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TORONTO SUN: The Power to Make a Difference

What do authors Kenneth Oppel, Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson, Tragically Hip singer Gord Downie, chef Jamie Kennedy, horticulturalist Mark Cullen, politician Bob Rae and former Toronto Mayor David Crombie all have in common? They’ve all been “bullfrogpowered”. Bullfrog Power feeds clean, renewable electricity into homes and businesses, driving the demand for sustainable energy from [...]

TORONTO SUN: Scoring a Room with a View

The view from Adnan Virk’s Yonge and Sheppard condo is spectacular. From his box-seat vista on the twentieth-floor, Yonge Street leads straight into the sporting heart of Toronto: to Rogers Centre, home base for the Jays and Argos; the Air Canada Centre, where the Leafs and Raptors play; and the downtown television studios of The [...]

TORONTO SUN: Winning Design

When the task is a basement-to-bedroom decorating assignment, where do you start? With the bones, answers Lynda Reeves of House and Home magazine, the host of House and Home Television. The designer diva was invited to decorate the $2.25 million grand prize for this year’s Princess Margaret Hospital Lifestyles Lottery — a 4,700 sq. ft. [...]

TORONTO SUN: Seymour Says

To find your own personal style, listen to the artist within, advises author Jane Seymour in Making Yourself at Home. You’ll find great satisfaction from collecting and displaying the things you love. Seymour, an artist, home decorator and actress best known as Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, wrote this step-by-step guide to encourage self-expression when decorating [...]

TORONTO SUN: Big Ideas for Small Spaces

Decorating a condo is a little like doing a jigsaw puzzle. With a little care and planning, you can craft a beautiful setting where everything fits perfectly. Home décor guru Karl Lohnes, considered to the leading word on decorating small spaces, doesn’t do jigsaw puzzles, but he loves to select stylish furnishings and accessories that [...]

DURHAM TRADE AND COMMERCE: A tale of two mayors

Clarington Mayor Jim Abernethy and Ajax Mayor Steve Parish square off Click here to read click here for more information

DURHAM TRADE AND COMMERCE: A fledgling university fulfills its promise

MIT of the north: That was Gary Polonsky’s vision when he pitched University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Ontario’s first university in 40 years, to then-Premiere Mike Harris. But what has University of Ontario Institute of Technology done to fulfill that promise since receiving its charter in 2002? First in a three-part series. Click here [...]

DURHAM TRADE AND COMMERCE: Mapping out the future

A distinct contrast from Queen’s Park, Durham College president Leah Myers relishes the opportunities ahead Click here to read click here for more information

DURHAM TRADE & COMMERCE: Summer Company’s Coming

Durham Region’s Summer Company program nurtures young entrepreneurs. The provincially-funded program provides students aged 15 to 29 with up to $3,000 in start-up funding, business training and one-on-one mentoring to build their own summer business. Durham Trade and Commerce Summer 2006 Billy gives wakeboarding lessons. Rachel teaches swimming. Aaron paints houses. Stephen and Derek operate [...]

EAST OF THE CITY: Two of a Kind

Jim Flaherty and Christine Elliott — One is the country’s official money minder. The other is a newly-sworn-in MPP. Together they made Canadian political history this past spring. East of the City – May/June 2006 They say politics makes strange bedfellows. No one knows that better than Jim Flaherty and Christine Elliott. The husband-and-wife team [...]

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