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Jean Grant

Jean Grant has been a freelance writer since 2015, covering a range of lifestyle topics like shopping, interiors, wellness and culture for publications like Maclean’s and Toronto Life. She also enjoys working with brands to develop custom content, and shares personal essays through her Substack newsletter, Nobody is Thinking About You.

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Street Style: Toronto Raptors fans at Jurassic Park

Street Style: Toronto Raptors fans at Jurassic Park

Fourteen of our favourite looks spotted in Jurassic Park

Everything new parents will get in the (totally free) Baby Box

Everything new parents will get in the (totally free) Baby Box

This new charity sends a package full of all-natural products to parents-to-be, no strings attached

How to borrow everything in Toronto

How to borrow everything in Toronto

The city is suddenly full of various "libraries" that let you rent anything you need—totally free of charge

Inside Vice Canada's new Liberty Village office, with a well-stocked bar and free movies

Inside Vice Canada’s new Liberty Village office, with a well-stocked bar and free movies

The fast-growing media company has just expanded into a sprawling industrial space modelled after its flagship Brooklyn office

Toronto's Best Dressed: Jamie Webster

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Jamie Webster

Jamie Webster’s job is to make things look cool—whether it’s a car commercial or a music video for Majid Jordan, the pop duo signed to Drake’s record label

The best running shoes for every skill level, according to four Toronto experts

The best running shoes for every skill level, according to four Toronto experts

Marathoner Eric Gillis and Running Room founder John Stanton tell us their favourite shoes

Mother's Day Gift Guide: Twenty thoughtful presents to spoil Mom (without spending a fortune)

Mother’s Day Gift Guide: Twenty thoughtful presents to spoil Mom (without spending a fortune)

You have until May 8 to use this guide wisely

A beginner's guide to balcony container gardening

A beginner’s guide to balcony container gardening

With the right tips, Toronto's backyard-deprived condo-dwellers can nurture tons of beautiful blooms and tasty veggies right on their balconies

The most outrageous runway looks from Fashion Art Toronto

The most outrageous runway looks from Fashion Art Toronto

The shows featured towering headpieces, feathered wings and lots of food-inspired accessories

The best looks from the 2016 CAFAs

The best looks from the 2016 CAFAs

Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, Karlie Kloss and Elle Macpherson are among our picks for best-dressed at the 2016 Canadian Arts and Fashion Awards

Street Style: Spring in Leslieville

Street Style: Spring in Leslieville

Spring has barely sprung, but Leslievillians were eager to step outside in warm-weather garb as temperatures in the city hit 18 degrees this weekend

The 15 cutest Toronto cats on Instagram

The 15 cutest Toronto cats on Instagram

Including one “Jose Meowtista”

The ten best pieces from Ivy Park, Beyonce's new line of workout gear

The ten best pieces from Ivy Park, Beyonce’s new line of workout gear

Channel Queen Bey in leotards and mesh bomber jackets

What's new in Toronto shopping this week

What’s new in Toronto shopping this week

A Kevin Pillar sock collaboration, an avant-garde fashion fest and more local intel

Five of the fanciest new places to work out in Toronto

Five of the fanciest new places to work out in Toronto

Including cool CrossFit gyms and swanky spin studios

Street Style: Sherway Gardens

Street Style: Sherway Gardens

What 17 west-enders wore to the mall this weekend

Twelve cool raincoats for staying fashionably dry this spring

Twelve cool raincoats for staying fashionably dry this spring

They'll make drizzly days something to look forward to

What's new in Toronto shopping this week

What’s new in Toronto shopping this week

Saks Off Fifth, two new online retailers and more of the best new stores and coolest pop-ups

The 15 best finds from this spring's One of a Kind Show

The 15 best finds from this spring’s One of a Kind Show

Get psyched for summer by scoring artisanal freezies or the perfect sun hat

Five fantastic new Toronto designers, and where to find their stuff

Five fantastic new Toronto designers, and where to find their stuff

The best talent to come out of Fashion Week this season

The 25 craziest costumes we spotted at ComiCon

The 25 craziest costumes we spotted at ComiCon

Out-of-control takes on characters like Greninja, Harley Quinn and Starfire

Street Style: The best spring looks we spotted at Fashion Week

Street Style: The best spring looks we spotted at Fashion Week

Sixteen stylish outfits you can copy immediately

Inside Ontario's first Simons, now open at Square One

Inside Ontario’s first Simons, now open at Square One

The Quebec-based department store opened its doors today

Street Style: Fashion Week 2016's best accessories

Street Style: Fashion Week 2016’s best accessories

Insanely flashy footwear, handbags and jewellery

Summer Camp Guide

Summer Camp Directory 2026

Summer Camp Directory 2026

Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages

Best New Restaurants

Toronto Life ’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8

Toronto Life’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8

General admission tickets are now on sale for Toronto’s biggest culinary night, featuring top chefs, restaurants and drinks

