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Diamonds (and gold) are a girl’s best friend in the Village

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Remembering the address of Studio1098 shouldn’t be hard: the new jewellery store is located at 1098 Yonge St. “We really liked that the location was in a neighbourhood,” says Tamara Kronis, a certified gemologist who opened the store with Kathryn Dieroff. The owners are trained goldsmiths who both do custom work (1098 Yonge St., 416-944-1098).

Teacher donates $10,000 prize to local school

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scholarship to Toronto’s contentious Africentric school. After all, as a teacher in countries such as China and Guatemala, a tour guide in Thailand and a volunteer at Meals on Wheels and Out of the Cold, Pivnick has spent nearly a lifetime putting himself in others’ shoes.

Mochrie leads protest against broadcaster

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Local resident Colin Mochrie was at the helm of a spirited ACTRA rally last month that insisted Canadian broadcaster Global Television pay more attention to homegrown talent and shows.

Community has its way with new condominium

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It seems the only privately owned land up for development in the Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue area is about to become a condo and townhouse complex, and neighbours are OK with it.

North Yorker opens up world-class facility

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Jonathon Power, twice the top-ranked squash player in the world, is building a state-of-the-art training facility that is set to open in Downsview Park this September. Power’s National Squash Academy has him returning to the former site of the military base he lived on as a teen, where his father established courts that went when the base did.

The ‘new sushi’ hits the neighbourhood

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Sushi Moto is not your mom’s sushi place. “The concept we designed was about modernization of the sushi genre,” says David Kim, the mixologist at the sake and wine bar. The place has an extensive wine selection, including several vintages not available at the LCBO. A speciality drink is the saketini — a three-ounce sake-based martini (4901 Yonge St., 416-224-0741).