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Mellah is a neighbourhood destination for exquisite Moroccan rugs—and delicate hand towels
Rug lovers head to this Roncey store for its luxurious selection of traditional wares
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Someone paid way too much for an old Toronto street sign
—The winning bid for a decommissioned Yonge Street sign bearing Rob Ford' s autograph, scrawled in what appears to be gold...
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A Toronto start-up has invented Tinder for fashion
Blynk, a Toronto-based start-up, has developed a new app that uses Tinder’ s addictive swipe technology to help those in need of...
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This new online boutique offers same-day bicycle delivery throughout the GTA
Urbane Conviction is a new online shopping site from a group of U of T students and recent grads. Like other e-boutiques, it sells...
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Pop-Up Pick: a cute Canadian e-boutique makes its public debut
Toronto’s retail pop-up scene is gaining momentum, with new shopping opportunities emerging (and then disappearing) all the...
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Our top 10 picks from One of a Kind’s brand-new online craft emporium
One of a Kind Online is a new e-retail version of the gargantuan One of a Kind craft fair held twice a year at the Ex. The site...
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A new online destination for handcrafted Oxfords and tobacco-scented beard oil
Park and Province, a new Toronto-based online menswear shop, carries all the clothing, accessories and grooming products that a...
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Amazon.ca steps up its game
America, for all its flaws, has a few things on Canada. White Castle , for one. And they invented The Simpsons . And for a long...
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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...
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Online Shopping Guide: Trend Trunk lets you raid stylish closets—or launch your own virtual boutique
Trend Trunk serves two very practical purposes: it helps retail addicts clean out their cramped wardrobes, and allows...
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Joe Fresh launches online shopping (finally!)
Canada was, for a long time, an online shopping hinterland, but that situation is finally improving thanks to a rash of recent...
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A new Toronto-based website lets shoppers create customized shoes
Ashley Ebner, a Toronto-based graduate of the London College of Fashion, launched a design-your-own shoe website called Joker’s...
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Preppy Toronto label Pink Tartan launches its online store
Pink Tartan, the upmarket womenswear brand by Kimberley Newport-Mimran, launched its e-commerce site today in Canada and the...
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Zara launches online shopping in Canada
After years of waiting for Zara to bring online shopping north of the border, the retail giant is finally launching its Canadian...
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Zara is launching online shopping in Canada by summer
For a long time, Zara has fended off Canadians’ pleas for online shopping, focusing instead on bringing the service to Europe...
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Club Monaco will be opening its online shop to Canada soon
After sleepless nights spent trying in vain to find anything other than pictures of a white button-down and some khakis on Club...
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Will Gilt Groupe in Canada survive? Gilt Groupe insists (despite rumours) that its finances are solid
Gilt Groupe , grand poohbah of online designer flash sales and purveyor of Lady Gaga’s Mugler dress, has taken to the Internet...
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Luxury supersaver Web shopping trend finally comes to Canada
Canadians who drool over foreign sample sale sites like Gilt Groupe , Rue La La and Vente- Privee should be happy to hear that...
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Nomad latest menswear store to get on the e-tail bandwagon
Last Friday, Queen West menswear shop Nomad became the latest Toronto-based menswear store to launch an on-line shopping portal...
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“I Survived G20 Toronto” shirts now on sale
Commemorate the weekend in which police cordoned off hundreds of people in the rain and cruisers were set ablaze with souvenir G20...
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Icky or inspired: rentable maternity wear
When we got a press release from rentmaternitywear.com, a business by California "mompreneur" Marcelle Costello that leases...
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Mother’s Day gift guide: 10 ideas for Mommy Dearest
Go beyond the old brunch-and-flowers routine this Mother's Day. Here, 10 praise-worthy gifts from $10 to $500. View the slide show...
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Dressing up for Where the Wild Things Are
Spike Jonze’ s highly anticipated Where the Wild Things Are opens in theatres today, but we’re just as excited that hipster...
