Kim Hughes

When actor Michael Kash mounts the stage at Toronto’s Theatre Centre on February 20, he’ll be doing more than just channeling his character in Eugene O’Neill’s gripping and...
It’s hard to believe that another chapter could possibly be added to the story of yoga, which already spans the globe and the millennia. And yet a new, perhaps unlikely group — at-risk...
Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada can’t grant trips to the moon, but some 16,000 other wishes have been fulfilled in its 25-plus-year history. Its mandate is simple — kids aged...
As Japan continues to pinball between almost incomprehensible disasters, the world is stepping up to help. And Canada is no exception. In addition to the federal government — which has...
Toronto-based filmmaker Kathleen Mullen knows a thing or two about bittersweet success. Her latest film, the gripping documentary Breathtaking, investigates the Canadian asbestos industry. Valued...
It’s so simple it sounds almost trite, and yet it’s true: something as everyday as a bicycle can, in the right circumstances, actually change a life. That’s the take-away from a new...
Susanne Courtney is the kind of woman you pray to be seated next to on a long-haul flight.  Smart, charming, peripatetic, fluently bilingual in French and English and with a dossier that...
Abbas Jahangiri permits himself a wry smile as he recalls his startling switch from Toronto-based entrepreneur to philanthropist maintaining an almost inhuman schedule performing humanitarian works...
In 2010, unless your name is Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg, it’s unlikely anyone is going to declare you a pioneer. Though she’s not quite as famous, Toronto-based fashion designer Izzy...
Yoga’s positive impact on the body and mind is well documented. But a clever charitable initiative run by the Moksha Yoga studios across North America and beyond is proving positive for the...

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