Latest news with #Michal
CTV News
2 days ago
- CTV News
Missing Calgary man last seen in Highwood Park last month: police
Police say Michal, 44, who goes by Mike, was last seen leaving the Shell gas station at the intersection of McKnight Boulevard and Centre Street North on Monday, June 2. (CPS handout) Calgary police are looking to the public for help finding a missing man last seen in the community of Highland Park in June. Police say Michal, 44, who goes by Mike, was last seen leaving the Shell gas station at the intersection of McKnight Boulevard and Centre Street North on Monday, June 2. 'Although there is nothing to indicate foul play is involved, police and Michal's family are concerned for his well-being,' said a Thursday news release. Michal is described as 5'4' tall (163 cm) and 160 pounds (73 kg), with short brown hair, brown facial hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a red Toronto Raptors baseball hat, a purple, black and white Toronto Raptors hoodie, beige Carhartt pants and red and black sneakers. He is known to frequent the Calgary Transit system and speaks with a Polish accent. Anyone who knows of Michal's whereabouts is asked to call police at 403-266-1234. Tips can also be submitted anonymously through Crime Stoppers. NOTE: The Calgary Police Service announced last year it would no longer be sharing the last names of those who are reported missing – or sharing details of whether any of those individuals are located deceased – as a standard practice moving forward.
Fashion Network
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Fashion Network
Cadar celebrates its 10th anniversary, unveils The Golden Moment
An elegant new book celebrating the 10th anniversary of the jewellery brand Cadar provides timely recognition of its founder Michal Kadar's unique talent and skill as a unique creator of emotive ornamentation. Titled 'Cadar The Golden Movement,' the book was unveiled recently in New York as a finely printed history of a unique marque. It appears just weeks before the happening brand debuts its first flagship store in the city. Movement has always been at the heart of Cadar's DNA, underlined by the book's cover which features a hologram of its yellow gold Feather Drop earrings, gently swaying and transforming from a vertical line to an S shape. The imagery links back to Michal's earliest childhood memories of sunset gardens and the last rays on the Mediterranean at Tel Aviv, where her parents moved to from Libya, via Italy. A graduate of Alber Elbaz ' alma mater Shenkar College, Michal developed her own successful fashion label before moving to the US and meeting her husband Avraham Kadar. Frustration at not finding a suitable engagement ring led her to design her own – a canny yellow gold TU Ring, created with different 'jackets' over a solitaire white diamond to better express the different moods and moments of life. That began a decade-long journey, which The Golden Moment subtly recounts. Michal debuted a series of collections including Light, where adaptable TU rings and drop earrings gently twist in the wind. This was followed by Water, where a choker necklace comes in small rivulets of gold, and earrings appear composed like gold droplets. The Water collection's cocktail rings feature interlinked semi circles of white and black diamonds, allowing the ring to assume multiple silhouettes. All told, Michal has now created over a dozen collections, such as Bloom, an elegant series of floral shaped bracelets studded in diamonds. Bloom also includes a cocktail ring, where its white diamond seems to blossom like a bud. Later collections boast names like Endless, Psyche, Feather, Fur, and Origin – all featured in special chapters throughout the book. These collections are chronicled all the way to Python, whose sinuous shapes glide snakelike around wrist, neck and nape; and Essence, whose section hoop earrings and lariat necklaces evoke the gilded glory of Gustave Klimt's 1909 painting The Tree of Life. 'When I design jewellery, I channel all of my history and heritage into the process, reimagining gold as a luxurious fabric, caressing and comfortable, that can constantly adapt to the wearer,' Michal explains in her introduction. Each chapter is accompanied by artworks that inspired the designer – like Man Ray's iconic image Glass Tears of 1932. This hints at Cadar's Reflections cocktail ring, shaped like an almond eye with its lids dusted in diamonds, or the remarkable Reflections Statement Chandelier necklace, featuring droplets of white and black diamonds which the photographer would surely have loved. Michal's designs have won multiple plaudits and prizes. In 2016, Michal received the prestigious Fashion Group International 'Rising Star' award for fine jewellery. The following year, Cadar garnered 'Best in Gold' at Couture, the expansive trade show in Las Vegas that is the heartbeat of the jewellery industry in North America. In 2018, Cadar nabbed 'Gold Design of the Year" in the inaugural Town & Country Magazine Jewelry Awards. Her blend of nature, haute gamme artisans, and artistry has clearly struck a chord. Works by Degas, Yirawala, Leonardo Da Vinci, and Katsushika Hokusai illustrate The Golden Moment, which was printed in Italy with layout by Construct London. Moreover, images of the Chrysler Building and 19th century maps of New York are reflected in Cadar's geometric designs, seen in rectangular hoop earrings or pyramidical rings and bracelets in its Foundation collection. Crisp photography by Dudi Hasson underlines the sheer quality of Cadar's jewellery, designed in New York and primarily produced by top-level artisans in Italy. Beside its special, undulating sense of movement, or sense of second skin adornment, Michal's jewellery often seems alive with the sense of nature's beauty. Whether it's her rose-gold Fur cocktail ring, sprouting delicate tendrils topped by tiny diamonds, or a fantastic Flora Statement choker, with diamonds seemingly sewn into golden lace shaped like a zinnia petal. The book culminates with Michal's Home collection, and her most personal creations, from Shell rings that can open and close, to Shell charm necklaces. This brings the designer back full circle to collecting shells on the beach with her father. Very much a brand on the move, Cadar will open its debut flagship this fall in The Meatpacking District, on one of Manhattan's most happening corners – 13th Street and Washington. Cadar currently retails in some 40 high-end stores in the US, from Bergdorf Goodman and Wilkes Bashford in San Francisco to the Four Seasons in Florida and Neiman Marcus in Newport Beach. Next year, Michal plans a major international expansion for Cadar which, judging from the remarkable The Golden Movement, augurs extremely well for the future.
