It is no secret that Hong Kong’s restaurant and bar industry is facing challenges – thank competition from nearby cities like Shenzhen and an uptick in post-Covid revenge travel for that. Because of this, Hong Kong residents do not seem to be have much left to spend in the city’s restaurants, especially the fine-dining ones. … Read more
Any retail business that opened during the same month that the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020 — and then thrived — can be considered a success. Fox Run Cafe, at 3550 E. Colfax Ave., which opened on March 18, 2020, was “even more of a success” than its owner Lucien Reichert and his team … Read more
Come From Away is staying in Toronto a few months longer than expected. Mirvish Productions has extended the musical’s run through to March. Performances of the latest run, which started Sunday, had been scheduled to go until Dec. 22, but Mirvish says it’s extending the run for a second block of performances due to popular demand, with … Read more
Tupperware Brands, the company that revolutionized food storage decades ago, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Tupperware, based in Orlando, Fla., plans to continue operating during the bankruptcy proceedings and will seek court approval for a sale, “in order to protect its iconic brand,” the company said just before midnight on Tuesday. The company … Read more
It’s not every day we get to see the tiny world that exists beyond our vision, but that’s what the Nikon Small World in Motion competition is all about. This is the 14th year of the competition, where past winners revealed extraordinary insights into things like the stomach contents of a termite, human cells fusing and dying during … Read more
Jane’s Addiction’s scheduled Toronto show on Wednesday is off, as one of the premier bands of alternative rock’s heyday cancelled the remaining dates on their tour after a stunning band punch-up at a Boston concert. The band first cancelled Sunday night’s show in Bridgeport, Conn., apologizing to fans, but as of early Monday morning had … Read more
Inside a bustling unit at St. Michael’s Hospital in downtown Toronto, one of Shirley Bell’s patients was suffering from a cat bite and a fever, but otherwise appeared fine — until an alert from an AI-based early warning system showed he was sicker than he seemed. While the nursing team usually checked blood work around noon, … Read more
The Denver city budget will grow only slightly in 2025, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston said Thursday as he unveiled a plan with the slowest projected growth rate in more than a decade, outside the pandemic. But next year’s relatively conservative spending plan — totaling $1.76 billion in the general fund — continues to prioritize Johnston’s … Read more
The province of Manitoba is extraordinarily well represented this month at the Toronto International Film Festival. Officially, the province lays claim to seven films at the festival, which opened Thursday: four features and three shorts, all with Manitoba connections. Never before in the 49-year history of the festival have so many Manitoba-made films been presented. Bear … Read more
Doctors and nurses seldom learn in school how to tell a family that their loved one is not going to survive. Yet healthcare professionals face the immense burden of tragedy, illness, and dying in an intensely stressful setting as a routine, ongoing part of their jobs. Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, research was documenting rampant … Read more
