Mother & daughter bake it to the limit
Former Ace Bakery mogul Linda Haynes and daughter Devin Connell, owner of Delica Kitchen, take a bite out of Toronto’s top pains au chocolat (that’s ‘chocolate croissants’ to you and me)
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If money were no object
T.O.’s leading lady of fashion, Jeanne Beker, chooses the holiday’s chicest (not cheapest!) designer handbags
Gerry Schwartz and Heather Reisman
DONOR Gerry Schwartz and Heather Reisman TITLE CEO, Onex Corp., and CEO, Chapters Indigo. GIFT Lead gift for Schwartz/Reisman Centre Gerald Schwartz and Heather Reisman will see their names on the newest development within the UJA’s most ambitious undertaking yet, the sprawling Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Jewish Community Campus, located on fifty acres at Bathurst … Continued
Julie Toskan-Casale
DONOR Julie Toskan-Casale TITLE President, the Toskan- Casale Foundation GIFT $176 million raised through AIDS Fund For Julie Toskan-Casale, giving back is a family matter.Not simply because the Toronto entrepreneur and philanthropist heads up the Toskan- Casale Foundation — a family-run fund that supports grassroots organizations through direct grants — but also because she’s seen … Continued
Larry Tanenbaum
DONOR Larry Tanenbaum TITLE Chairman, MLSE GIFT $25 million to Mt. Sinai; $50 million to the Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto Larry Tanenbaum is best known in Toronto as the chairman of Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment, the group that runs the Maple Leafs, Raptors and other enterprises in Toronto’s sports industry.But Tanenbaum has been … Continued
Isadore Sharp
DONOR Isadore Sharp TITLE Founder and chairman, Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts GIFT $5 million to the Ontario College of Art and Design It was 1980, and Terry Fox, in the midst of a quixotic fundraising journey that many weren’t taking seriously, was at a low point in his morale. He was on the verge … Continued
David Young
DONOR David Young TITLE President, The Hamilton Group, Inc. GIFT $3 million to the Evergreen Brick Works David Young is a philanthropist, even if he is reluctant to admit it. The foundation he oversees, the Michael Young Family Foundation, is now listed as a founding patron of such vital city projects as the Evergreen Brick … Continued
Myron & Berna Garron
DONOR Myron & Berna Garron TITLE Retired from automotive manufacturing business GIFT $30 million to the Hospital for Sick Children Before he succumbed to a rare form of cancer at the age of 13, Michael Garron drew a self portrait. He depicted himself as a sunken ship, its hull breached with a hole scrawled out … Continued
Bill Holland & family
DONOR Bill Holland & family TITLE Executive chairman, CI Financial Income Fund GIFT $26.2 million to the Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital One of the questions Bill Holland is often asked whenever the subject of his $26.2 million donation to the Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital and its foundation comes up is whether he has a … Continued
Wednesday in T.O.: CBC Craft Sale, Voices For Hope
In case you didn’t know, today is International World Aids Day. In support, drop by the CBC craft sale during the day or check out the Voices for Hope concert this evening featuring a choir, a drag performer, an aboriginal drummer, and a pyrotechnic electric violinist. Here are PostCity.com’s things to do on Wednesday.
Traditional trattoria launches high-tech wine pad
Vito Marinuzzi is trying to take 7numbers paperless, moving menus onto painted chalkboards — and moving wine and cocktail lists onto iPads. “We’re pretty old school in the way we do things and we thought we’ll go totally opposite on some of the stuff, like the wine list,” Marinuzzi tells PostCity.com.
T.O. trattoria launches high-tech wine pad
Vito Marinuzzi is trying to take 7numbers paperless, moving menus onto painted chalkboards — and moving wine and cocktail lists onto iPads. “We’re pretty old school in the way we do things and we thought we’ll go totally opposite on some of the stuff, like the wine list,” Marinuzzi tells PostCity.com.