Fashion Network
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Fashion Network
Cadar celebrates its 10th anniversary, unveils The Golden Moment
An elegant new book celebrating the 10th anniversary of the jewellery brand Cadar provides timely recognition of its founder Michal Kadar's unique talent and skill as a unique creator of emotive ornamentation. Titled 'Cadar The Golden Movement,' the book was unveiled recently in New York as a finely printed history of a unique marque. It appears just weeks before the happening brand debuts its first flagship store in the city. Movement has always been at the heart of Cadar's DNA, underlined by the book's cover which features a hologram of its yellow gold Feather Drop earrings, gently swaying and transforming from a vertical line to an S shape. The imagery links back to Michal's earliest childhood memories of sunset gardens and the last rays on the Mediterranean at Tel Aviv, where her parents moved to from Libya, via Italy. A graduate of Alber Elbaz ' alma mater Shenkar College, Michal developed her own successful fashion label before moving to the US and meeting her husband Avraham Kadar. Frustration at not finding a suitable engagement ring led her to design her own – a canny yellow gold TU Ring, created with different 'jackets' over a solitaire white diamond to better express the different moods and moments of life. That began a decade-long journey, which The Golden Moment subtly recounts. Michal debuted a series of collections including Light, where adaptable TU rings and drop earrings gently twist in the wind. This was followed by Water, where a choker necklace comes in small rivulets of gold, and earrings appear composed like gold droplets. The Water collection's cocktail rings feature interlinked semi circles of white and black diamonds, allowing the ring to assume multiple silhouettes. All told, Michal has now created over a dozen collections, such as Bloom, an elegant series of floral shaped bracelets studded in diamonds. Bloom also includes a cocktail ring, where its white diamond seems to blossom like a bud. Later collections boast names like Endless, Psyche, Feather, Fur, and Origin – all featured in special chapters throughout the book. These collections are chronicled all the way to Python, whose sinuous shapes glide snakelike around wrist, neck and nape; and Essence, whose section hoop earrings and lariat necklaces evoke the gilded glory of Gustave Klimt's 1909 painting The Tree of Life. 'When I design jewellery, I channel all of my history and heritage into the process, reimagining gold as a luxurious fabric, caressing and comfortable, that can constantly adapt to the wearer,' Michal explains in her introduction. Each chapter is accompanied by artworks that inspired the designer – like Man Ray's iconic image Glass Tears of 1932. This hints at Cadar's Reflections cocktail ring, shaped like an almond eye with its lids dusted in diamonds, or the remarkable Reflections Statement Chandelier necklace, featuring droplets of white and black diamonds which the photographer would surely have loved. Michal's designs have won multiple plaudits and prizes. In 2016, Michal received the prestigious Fashion Group International 'Rising Star' award for fine jewellery. The following year, Cadar garnered 'Best in Gold' at Couture, the expansive trade show in Las Vegas that is the heartbeat of the jewellery industry in North America. In 2018, Cadar nabbed 'Gold Design of the Year" in the inaugural Town & Country Magazine Jewelry Awards. Her blend of nature, haute gamme artisans, and artistry has clearly struck a chord. Works by Degas, Yirawala, Leonardo Da Vinci, and Katsushika Hokusai illustrate The Golden Moment, which was printed in Italy with layout by Construct London. Moreover, images of the Chrysler Building and 19th century maps of New York are reflected in Cadar's geometric designs, seen in rectangular hoop earrings or pyramidical rings and bracelets in its Foundation collection. Crisp photography by Dudi Hasson underlines the sheer quality of Cadar's jewellery, designed in New York and primarily produced by top-level artisans in Italy. Beside its special, undulating sense of movement, or sense of second skin adornment, Michal's jewellery often seems alive with the sense of nature's beauty. Whether it's her rose-gold Fur cocktail ring, sprouting delicate tendrils topped by tiny diamonds, or a fantastic Flora Statement choker, with diamonds seemingly sewn into golden lace shaped like a zinnia petal. The book culminates with Michal's Home collection, and her most personal creations, from Shell rings that can open and close, to Shell charm necklaces. This brings the designer back full circle to collecting shells on the beach with her father. Very much a brand on the move, Cadar will open its debut flagship this fall in The Meatpacking District, on one of Manhattan's most happening corners – 13th Street and Washington. Cadar currently retails in some 40 high-end stores in the US, from Bergdorf Goodman and Wilkes Bashford in San Francisco to the Four Seasons in Florida and Neiman Marcus in Newport Beach. Next year, Michal plans a major international expansion for Cadar which, judging from the remarkable The Golden Movement, augurs extremely well for the future.
