Rolling With the Punches
Viloryi Kim is a boxing coach from Kyrgyzstan. He moved to Canada with his family in 2004 in pursuit of better opportunities and now owns and coaches at Siberia Boxing Club in North York.
(changed category name from Themes to avoid my fuzzy brain confusing this with Wordpres Themes!! – Ivor, Jan 8, 2020)
Braving the Cold, Building Community
Surf the Greats is a surf shop in Toronto that serves as a hub for freshwater surfers all over Ontario.
Getting a Jump Start
How one coach is having a ‘high impact’ on young basketball players in Mississauga.
Sole Survivor
Vera Schiff offers personal testimony about life before, during and after the Holocaust
Building Mentors Through Martial Arts
Self-defense, teamwork, and learning to lead key to DeSantos program
Board Games in, Smartphones out
Board game cafés are a way for humans to connect one on one, without the need for technology.
Sewing seeds: The Make Den makes more than clothes
By Fiona Stone Darcie Smith, manager of about 8 years at The Make Den. (Fiona Stone/T•) A woman with magenta hair bounces back and forth along a line of five other women. She’s showing them sewing samples. As she displays different types of pouches with drawstring ties and zippers and buttons and snap closures, she…
Saying Yes to More Than a Dress
Andrea and Vanessa Dineen’s childhood dreams are brought to life through Sash & Bustle; an elegant bridal boutique with the main focus of making all brides feel welcomed.
Riverside’s Hidden Hero Runs a Coffee Shop
How an “accident” turned into the neighborhood’s best-kept secret
Coffee and Clothing: A Community’s Hub Amid Gentrification
Korea had been somewhat of a lonely trip. Zoe Sylvester and his girlfriend, Gabby Ondrade found it hard to blend into the culture on their teaching voyage in 2018. Coming from Winnipeg, Ont., the couple didn’t know the national language, so the language barrier made it hard to interact with the locals and gracefully submerge into the culture.