City Life

Quarantine Chronicles: 2 Women. 3 Divorces. No Regrets: Feel Free Community–formed in a Pandemic

Last January, we didn’t know each other. Just like we didn’t know what was about to happen to our careers. We knew of each other, having two mutual friends who…

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Quarantine Chronicles: Restaurateur Speaks Out in Emotional Public Message to City Officials –and How YOU can help!

In the hospitality industry we are no strangers to adapting to new environments and facing adversity. However, this year has been especially challenging; waiting for new regulations weekly and investing…

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Quarantine Chronicles: Design and Interior Spaces in a Post-COVID World

It’s been months of working from home, and being at home while “at work”…and while some of us may have re-fallen in love with our interiors, I’m sure that most…

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Black Owned Businesses in Toronto Black Lives Matter

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Black Lives Matter #BlackoutTuesday

We are choosing to stop our programming and editorial, to go silent until June 7th to amplify the voices that need to be heard. Standing in solidarity with those fighting…

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TTC operator speaks out for public support COVID-19

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Quarantine Chronicles: Concerned TTC Operator Speaks Up Pleading for Your Support

Life as an operator for TTC has been an adventure–to put it lightly. So much is in the works to ensure growth in our city and we came into 2020…

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quarantine chronicles the adelaide project

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Quarantine Chronicles: New Collaborative Lighting Studio Founder Speaks on Keeping the Design Community Together

I’m Jennifer Pott, Co-founder and Director of Brand & Customer Experience for The Adelaide Project. Navigating is probably a more accurate description than managing when it comes to the current…

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Wink TREC brands cannabis product Trang Trinh COVID-19

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Quarantine Chronicles: Cannabis Entrepreneur Speaks Up on Essential Service Battle and 4/20

Beyond the usual—from honouring and paying tribute to the plant that has brought so many people around the world joy, to acknowledging those that paved the way to make such…

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Ritual 571 Wellington Salon Toronto Nail bar Bruna COVID-19 Coronavirus

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Quarantine Chronicles: Local Small Business Owner Urges for Government Help with Rent

I’m Bruna Dicecca. My journey as a small business owner began 18-years ago on October 18, 2002. Back then the West part of town was just beginning to flourish. Yet, I…

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Quarantine Chronicles Tan on the Run Nicole Hyatt

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Quarantine Chronicles: Spray Tan Entrepreneur Speaks Up about Pivoting

My name is Nicole Hyatt, founder of Tan on the Run Canada. I started my business almost 15-years ago as the first mobile spray tanning company in Canada—offering a vegan…

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The Nail and Champagne Bar Quarantine Chronicles COVID-19

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Quarantine Chronicles: Mobile Nail Bar Owner Speaks up about the Silver Lining

I’m Eliza Sipin, the founder of The Nail and Champagne Bar (TNCB), launched back in May of 2016. A mobile luxury beauty and champagne experience provider with a range of…

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Commercial Rents Freeze Entrepreneur Speaks out Meg Sethi

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Quarantine Chronicles: Entrepreneur Speaks up about Needed Commercial Rent Help

No Small Feat for Small Business—Dealing with Shift in the COVID-19 Landscape “We all owe 2019 an apology for what we said about it.” ~ unknown source. While we sit…

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TTC Life #TTCLife - Riding the TTC in Toronto

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The Struggle is Real: Dear Miss Gassy

Dear Miss Gassy, I wasn’t sitting right next to you on the subway today, but I was just one person away. First I heard your melodic singing (insert sarcasm here),…

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TTC Life -- The Subway Life Struggle is Real - Toronto - View the VIBE

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The TTC Struggle is Real: Dear Mr. Grim Reaper

Dear Mr. Grim Reaper, Remember me? Scratch that, I don’t want you to remember me. In fact, forget I ever existed. I mean, not in the dead way, more in…

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