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torontolife.com | Liza Agrba
Name: HarlemContact: 745 Queen St. W., harlemrestaurant.com, @harlemrestaurantNeighbourhood: Queen WestOwners: Carl CassellChef: Sasiban KulsegaramAccessibility: Not fully accessibleIn 2006, the original Harlem opened at Church and Richmond—part restaurant, part venue and an all around buzzing creative space for Toronto’s Black community. Above the dining room, the second floor hosted live musical acts and spoken word performances. Artists from across the city came to perform and share their work.
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2 weeks ago | 
theglobeandmail.com | Liza Agrba
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2 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Liza Agrba
NowABC News suspends Terry Moran after Trump administration condemns ‘hater’ postCNN — Veteran ABC News correspondent Terry Moran was suspended Sunday after he posted a highly critical assessment of President Donald Trump and Trump’s deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller on the social media platform X.
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4 weeks ago | 
theglobeandmail.com | Liza Agrba
CANADA'S BEST MANAGED COMPANIES 2025 Still the best: Welcome Best Managed Companies What I’ve Learned: interviews with five top execs Traffic sucks. Can technology from Miovision get us unstuck? 1. Three bottom lines are better than oneKBL Environmental (Leduc, Alta.)500 employees, 430 million kilograms of waste reused or recycled annuallyKBL Environmental’s trucking division is finding cleaner ways to move heavy loads.
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1 month ago | 
canadianbusiness.com | Liza Agrba
Not long ago, companies approached supply chain ethics mostly as a compliance exercise—something to be documented and filed away to satisfy regulators. That’s no longer enough. Regulations are getting tougher—and more dynamic—with new rules around synthetic chemicals, forced labour and materials compliance being introduced in Canada, the U.S. and the EU. Meanwhile, customers, investors and employees are increasingly expecting companies to take real responsibility for how their products are made.
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1 month ago | 
torontolife.com | Liza Agrba
After three years of closed doors, a downtown botanical haven is once again open to the public. Palm House, a domed Edwardian-era conservatory, is the largest of Allan Gardens’ six interconnected greenhouses, and it just received its first restoration in 60 years. With a new, open floor plan, the historic conservatory is poised to become a hothouse destination for weddings, farmers’ markets and community art classes—a new jewel for the core’s east-side Garden District.
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2 months ago | 
torontolife.com | Liza Agrba
Name: Tha Phae TavernContact: 221 Richmond St. W., thaphaetavern.com, @thaphaetavernNeighbourhood: Entertainment DistrictPreviously: SelvaOwners: Nuit and Jeff Regular, Oliver Geddes, Ben Geddes, Janet ZuccariniChef: Nuit Regular (Sukhothai, Pai, Kiin, Chaiyo)Accessibility: Not accessibleAt the eastern edge of Chiang Mai’s Old City stands Tha Phae Gate.
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2 months ago | 
theglobeandmail.com | Susan Nerberg |Liza Agrba
Chief execs get all the glory (at least when things are going well). Five years ago, we decided it was time to change that. And so we present our fifth annual Best Executive Awards, hailing all the leaders—in finance, tech, operations, human resources, sustainability and more—who toil just outside the corner office, doing the often unglamorous work that helps move a company forward.
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2 months ago | 
theglobeandmail.com | Liza Agrba
Please log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountLakeside is a 72-year-old Hamilton-based engineering and manufacturing solutions provider, and it built its reputation on specialized services like emissions analytics, fuel-efficient combustion systems, and sanitary solutions for food and beverage clients. This wide range attracted a diverse client base, but there was a hitch: The services were siloed within the company, and there was no solid central structure.
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Mar 21, 2025 | 
theglobeandmail.com | Liza Agrba
Please log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free Account454%That’s the average three-year revenue growth of the 47 companies on our inaugural ranking of businesses controlled by women, from a small but mighty podcast agency (No. 1) to a wealth management firm (No. 47). Open this photo in gallery:Fatima Zaidi, Co-Founder and CEO of Quill Inc., in Toronto on Sept.
