Peaceful protesters on Friday, June 20 The G20 summit has started in Toronto, and I am very glad to be NORTH of all the action. Things are rather quiet (unusually quiet, actually) where I’m writing, but that is definitely NOT the case further south. As of 4 pm, cop cars have been burnt (in the [...]
Cynthia Cheng Now that Tim Hortons has set foot in Manhattan, it is looking to go elsewhere in the world, including Asia. The question, of course, is will it do well there? Doughnuts, or at least, the doughnut that we commonly associate with people in law enforcement, are not commonly found in Asia, not even [...]
Cynthia Cheng A new grocery store has opened on Bloor and Park. Catering to the DINK/condo crowd, the The Market by Longo’s opened on Wednesday, March 3. The Market is a concept which Longo’s started a few years ago, opening in more urban areas of the city. The stores are smaller than regular Longo’s supermarkets and [...]
Many first timers to Hong Kong come here to expect a huge culture shock. These people, especially ones from more larger, urban centres are often pleasantly surprised to find out that this isn’t really the case. Hong Kong’s culture in 2009 is quite westernized, likely due to habit, modernization and its colonial past (i.e. the exotic, [...]
Cynthia Cheng On April 30, 2009, some 800 people joined honourary co-chairs, Ben Mulroney and his wife, Jessica Brownstein at the Ontario Science Centre for the LG Innovators’ Ball to raise money for its community access and outreach programs. The event, nicknamed “Femme Fatale” and inspired by the new exhibit, The Science of Spying, was attended by a [...]
I was going to profile another company this week, but I recently heard that Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) and a few other coffee joints are doing some sort of special this week (at least in Canada). Starbucks, for example, is giving away free coffee on Earth Day (April 22) to anyone who brings his or her own [...]
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