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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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Touring the city’s most innovative companies at the MaRS open house

Touring the city’s most innovative companies at the MaRS open house

Toronto is in the midst of a major tech moment, thanks in part to the work of regional innovation hubs, including MaRS, whose...

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Inside the new Yorkdale outpost of Reformation

Inside the new Yorkdale outpost of Reformation

The sustainable L.A. brand's celebrity fan club includes Kendall Jenner, Kaia Gerber and Irina Shayk

How a photographer and tarot card reader lives in 350 square feet

How a photographer and tarot card reader lives in 350 square feet

She found space for a meditation corner, but not for a kitchen table

Inside Par-Tee Putt, a new retro minigolf bar in the Entertainment District

Inside Par-Tee Putt, a new retro minigolf bar in the Entertainment District

There are holes inspired by Game of Thrones, Family Guy and Back to the Future

Inside Miss Pippa's, a charming new flower shop and wine bar in Brockton Village

Inside Miss Pippa’s, a charming new flower shop and wine bar in Brockton Village

It's owned by a husband-and-husband team who met in Portugal

This chic Rosedale home is a bicoastal restaurateur's hideaway

Real Estate News

This chic Rosedale home is a bicoastal restaurateur’s hideaway

Janet Zuccarini loves coming home from Los Angeles and nestling in her ravine retreat

Crazy cottage rentals for the .00001 per cent

Real Estate News

Crazy cottage rentals for the .00001 per cent

Including a Lake Rosseau fortress for a cool $9,800 per night

Real Weddings: An intimate ceremony in the back of a vintage pickup truck

Real Weddings: An intimate ceremony in the back of a vintage pickup truck

Featuring flowers, a family-only guest-list and a lot of charcuterie

How Harbourfront’s BRAVE Festival can get Torontonians living their best lives

How Harbourfront’s BRAVE Festival can get Torontonians living their best lives

Experience talks, concerts and theatre devoted to exploring the theme of “Secret Lives, Second Chances” Harbourfront Centre...

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A sneak peek at the Ritz-Carlton Toronto's new look

A sneak peek at the Ritz-Carlton Toronto’s new look

The hotel's club-level rooms have sleek new interiors

Real Weddings: Inside an underwater ceremony in Honduras

Real Weddings: Inside an underwater ceremony in Honduras

Featuring bridal party wetsuits, a deep-sea altar and photo-bombing fish

Inside the Merrill House, a beautifully revamped Victorian inn in Prince Edward County

Inside the Merrill House, a beautifully revamped Victorian inn in Prince Edward County

It's an ode to European country houses, with a mix of fine antiques and contemporary art

The wildest outfits from Pride weekend

The wildest outfits from Pride weekend

There was a lot of glitter and plenty of dapper dogs

How a couple and their two enormous cats live in 470 square feet

Real Estate News

How a couple and their two enormous cats live in 470 square feet

A custom-built cat tree takes up a corner

The most stylish post-season looks from the Raptors

The most stylish post-season looks from the Raptors

Including more than a few from your man Serge

How notable Torontonians celebrated Father's Day

How notable Torontonians celebrated Father’s Day

See how dads like Drake, John Tory and Justin Trudeau spent the day

A Pride extravaganza, a boy band throwback and five other things to see, hear and do in Toronto this week

A Pride extravaganza, a boy band throwback and five other things to see, hear and do in Toronto this week

Everything worth doing in Toronto during the week of June 17

A drag ball with Brooke Lynn Hytes, a sidesplitting stand-up show and six other best bets for Pride Week

A drag ball with Brooke Lynn Hytes, a sidesplitting stand-up show and six other best bets for Pride Week

Everything worth seeing and doing at this year's Pride festival

A look inside Goop Mrkt, Gwyneth Paltrow's new pop-up inside the Hazelton Hotel

A look inside Goop Mrkt, Gwyneth Paltrow’s new pop-up inside the Hazelton Hotel

Where to find thousand-dollar sundresses, solid gold vibrators and all-natural skincare

Real Weddings: Inside an intimate affair at San Francisco’s City Hall

Real Weddings: Inside an intimate affair at San Francisco’s City Hall

With vintage Volkswagens and harpists

Live-work spaces: Inside the home recording studio, DJ lair and sound healing space of Snappy Homefry

Live-work spaces: Inside the home recording studio, DJ lair and sound healing space of Snappy Homefry

He built everything, including the control room and isolation booth

Inside Kidco Work, a co-working friendly daycare on Queen West

Inside Kidco Work, a co-working friendly daycare on Queen West

They set up shop above the new MEC building on Queen West

A look inside the Funhouse, an immersive art maze in an old Buddhist temple on Queen West

A look inside the Funhouse, an immersive art maze in an old Buddhist temple on Queen West

The Funhouse mimics a choose-your-own-adventure novel

The most enthusiastic furry Raptors fans

The most enthusiastic furry Raptors fans

Featuring dressed-up dogs, cats and one rabbit

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

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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