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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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Five things to do in Toronto on the weekend of March 14–16

Five things to do in Toronto on the weekend of March 14–16

In this edition of The Weekender, a festive parade, March break at the AGO and three more things to do in Toronto this...

The Find: 10 chic backpacks that prove double shoulder straps don’t have to be dorky

The Find: 10 chic backpacks that prove double shoulder straps don’t have to be dorky

If you haven’t worn a backpack since lugging textbooks home in a raggedy MEC tote, it may be time to reconsider the practical...

K'naan and Oscar-winning Lupita Nyong'o hugged in public, so obviously they're in love

K’naan and Oscar-winning Lupita Nyong’o hugged in public, so obviously they’re in love

In the wake of her Oscar win, Lupita Nyong'o is fuelling the rumour mill by hanging out with Toronto rapper K'naan . (Because in...

The world’s oldest hockey stick is selling for over $10,000 on eBay

A guy in Nova Scotia is hocking a battered piece of wood on eBay that he claims is the world's oldest hockey stick. Apparently, it...

UPDATED: Target's collaboration with local designer Sarah Stevenson hits stores on March 23

UPDATED: Target’s collaboration with local designer Sarah Stevenson hits stores on March 23

Sarah Stevenson isn’t showing at Toronto Fashion Week this year, but fans of the local designer will be able to get their style...

See inside the Gladstone Hotel's food-themed room designed by Bob Blumer

See inside the Gladstone Hotel’s food-themed room designed by Bob Blumer

Food Network Canada host (and self-professed “gastronaut”) Bob Blumer has designed the ultimate foodie hideaway for the...

Honest Ed's is selling off its hand-painted signs (for as low as 50 cents)

Honest Ed’s is selling off its hand-painted signs (for as low as 50 cents)

The soon-to-close Honest Ed's, which is something of a retail graveyard at the moment, is most famous for its cheesy, in-your-face...

Five things to do in Toronto on the weekend of March 7–9

Five things to do in Toronto on the weekend of March 7–9

In this edition of The Weekender, comic book buffs gather, a classic ballet comes back and three more things to do in Toronto this...

Pop-Up Pick: a monthly trunk sale that’s the retail equivalent of raiding your cool friend’s closet

Pop-Up Pick: a monthly trunk sale that’s the retail equivalent of raiding your cool friend’s closet

Toronto's retail pop-up scene is gaining momentum, with new shopping opportunities emerging (and then disappearing) all the...

Slideshow: a preview of "The Forbidden City," the ROM's new exhibition of artifacts from China's imperial palace

Slideshow: a preview of “The Forbidden City,” the ROM’s new exhibition of artifacts from China’s imperial palace

As part of the ROM ’s centenary, the museum is renewing its Far East focus by bringing in an extensive collection of over 200...

PHOTO: See the identical-twin designers of DSquared2 as adorable children

PHOTO: See the identical-twin designers of DSquared2 as adorable children

Canadian design duo Dean and Dan Caten of Italian-based fashion label DSqaured2 are killing it. They're the recent recipients of...

Store Guide: Victoire, a cute new Ossington boutique where almost everything is made in Canada

Store Guide: Victoire, a cute new Ossington boutique where almost everything is made in Canada

Name: Victoire Sells: Canadian designers plus a few international brands Contact info: 129 Ossington...

Whistle Kids brings pint-sized streetwear to Lawrence Park

Whistle Kids brings pint-sized streetwear to Lawrence Park

Whistle Kids is where Lawrence Park mums, tired of shopping at the GAP, can go to outfit their offspring in trendy kid-sized...

Canadian fashion destination Homegrown Boutique is closing its doors

Canadian fashion destination Homegrown Boutique is closing its doors

Homegrown Boutique, one of the city's purveyors of up-and-coming Canadian fashion, is closing its Yorkville storefront on March...

PHOTO: The Leafs’ Joffrey Lupul, David Clarkson and Jonathan Bernier look dreamy for John Varvatos menswear

PHOTO: The Leafs’ Joffrey Lupul, David Clarkson and Jonathan Bernier look dreamy for John Varvatos menswear

Typically, we see professional hockey players during post-game interviews, with sweaty helmet hair and a chipped tooth or two. A...

World-renowned chef Ferran Adrià is coming to Toronto

World-renowned chef Ferran Adrià is coming to Toronto

Local foodies, rejoice: award-winning Spanish chef Ferran Adrià, of El Bulli fame, is set to grace Toronto with his presence. On...

St. Mike's Hospital ranks the relative health of 140 Toronto neighbourhoods (with predictable results)

St. Mike’s Hospital ranks the relative health of 140 Toronto neighbourhoods (with predictable results)

For health nuts who wonder if they're settled in the best possible part of the city, St. Michael's Hospital has answers. Urban...

Preview: 12 shots of Johnny Depp, Kate Moss and other celebs at Roxanne Lowit’s first Canadian exhibit

Preview: 12 shots of Johnny Depp, Kate Moss and other celebs at Roxanne Lowit’s first Canadian exhibit

Fashion photographer Roxanne Lowit, known for her sassy backstage snaps at designer runway shows, has finally brought a selection...

Five things to do in Toronto on the weekend of February 28–March 2

Five things to do in Toronto on the weekend of February 28–March 2

In this edition of The Weekender, a contemporary music festival, an eco-fashion market and three more things to do in Toronto this...

The Find: a quality shaving kit designed especially for Canadian guys

The Find: a quality shaving kit designed especially for Canadian guys

Gentlemen, prepare to toss your cheap plastic razors. Harry's, a sleek new grooming company from New York, just landed in Canada...

Should Toronto have a 4 a.m. last call? These people certainly think so

The term "world-class city" gets thrown around a lot these days—especially in Toronto, which seems haunted by it—but it tends...

Canadian speedskater Anouk Leblanc-Boucher is selling her Olympic silver medal for $1 million on Kijiji

Canadian speedskater Anouk Leblanc-Boucher is selling her Olympic silver medal for $1 million on Kijiji

For those who'd love to own an Olympic medal, but lack the physical ability and determination to defeat the rest of the world in...

Ontario's fast-food chains will soon have to reveal calorie counts on menus

Ontario’s fast-food chains will soon have to reveal calorie counts on menus

It’s about to become a bit more difficult to avoid the shame associated with consuming an entire day’s calories in a single...

Slideshow: seven vintage photos of Yorkdale when it first opened half a century ago

Slideshow: seven vintage photos of Yorkdale when it first opened half a century ago

When Yorkdale opened its doors on February 26, 1964, it was the largest enclosed mall in the world. Fifty years later, the...

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