By Nikki Gill
Designer Nina Kharey of fashion brand Nonie has launched a line of medical scrubs called Folds. The fashion-forward scrubs are made from recyclable and sustainable materials while also being anti-viral, anti-bacterial and antimicrobial. Kharey has an engineering background and worked with a lab in Europe to create the nanotechnology material for the scrubs. After crowd-sourcing … Continued
By lindsaylow
Catch Brian Gluckstein on Cityline, where he is a regular guest expert, shop his collection, GlucksteinHome, at Hudson’s Bay and follow him @briangluckstein on Instagram. It’s a new year, and I think a resolution we can all benefit from is incorporating more self-care into our routines — and there’s no better space to do that than your own bathroom. … Continued
By Nikki Gill
It’s no secret that Ontario has been churning out NBA stars in the last few years. A new CBC docu-series this month called Anyone’s Game is highlighting one of the world’s top basketball development programs right here in Ontario, where many of these stars are getting their start: Orangeville Prep. The series follows the high … Continued
By lindsaylow
A hand sanitizer company may seem like an obvious idea for 2020, the year of COVID-19, but Amy Welsman, founder of natural and sustainable hand sanitizer brand Paume, actually came up with the idea well before the start of the pandemic. Welsman says it all started when she gave birth to her daughter in early … Continued
By Erin Neilly
One of Canada’s most trusted authorities on style and fashion, Jeanne Beker has covered the industry for more than 30 years. Now watch her in her current style editor role on TSC’s Style Matters with Jeanne Beker or tune into her new podcast Beyond Style Matters, available wherever you get your podcasts. Winter is … Continued
The Kushie pop-up is all set to open its doors next week in the spot that used to be home to a Summerhill neighbourhood treasure, My Favourite Ice Cream Shop. The tiny, seasonal ice cream parlour that has been serving up sweet and frosty delights to local families for more than 17 years has paved … Continued
By lindsaylow
HGTV Canada series Making It Home is currently casting homeowners in Toronto who have a fixer-upper that they are ready to renovate. The show stars real estate agent and interior design expert Kortney Wilson and contractor Dave Wilson who will turn the drab and outdated property into a gorgeous forever home. Torontonians from Rosedale to … Continued
The fashion world has been steadily moving away from mass-produced clothing, making way for more sustainable and local boutiques selling quality items at a higher price point. Toronto’s Ellie Mae Studios is taking that concept one step further by entering the scene with a style the company calls “luxury hippie.” With superstar clients including Gigi … Continued
By lindsaylow
Toronto musician and artist Lido Pimienta revisited her Colombia roots and her views on her relationship to her home country and in so doing produced the critically acclaimed album Miss Colombia. Her work and her vision have paid off with her first Grammy Award nomination. “The Grammys, in general, is like this weird, non-accessible-to-art thing, … Continued
By lindsaylow
Toronto photographer Caitlin Cronenberg has had many opportunities to shoot fellow Torontonian Dan Levy, creator and co-star of the award-winning comedy series Schitt’s Creek, but nothing quite as big as the most recent project for People magazine’s annual Sexiest Man Alive issue (pictured above). Schitt’s Creek just finished off its sixth and final season capping … Continued
By lindsaylow
CBC News anchor Marivel Taruc met her husband Trevor Pilling while they were both working at CBC Manitoba. They bonded over a love of sports, and as she went on to become the weekend anchor of CBC Toronto News, he became the director of news and highlights at Olympic Broadcasting Services. Here is how they … Continued
By lindsaylow
Toronto’s Soulpepper theatre company announced a partnership with Awakenings, a new programming philosophy from the City of Toronto. Awakenings is a series of art projects created by Black, Indigenous and artists of colour for Toronto History Museums, with themes of anti-oppression, anti-colonialism and anti-racism. Soulpepper artistic director Weyni Mengesha co-directed one of the featured pieces, … Continued