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Trump’s Loss, Toronto’s Gain: Meet the artists, professors, scientists and other luminaries ditching the US and moving north
They’re coming from Big Law, the Ivy League, arts institutes and beyond, brimming with smarts and energy and united by a common cause: avoiding the carnage of Donald Trump. True tales from the brain gain
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Dancing Queens: Patrons, staff and performers share their wildest memories of Crews and Tangos, Toronto’s most storied drag bar
Crews and Tangos has been enforcing the rules of the Village for more than 30 years: wear what you want, kiss who you want, but don’t forget to tip the drag queens. With a condo development looming, we asked around for tales from the iconic spot
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The Joy of Sex with Strangers: A Toronto hotwife’s adventures in ethical non-monogamy
Three months ago, I was a suburban mom in a monogamous relationship. Now I’m sleeping with people I meet online—with my husband’s blessing—and we’ve never been happier. Don’t judge us until you’ve read our story
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The Scandal, the Firing and the Fallout: Anatomy of a Bay Street fiasco at RBC
Nadine Ahn was a high-ranking executive at the bank. Ken Mason, her subordinate, was rapidly promoted. Then someone claimed to see them canoodling at the Royal York, tipped off HR and triggered an inquisition
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Edward the Conqueror: The unlikely ascent of Canada’s telecom king
Edward Rogers was dismissed as a meddling nepo baby—until he muscled out his siblings, acquired his competitors, cornered the telecom market and became the dominant force in Canadian sports
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Lady Parts: Inside Meredith MacNeill and Jennifer Whalen’s new show,
Small Achievable Goals
The
Baroness von Sketch Show
alumnae have elevated joking about women’s issues to an art. Their new show takes aim at menopause. How funny is that?
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Murder in the Blue Mountains: The story behind the killing of Ashley Schwalm
Ashley and James Schwalm had what seemed like a fairy tale life—two wonderful children, fulfilling careers and a gorgeous home close to the private ski club where they’d fallen in love. Then Ashley’s remains turned up in a burned-out car at the bottom of a ditch, and all signs pointed to her husband
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Dark Horse: Inside the fall of Eric Lamaze, Canada’s most famous equestrian
For years, Lamaze was the world’s top-ranked show jumper, living an enviable life filled with fancy cars, international travel and adoring fans—the kind of life a person might do anything to protect
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Dividing Line: How the Bloor Street bike lane turned the city into a battlefield
A few kilometres along Bloor has become Toronto’s most contested strip of concrete, igniting fights over congestion, safety and the future of downtown
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The Chosen One: At just 23, Scottie Barnes is the new face of the Raptors—and the team’s best chance of salvation
Barnes is shouldering the weight of an impatient, basketball-mad city, a hit-and-miss team, and his own colossal ambitions. Does he look worried?
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Famous: Inside the Beaches’ rise to rock stardom
A viral earworm about a breakup turned the Beaches into Toronto’s hottest export. Now, the panty-throwing, stage-diving, all-girl rock band is seducing fans around the world
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“I was nearly beaten to death by my partner. The case was dismissed because it took too long to get to trial”
How an overburdened justice system is failing survivors of intimate partner violence
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Brave New Year: The ultimate try-anything-once bucket list for 2025
For inspiration on wonderful, wild and even some slightly reckless experiences to enjoy in the year ahead
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The stars of the PWHL’s Toronto Sceptres on finally having a league of their own
After kicking off a new chapter for hockey with the PWHL, Natalie Spooner, Sarah Nurse and Blayre Turnbull are blazing a trail for women in sports
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Sort-of Secret: Amelia’s Market, a Geary Avenue grocer selling local goods and light lunches
Like lovely cheese plates paired with glasses of Ontario-made wine
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“There’s more attention now on shopping close to home”: How Broadfork Produce is connecting Toronto’s top chefs with Ontario farmers
And the west-end supplier is opening to the public soon
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The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative
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These Ontario-made booze collaborations are coming to a restaurant near you
Toronto bars and restaurants are partnering with their favourite distillers, winemakers and brewers to produce custom-made drinks. Here, nine crushable new concoctions