Patricia Rozema’s ‘Mouthpiece’ follows a thirty-year-old Toronto woman for a short time, from the death of her mother to the funeral and eulogy. Cassandra’s in a tough place, trying to reconcile a lifetime with her mother and feel her feelings while organising the funeral and reception. It’s the universal story of primal loss, given bold new life through a unique… View Post
Taron Egerton vigorously assumes the persona of young Elton John in the musical fantasy Rocketman. which is markedly different from straight ahead Bohemian Rhapsody. Dexter Fletcher’s supple musical fantasy more akin to a stage play than biopic uses set pieces that flow into one another, tightly and brilliantly episodic, skipping from one eye-popping paragraph to the next. Fletcher’s mastery of its unique movement is breathtaking… View Post
Now open at 356 College St, LeTao is a Japanese confectionery that just marked their 20th anniversary this year. LeTao can be found in every major Asia city (Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, China) and now, the first location outside of Asia can be found in downtown Toronto – located at Bathurst and College, just outside Kensington (Augusta… View Post
Linda Villanova is driven to manage her rare and incurable disease – Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC) – that is four times more prevalent in women and is the number one reason for liver transplants among women in Canada. She is an advocate for other women to learn about the disease, and to remind women that they can live well with PBC…. View Post
On May 5th, 2019, Amgen Canada, located in Mississauga, Ontario, was one of nine Amgen affiliates working together around the world to successfully set the Guinness World Records title for the most osteoporosis screenings completed in 24 hours. Amgen, one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies, hosted the Break Records, Not Bones events to help increase awareness of osteoporosis. As… View Post
More than a generation ago, Disney’s animated Aladdin was a major, pop culture landmark. Jasmine was a new kind of Disney Princess! It spawned a series of film and tv sequels. [youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HrmBXgiwDU” width=”500″ height=”300″] We’re excited this time out by Disney’s live-action Aladdin for a lot of reasons, and especially because Markham Ontario’s Mena Massoud landed the titular role. And trust me, he… View Post