 years, the Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital represents a marker for a city coming of age. We live in a time in which citizens...
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30 Sep 2021

On The Rise: York Region’s Condo Boom Shows No Sign Of Slowing

It has become an omnipresent part of our cityscape — the construction crane. In its mid-year release for 2021, Rider Levett Bucknall reported the GTA had the most construction cranes in the air for any metropolitan area in North America,...
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15 Mar 2021

29 Eleven: The Exclusive Home For Casual Italian Style

York Region’s new home for the finest in Italian men’s and women’s fashions. If some of us are using this life pause to make some self-improvements, many are taking a look at revising their wardrobes for that glorious time when...
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14 Jan 2021

Stay At Home Order 2.0

On January 12, 2021, Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario, added stricter rules to a province that’s already on lockdown — some pundits say lockdown light — that recently had a one-day high of 4,300 positive COVID-19 tests. According to...
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09 Nov 2020

Diana Olsen: Premium Roasted Coffee Comes To Vaughan And Kleinburg

Owner and founder Diana Olsen’s Balzac’s cafés are a place where everyone feels welcome. Besides technology, perhaps one of the biggest changes in our culture over the last 30 years has been the rise of, and ubiquitous presence of, “coffee...
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01 May 2020

The city of Vaughan is working its way through COVID-19, as it attains a positive foothold in life’s ‘new normal’

The initial triggers around the exponential rise of the COVID-19 coronavirus were attributed to the travelling public. Ubiquitous and affordable travel, especially during Canada’s cold winter months, commonly generates a significant flow of airline travel to myriad southern destinations. Also,...
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10 Jan 2020

York Region Mourns Victims Of Ukraine Airplane Crash

Communities from coast to coast to coast in Canada were sent into shock on Jan. 8 with the news of Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752, which crashed just minutes after taking off from Tehran, Iran, en route to Kiev. Just...
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03 Dec 2019

Mackenzie Health Foundation Takes Gala Guests Around The World

Described as “an exploration of cultures that make up southwest York Region,” the Mackenzie Health Foundation’s Around the World Gala took place on Nov. 2. Featuring European-inspired cuisine and performances from Asia and Latin America, the event brought together over...
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20 Jun 2019

Ride for Health – Mackenzie Health Foundation

On June 2, the Mackenzie Health Foundation hosted its 5th Ride for Health. Taking place annually, the event had participants ride through the York Region and raised a record-breaking $350,000, bringing the total to $1 million since the event’s beginnings...
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