There was something different about the new girl. Her smile, while tweaked with nervousness, was brighter than the others’. She was younger; she was quirkier. Her posture was confident, but not cocky, and when she spoke there was almost always an infectious laughter scattered throughout her words. Lydia McLaughlin was bringing something different to The …
One word almost dashed Michael Bonacini’s shot at national television stardom: “delayed.” In early July 2013, the chef-turned-restaurateur was in Calgary on business regarding a new venture with Hudson’s Bay. It was the night before his audition for a judge position on MasterChef Canada and he was set to fly home. But this was also …
There’s circumstance, there’s cohesiveness and there’s a whimsical wonderment that gambols somewhere between the two. On a tree-lined street in a residential North York area, a restored French colonial revival home, originally built in the 1930s, reveals gracious Georgian farmhouse vernacular with a steeply pitched roof and dormers, paired chimneys and Credit Valley stone. Inside, …
The truck crawled through the pitch-black African jungle; its lights flashing to signal any rebels or government forces that may be waiting ahead. Dr. Raghu Venugopal knew the risks of driving at night in the Central African Republic. In the past, other Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) expatriates had been shot and killed along …
After a long and successful run as Lamborghini’s “entry-level” supercar, the Gallardo’s successor has arrived amid a frenzy of attention. Expectations were high for this new Lambo, and now that more details have surfaced and the Huracán has hit the floor of the Geneva Auto Show, it looks like we are in for another exceptional …
There are two essential elements that influence every philanthropic move Naomi Azrieli makes: heritage and legacy. The first is where you come from, because “you have to be true to your roots,” she explains. The second is what you leave behind; the effect that you hope reverberates in your wake. She’s used this marriage of …
