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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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Designer toy shop Magic Pony closes after a decade on Queen West

Designer toy shop Magic Pony closes after a decade on Queen West

Magic Pony, the vibrant Queen West concept shop and Canada's first purveyor of designer playthings, closed on Sunday. In a...

Joe Fresh is going global with 140 new stores worldwide

Joe Fresh is going global with 140 new stores worldwide

It looks like Toronto’s international claim to retail fame may involve large orange lettering and snappy casualwear. Joe...

Petite Thuet’s financial district shop closing in April

Petite Thuet’s financial district shop closing in April

For the past five years, local gourmet food chain Petite Thuet' s One King West outpost has been nourishing downtowners with fresh...

Store Guide: Suitsupply, the Dutch menswear specialist’s new Yorkville store

Store Guide: Suitsupply, the Dutch menswear specialist’s new Yorkville store

Name: Suitsupply Sells: Contemporary menswear Contact info: 9-11 Hazelton Ave., 647-931-6270, suitsupply.com Hours: M-Sa 10-8, Su...

Store Guide: Loding, an intimate menswear shop that's all about simplicity

Store Guide: Loding, an intimate menswear shop that’s all about simplicity

Name: Loding Sells: Men's shoes, shirts, ties, belts, socks and cashmere Contact info: 133 Avenue Rd., 416-962-0133, loding.ca...

Five things to do in Toronto on the weekend of February 21—23

Five things to do in Toronto on the weekend of February 21—23

In this edition of The Weekender, tropical ice sculptures, an industrial bazaar and three more things to do in Toronto this...

Toronto's stringent food truck policies could become the freest in North America

Toronto’s stringent food truck policies could become the freest in North America

After lagging behind other cities for almost a decade, Toronto’s sad food-truck scene may finally be about to flourish. Next...

Team Canada's sold-out toques are now going for $200 on eBay

Team Canada’s sold-out toques are now going for $200 on eBay

Late last week, news broke that Hudson Bay’s Team Canada toques were completely sold out—both online and in stores. The...

Kensington Market will remain Walmart-free

Kensington Market will remain Walmart-free

Kensington Market can count a victory in the seemingly endless war against big-box retail takeover. It looks like RioCan, the...

Coco Rocha rocked New York Fashion Week—and looked perfect every day

Coco Rocha rocked New York Fashion Week—and looked perfect every day

Typically, models show up for runway shows looking pointedly casual in ripped jeans and a beanie, à la Cara Delevingne. But...

Style Throwback: chic Toronto women give style makeovers to the city’s big shots in Spring 1983

Style Throwback: chic Toronto women give style makeovers to the city’s big shots in Spring 1983

Recounting one's own fashion history can bring up feelings of intense regret. So why bother when ogling other people’s...

Canadian comedian opens a coffee shop called Dumb Starbucks; could go to jail

Vancouver comedian Nathan Fielder made headlines earlier in the week when he opened a coffee shop called Dumb Starbucks in a Los...

Six things to do in Toronto on the weekend of February 14–17

Six things to do in Toronto on the weekend of February 14–17

In this edition of The Long Weekender, an all-nude burlesque show, a kiddie art gallery takeover, and four more things to do in...

Holt Renfrew is (finally) going to let us buy designer clothing online

Holt Renfrew is (finally) going to let us buy designer clothing online

The looming influx of American luxury retailers like Nordstrom and Saks Fifth Avenue is encouraging Canadian fashion fixture Holt...

VIDEO: the Toronto Zoo’s polar bear cub frolics in the snow and continues to be adorable

Toronto's frigid winter and recent blizzards seem all worth it today. In the Toronto Zoo ’s new video, its now three-month-old...

Browse the glam gowns for sale at Holt Renfrew's Balenciaga trunk show

Browse the glam gowns for sale at Holt Renfrew’s Balenciaga trunk show

Toronto sophisticates with black-tie events on the horizon should check out the Balenciaga trunk show at Holt Renfew. Running...

Toronto united in disapproval of Union Station name change

Toronto united in disapproval of Union Station name change

Though Toronto residents don't agree on much these days, the city is united in the belief that Union Station definitely should not...

At Bloordale’s new general store: come for vintage fur, stay for a cup of tea

At Bloordale’s new general store: come for vintage fur, stay for a cup of tea

Odd Finds is a general store, vintage clothing shop and tearoom in one. Unsurprisingly, the space is quaintly cluttered: rustic...

The city is warning Toronto residents to beware of coyotes on the prowl

The city is warning Toronto residents to beware of coyotes on the prowl

Apparently January to March is mating season for coyotes, which means Toronto's coyotes are currently more wily than...

Two of Toronto's favourite book festivals, Word on the Street and the International Festival of Authors, are teaming up

Two of Toronto’s favourite book festivals, Word on the Street and the International Festival of Authors, are teaming up

Two of Toronto's biggest festivals for book lovers, Word on the Street and the International Festival of Authors, are being joined...

The Find: a patriotic sweatshirt you'll be proud to sport year-round

The Find: a patriotic sweatshirt you’ll be proud to sport year-round

Parading around in Hudson Bay’ s Team Canada apparel isn't for every sports fan. For patriotic Canadians who’d rather make a...

Coming soon to Bloor Street: a standalone Holt Renfrew men’s boutique

Coming soon to Bloor Street: a standalone Holt Renfrew men’s boutique

Holt Renfrew is reinforcing its dominance on Bloor Street. Not one to sit quietly by while American heavyweights like Saks and...

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

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

In this edition of The Weekender, a Valentine's-themed high tea, an exhibition of conceptual toys and three other things to do in...

Introducing: Spinout Cycle, a hyper-competitive new spin studio in Liberty Village

Introducing: Spinout Cycle, a hyper-competitive new spin studio in Liberty Village

Name: Spinout Cycle Contact: 171 East Liberty St., Unit 124, 416-539 -8778, spinoutcycle.com Classes: Indoor cycling Fees: $25 per...

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