Spectator
30-07-2025
- Sport
- Spectator
2 August 2025
Michal Nowosadzki is one of the best bridge players in Poland, and if you are one of the best players in Poland you are one of the best players in the world. Now in his thirties, Michal played with Jacek Kalita on the Polish national team, winning two Gold Medals in 2015 and 2019. This simple but instructive hand cropped up in the Euro-Transnational qualifiers in Poznan in June and may well have contributed to another gold medal – but this time for Pierre Zimmermann and Switzerland. The principle of not letting the opponents alter your plan by what they do is an important one, and the stronger the opposition, the less likely that they're just handing you tricks. Michal's 2♠ opening was constructive and North happily raised him to game. West started with a high Club which held and a second Club. South drew trumps and then played three rounds of Diamonds, hoping to put West on lead, but it was East who came in and played a low Heart. Now what? If you think it's a guess, I'm afraid you are not among the world's best players. East doesn't have to play Hearts – he's got a perfectly safe exit with the fourth Diamond. Then you'd have to play Hearts yourself, and the only viable play is a Heart to the King. Don't let East get a good story – not to mention a good score; go up with the King as you would have done had you played the suit yourself!
Ottawa Citizen
03-07-2025
- Sport
- Ottawa Citizen
Spitfires willing to stay patient waiting for decision on Red Wings pick
Article content Even picking late, the Windsor Spitfires are still feeling great. Article content It wasn't until the 53rd pick in the first round that the Spitfires made a selection in Wednesday's Canadian Hockey League Import Draft. Article content Still, the club was thrilled to land Slovakian forward Michal Svrcek, who was a fourth-round pick by the Detroit Red Wings in Saturday's NHL Draft. Article content 'He's a really good player,' Spitfires' general manager Bill Bowler said. 'He skates exceptionally well, has excellent offensive instincts and is always attacking with speed. We hope to get a chance to bring Michal over.' Article content Article content Bowler added Kazakstan forward Beksultan Makysh in the second round with the 112th selection and, in the third round with the 139th selection overall, the Spitfires took Switzerland forward Loan Burkhalter. Article content Article content 'We think we got three players that can play in the OHL and excel,' Bowler said. Article content Detroit took the five-foot-11, 189-pound forward with the 119th pick overall and Svrcek wrapped up four days at the team's prospects camp on Thursday. Article content 'I felt like Detroit could draft me,' the 18-year-old Svrcek said. 'I talked to them a lot and had great meetings. I was not surprised. It was a great moment. I've enjoyed every moment (at camp). I'm so happy.' Article content Svrcek is an intriguing prospect, but at this point not a lock to be in Windsor for the 2025-26 season. Article content 'There's a rather complex process involved in the decision of Michal coming to the CHL this year or not,' said Allan Walsh, who represents Svrcek. 'We're actively involved in the process with Michal and Detroit in figuring out where the best place is for him to play and working quickly to make a decision in collaboration with each other.' Article content Article content Svrcek played for several clubs in 2024-25, but spent the majority of the season with the Brynas IF's under-20 team in Sweden's top junior league where he had 14 goals and 30 points in 30 games. While known for his speed and skill, Svrcek also brings some grit to the game. Article content 'I like to play a fast game,' Svrcek said. 'I try to play on the boards. That's kind of the North American game. Now, I'm going to decide what's best for me.' Article content Still, Walsh said he could not think of a better place for Svrcek to grow his game than Windsor. Article content 'Michal is ecstatic to be drafted by Windsor, but there's a process we have to go through,' said Allen, who said a decision should be made within a few weeks. 'Windsor, in our estimation, is one of the premier destinations for any import coming to the CHL. Article content 'They do a great job in developing players and taking care of players and have a long tradition of winning. People in management, ownership and amongst the coaching staff are among the highest quality of people you will know.'
