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Ethical Ocean

Toronto's Ethical Ocean e-commerce startup may just change what "shop till you drop" means

Julia Belluz Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Toronto's Ethical Ocean, a new e-commerce startup, is trying to change the way we consume by offering ethical choices. With lofty goals and considerable business ambition, they might just do it, one purchase at a time.
Peter Sanagan

Like Sex in the City, but with meat: Toronto's gourmet healthy butcher scene

Rachel Hahn Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Toronto is quickly becoming known as a city with a soft spot for meat. The local butcher shop is becoming more popular by the day, offering organic and local options to savvy clientele who are mindful of where their next meal comes from.
69 Vintage Collective

Living for the vintage city: Upcycling Bloorcourt and Queen West

Rea McNamara Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Kealan Sullivan spends a lot of time at the local dry cleaners. You could say it's the boardroom of her 69 Vintage Collective empire, where between giant loads of new-old clothes, she's leading Toronto's vintage scene in new directions.
Charlie’s Freewheels

Bikes are on a Roll in Regent Park

Jules Lewis Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Zoe Hayes and Caitlin Carlisle wanted to get kids rolling, so they started Charlie's Freewheels, a volunteer-based community program that teaches bike mechanics and career development to Regent Park youth.
Nancy Smith-Lea

Streets for everyone

Dylan Reid Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Nancy Smith-Lea became a cyclist almost by accident. But now she's helping change the way we think about our streets (and the role of engineers) in the 416 and 905 so cars, bikes, transit and pedestrians can finally all get along.
Monkey Vault

Monkey Business

Jaclyn Law Wednesday, May 05, 2010
After years of dodging security guards and watching their sport go into hibernation each winter, Toronto's parkour community has found a place to crash - literally - at The Monkey Vault, athlete-entrepreneur Dan Iaboni's new gym-playground hybrid.
Jo Altilia

Regent Park reading: A Q&A with Jo Altilia

Julia Belluz Wednesday, May 05, 2010
Jo Altilia founded Literature for Life in Toronto's Regent Park neighbourhood and is fostering both a love of reading and a sense of leadership and capability in young mothers.
Bathurst Street slideshow

Bathurst Street's gorgeous bones in words and pictures

Bert Archer Wednesday, April 28, 2010
In the first of our series looking at some of Toronto's evolving neighbourhood strips, Yonge Street's Bert Archer and Tanja-Tiziana Burdi explore the changing face of Bathurst Street. Along the way they found good buildings and a linear community of entrepreneurs that keeps the strip together.
Salon Camden

Q&A with Azmi Haq, the Conversation Starter

Julia Belluz Wednesday, April 28, 2010
When Azmi Haq arrived in Toronto from Pakistan he found people here a little too polite, so to get people chatting about the city and country, frankly and openly, he started Salon Camden in his home. Here, he shares his thoughts on conversation and the immigrant experience in Toronto.
Scientists in Schools

When Scientists go to School

Piali Roy Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Ajax-based Scientists in School brings the fun into science education and hopes to breed a new generation of innovators from an early age.
Vintage One

Q&A: Creating a local community of top-notch winemakers

Alexandra Shimo Wednesday, April 21, 2010
The De Miguels come from a family of Argentinean winemakers who grew up helping out on their family's Woodbridge winery. They decided to bring that experience to the city, opening a new D.I.Y. urban winery that teaches Torontonians how to make premium booze. 
Ruby Watchco

Chef Lynn's Place

Ivy Knight Wednesday, April 14, 2010
She's chased pigs through manure and cooked at the Four Seasons. Now celebrity chef Lynn Crawford has returned to Toronto from New York to open her new neighbourhood place, Ruby Watchco, on Queen East.
IS Awards

Yonge video: The Immigrant Success Awards

Rose Bianchini Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Toronto's motto is "Diversity Our Strength" -- TRIEC's Immigrant Success Awards shines a light on where that strength is flexing its muscles -- and profiting from doing so -- all over the GTA.
Why Not Theatre

Why Not Theatre asks "why not Toronto?"

Tasleem Thawar Wednesday, April 07, 2010
The medium is part of the message for Why Not Theatre, an innovative and growing Toronto-based theatre company that uses both technology and the city's global, diverse connections to produce contemporary work.
Dubbeldam Design Architects

The entrepreneurial architect

Heidi McKenzie Wednesday, April 07, 2010
Heather Dubbeldam left the safety of one of Canada's premier architecture firms to follow her own path and start an independent and expanding green design company.
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