Big Stories

These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026

These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026

This year’s list includes a 150-square-foot omakase counter, a Parisian brasserie in the Annex, Korean comfort food, Filipino karaoke and a Summerhill seafood spot that’s reinventing the raw bar

Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team

Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team

After years of false starts, months of nail-biting negotiations between the league and the players’ union, and an 11th-hour scramble to build a roster, Toronto finally has its own major-league women’s basketball team. Now it just has to live up to the hype

Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with SNL rookie Veronika Slowikowska

Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with SNL rookie Veronika Slowikowska

Slowikowska is the first Canadian to join the cast of Saturday Night Live in more than 25 years. She’s also this season’s breakout star. Now all she has to do is keep crushing it

Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer

Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer

The man who represented the infamous drug lord is unapologetically flashy—he has a Lamborghini and two Maseratis and wears $1,200 Louboutins. But did he become an accomplice to his client’s crimes? Deepak Paradkar says he was just doing his job. The FBI says he crossed a line

The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?

The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?

We’re not over it, but they are. Six months after that devastating defeat, the Jays take the field once more, bent more than ever on winning the World Series. Dispatches from the dugout

My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press

My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press

My dad was the infamous Rolex Killer. The news of his crimes nearly broke me. And ever since, my family has been hounded by reporters, podcasters and true crime fanatics—a whole new circle of hell

Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin

Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin

Larry David is the indisputable king of brutal honesty. But if anyone comes close, it’s Robby Hoffman, the suddenly everywhere comic from whom no group is safe

Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?

Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?

Pamela Sugiman, a former arts dean at Toronto Metropolitan University, was a key player in the school’s push for diversity, equity and inclusion. When the backlash against DEI arrived, she was demoted. The school says it was a coincidence. She disagrees

City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?

City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?

Scenes from the rent-for-life revolution

This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI

This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI

It’s hard out here for a 20-something

The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market

The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market

Desperate wannabe parents are betting their life savings on unproven treatments and false promises

Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI

Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI

Last spring, a chatbot convinced Allan Brooks that he had discovered a revolutionary mathematical theory. He says it nearly destroyed him

Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world

Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world

Homegrown innovations that will transform lives for the better

293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband

293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband

When Valentino was abducted, I knew three things: he’d been taken by his father, he was somewhere in India and I would not rest until I found him

The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone

The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone

The towing industry has been hijacked by criminals and kingpins who fleece customers, beat up dissenters and shoot their enemies. Inside the brutal turf war for the city’s wrecks

Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes

Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes

If this city stands any chance of solving the housing crisis, it will need buildings with multiple units in residential neighbourhoods—a move that has many residents saying, “Anywhere but here!”

Young and Retired: Meet the super-savers quitting work decades before the average Canadian

Young and Retired: Meet the super-savers quitting work decades before the average Canadian

In the age of doomspending, these ultra-driven Torontonians give up their weekends, work multiple jobs and never, ever eat out. The upside: they’ll retire long before the rest of us

Just Listed

For Sale: 171 Durant Ave

For Sale: 171 Durant Ave

This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot

For Sale: 50 First Avenue

For Sale: 50 First Avenue

A testament to time presiding over one of Uxbridge's most storied streetscapes, this magnificently preserved circa 1880 residence commands its prominent corner lot with the quiet confidence of a true architectural landmark

For Sale: 7 Bentley Drive

For Sale: 7 Bentley Drive

A commanding architectural statement in prestigious Stonegate–Queensway, this newly completed custom residence by Bali Homes Group presents a refined interpretation of contemporary luxury living

For Sale: 75 Queen Street

For Sale: 75 Queen Street

Guelph is having a moment

For Sale: 112 Mildenhall Rd

For Sale: 112 Mildenhall Rd

A rare opportunity to own a custom-built masterpiece in the heart of Lawrence Park beautifully designed by Gray Smith and Arca Design for the most discerning buyer