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Big Hearts Shop Small This Holiday Season

As Toronto dives into another month-long lockdown leading up to the holidays, a sure-fire way to bring cheer and good tidings in 2020 is to shop small and shop local. Purchasing online from your local haunt literally makes a real live person not only do a happy dance but enables

Small Businesses You Can continue To Support During COVID-19

These strange times have hit the businesses in our local neighbourhoods, as social isolation restrictions have continued to tighten. Our community is filled with small, independent, locally owned and operated businesses. That’s what makes Toronto so special, but it is also what makes us particularly vulnerable at times like these. 

The 13 Best Local Toronto Gifts for Everyone on Your List

Sure, online shopping for the holidays from the big guys is the easiest and most enticing option for many of us. And it’s always a simple solution to pick from the world’s biggest brands. But this type of holiday shopping doesn’t really show your city or neighbourhood much love. Nothing

Like Having Fresh Eggs? Well, You Can Now Rent a Chicken

If you’ve jumped on the whole “eating local” bandwagon (and it’s a good place to be), you may want to consider adding a chicken coop to your backyard garden. In a growing number of North American cities, you can now rent a chicken for the freshest eggs possible

9 Good Reasons to Shop Local This Holiday Season

If you haven’t started your holiday shopping soon, we suggest you get on that before things start to get really insane. But before you hit your local mall, big box retailer, or the offerings of our US friends via the click of a mouse, you should really consider shopping locally this season. Here are 9 reasons why