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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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MEC’s new, uptown location gets one step closer to construction

MEC’s new, uptown location gets one step closer to construction

Mountain Equipment Co-op, the Vancouver-based retail destination for all things outdoorsy, is looking to build a massive new...

Canadians are a surprisingly caffeinated people, according to a new study

Canadians are a surprisingly caffeinated people, according to a new study

Maybe it's the Timmy's count per block, or perhaps the brisk northern clime that makes everyone keen to sip something...

Nordstrom is taking over from Sears at Toronto Eaton Centre

Nordstrom is taking over from Sears at Toronto Eaton Centre

Nordstrom is known for stocking a range of brands, from Valentino couture to Topshop, which operates standalone boutiques out of...

A new Prada boutique is now open at Yorkdale

A new Prada boutique is now open at Yorkdale

Luxury goods conoisseurs can now head to the recently re-vamped Yorkdale to get their hands on Prada’ s sleek ready-to-wear...

UPDATED: Target's collaboration with Peter Pilotto hits stores on February 9

UPDATED: Target’s collaboration with Peter Pilotto hits stores on February 9

Anticipation surrounding Target's new collaboration with London label Peter Pilotto has been building since September . The...

Target’s losses could spell better deals for Canadian shoppers

Target’s losses could spell better deals for Canadian shoppers

Target Canada’s financial performance appears to be, well, slightly off-target. We knew the big-box retailer was struggling...

Toronto Eaton Centre wants shoppers to stop messing up its name

Toronto's downtown mall is frustrated that people keep getting its name wrong. According to Newswire , the mall conducted a video...

Rogers is (still) considering launching a Netflix rival

Rogers is (still) considering launching a Netflix rival

It looks like Rogers could be getting serious about launching an online streaming package to rival Netflix . According to a report...

How does Toronto's cost of living stack up against the rest of the world? Pretty well, actually

How does Toronto’s cost of living stack up against the rest of the world? Pretty well, actually

Toronto may be the most expensive city in Canada, but as for how we stack up against the rest of the world? It's complicated. This...

Neiman Marcus not coming to Canada after all

Neiman Marcus not coming to Canada after all

The last few years have seen an influx of American retail heavyweights in Canada, including soon-to-launch department dinosaurs...

Save the date: Kleinfeld Bridal to open in Hudson’s Bay on May 1st

Save the date: Kleinfeld Bridal to open in Hudson’s Bay on May 1st

Toronto’s dress-deprived brides-to-be can rejoice: according to Retail Insider, New York wedding gown giant Kleinfeld Bridal...

Five things to do in Toronto on the weekend of January 10–12

Five things to do in Toronto on the weekend of January 10–12

In this edition of The Weekender, a culinary tour of Kensington Market, a festival of indie theatre, and three more things to do...

Sears stands up for itself against Canada Goose bullies

Sears stands up for itself against Canada Goose bullies

The latest clash between Canadian retailers has David-versus-Goliath overtones, although we’re not entirely sure who is who. On...

Valet parking and alcohol: coming soon to the Cineplex Queensway

Valet parking and alcohol: coming soon to the Cineplex Queensway

If Cineplex has its way, Toronto moviegoers with a little money to spend will no longer be subjected to seeing movies with 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