Cynthia Cheng
The Toronto International Film Festival, now underway all over the city cannot possibly be as successful as it is without its volunteers. Prospere Magazine recently had the chance to speak with two of TIFF’s volunteers. Stephanie Jones is volunteering at TIFF for the first time. A recent McMaster University grad with [...]

The Junior League of Toronto, a women’s service/volunteer group with over 80 years of service, is holding its recruitment and information evening on Tuesday, September 10, 2008 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at the League office, 539A Mount Pleasant Road, Toronto.  The League is looking for women who want to make a difference.  If you or someone [...]

It’s that time of year again! The Clothing Show will be held September 26-28, 2008 at The Better Living Centre, Exhibition Place, Toronto. There’ll be tons of exciting vendors at the event, including Dagg and Stacey, Dara and Crystal Trendz. Tickets are $8 online until September 25, and $10 afterwards. However, Shorty Stories and Prospere [...]

Katherine F
Where to begin…My name is Katherine and I am a 31 year old expat living in South Korea.  I’ve been here for about two months and this is my attempt to document some of my experiences living and working here as an ESL teacher. I would imagine life is the same everywhere and people [...]

Kyle Bernstein
Let’s clear the air right off the bat and acknowledge that we really do care about the ozone layer and the baby seals and the starving children in Africa.  Every December, we write checks to provide seeing eye dogs for the blind, food for the homeless, and funds to research cures for diseases. These [...]

Stephanie Billes
As a first time home buyer, entering the real estate market can be a little overwhelming.
With soaring real estate prices and fears of a market bubble trickling up from the United States, many first time home buyers are reasonably anxious.
 
Despite these fears, the Toronto housing market has remained strong. While sales are down from [...]

Cynthia Cheng
Technology in the twenty-first century has brought us highly efficient and effective ways of organizing pictures. Some people upload them online to photo sharing sites like Flickr, others email them to friends and yet others use social networking. However, there are still people who prefer the old fashioned photo album. With [...]

Cynthia Cheng
Making it in High Heels, an uplifting and inspiration collection of writing by women held its launch party at C Lounge in Toronto on August 25.  The book, which is published by Burman Books, was written by 39 women from all over North America and its stories are comparable to the Chicken Soup for [...]

Going to the Ex was definitely part of my childhood. It was usually the last “fun” thing I did before school started - my family usually made the visit over Labour Day weekend.  I really loved going to see all the exhibits and to go on the rides at the midway. Unlike rides at theme [...]