10 h. ago Toronto woman building a beauty empire that's unlike anything else in the city

Upon moving to Toronto from Russia, Valeria Mozheyko was struck by the lack of beauty bars in the city that offered the same high-quality care she was accustomed to back home.Rather than settle for what she could find, she took matters into her own impeccably manicured hands, and, in 2023, Project Essence was born.Valeria herself admits that she never dreamed of becoming a business owner, nor did she have any work experience in the realm of beauty prior to opening her own business, but where there's a will, there's a way, and her experience as a customer at such establishments primed her to know exactly what she wanted out of her own business."As a customer, I wanted high-quality services, but I also wanted good customer service. I wanted to be taken care of," she tells me, "and I just couldn't find a place in Toronto that had both."Valeria founded Project Essence in the absence of the beauty bars she was accustomed to in Russia.In her own experi...

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4 d. ago CRIMESCENE: Tree branch falls, critically injures woman on Toronto street

Police say a woman in her 30s was in critical condition on Tuesday afternoon after a large tree branch struck her and a 10-year-old girl as they walked in the St. Clair Ave.-Avenue Rds. area. The woman was taken to hospital with critical injures shortly after 3 p.m. and the child didn’t sustain any physical […]

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4 d. ago Woman critically injured by falling tree branch: Toronto police

Police say they responded to the scene near St. Clair Avenue and Avenue Road just before 3:30 p.m. for a report of a large tree branch that had fallen.

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5 d. ago CRIME SCENE: Toronto woman, male youth charged in carjacking, robbery probe

A 26-year-old woman and a 17-year-old boy from Toronto are facing charges after a carjacking and retail robbery probe in the south Etobicoke and Markland Woods neighbhourhoods. Among the incidents reported to Toronto Police: — Officers responded on April 11 at 8:16 a.m. to a call for a person with a gun in the Burnhamthorpe […]

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5 d. ago Toronto woman hosting 'group scream' at local park for people to let it all out

If you're feeling stressed lately, forget screaming into your pillow, because a Toronto artist is inviting you to unleash your rage, sorrow, or stress in the open with hundreds of others as part of a local "group scream."On Saturday, May 3, Trinity Bellwoods Park will echo with more than just bird chirping and weekend chatter thanks to Grace Turner, the voice behind the music project City Builders. The group scream is set to be a communal release of collective frustration, heartbreak, and maybe even a little bit of joy.The scream-along comes just before Turner's debut single, "Learning to Miss You," which drops on May 6. The song is, in Turner's words, "emotional" and "gut-wrenching," and is a raw ballad born from the pain of a recent breakup.Turner announced the group scream on her social media channels, thinking that others might also be in need of a good scream, and turns out she was right.@wearecitybuilders You h...

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7 d. ago Toronto woman opens store of her dreams in hidden coach house

Walk by and you might just miss it: Nestled behind The Greenwood Café is a charming coach house that has been transformed into a record lover's paradise.Local resident and music enthusiast Courtney Radic officially opened the doors of her new record shop, called Baxters Vinyl, in January.Radic, who once ran a small local newspaper, has been a passionate record collector for approximately 15 years."My love for music has always been there," she told blogTO. "The hobby turned into a business, almost organically and naturally, and unfolded during the pandemic."Previously located at 198 Sammon Avenue, just north of Donlands subway station, Baxters Vinyl specializes in relocating records and record collections, preserving vintage vinyl, and putting sought-after albums into the hands of collectors.The new location, which is tucked behind a local café in a hidden coach house, has allowed Radic and her husband Geoff Hill, wh...

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8 d. ago Vancouver man accused of attacking Toronto tourist out on bail — again

The Vancouver man who was out on bail when he allegedly battered a Toronto woman is already back on the streets. Postmedia News reports that, according to court records, Peterhans Jalo Nungu, who was arrested immediately after the nighttime attack on April 15, was given an interim release during a court appearance on Wednesday. Nungu […]

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9 d. ago ‘I HOPE HE ROTS’: Toronto woman reveals horrific details of alleged random attack in Vancouver

A Toronto woman has gone into detail about the horrific beating she says she took from a random stranger while on vacation in Vancouver this month. The young woman named Stephanie said she was attacked along the Coal Harbour seawall. According to Vancouver Police, the assault occurred in the early morning hours of April 15. […]

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1 week ago Toronto woman describes her fight for survival from stranger attack along Coal Harbour seawall

'It felt like he was a predator and I was prey. He locked in on me,' the woman said in a TikTok video posted Tuesday

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1 week ago How being mistaken for a celebrity's sister helped a Toronto woman find love

For Toronto-based photographer Whitney Heard, a bizarre case of mistaken identity led to unexpected attention, and eventually, a relationship that changed her life.It all began in 2017, when Whitney, who shares a name with Amber Heard's actual sister, started receiving fan mail intended for the actress.At first, it was innocent enough, but as the highly publicized defamation trial between Amber Heard and her ex-husband Johnny Depp unfolded from April 11 to June 1, 2022, things took a bit of a turn, and Whitney found herself at the centre of an online storm."I started getting spam emails, DMs, comments, and even phone calls," Heard told blogTO back in 2022. "I had to turn off my work phone."Despite repeatedly posting that she wasn’t related to Amber Heard, nor did she even have a sister, the Internet wouldn't let up. However, just a few years later, something unexpectedly beautiful came out of it all. Three years ago, Whitney was featured i...

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3 w. ago Fundraiser started for Toronto woman killed in boiling volcanic river

Friends and loved ones of a local Toronto woman have organized a fundraiser to help cover costs related to her untimely death.According to a GoFundMe page, Maya Moreno, was on a spiritual journey in the Peruvian Amazon when she "fell into a volcanic river and sustained severe burns over 70 per cent of her body."The page goes on to say that Moreno's tragic accident occurred while on a spiritual healing journey in a sacred spot of the rainforest."On Monday, March 24, while meditating near the extremely hot geothermal river, Maya fainted and tragically fell into the Boiling River, suffering severe burns over 70 per cent of the body," reads the page.The Shanay-timpishka or Boiling River is a large geothermal river,  which has typical temperatures around 27 degrees C, but much higher temperatures have also been recorded, according to online sources. It is known for its healing properties and significant ties to the local culture.Moreno was then treated in Peru un...

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3 w. ago Woman arrested at Toronto airport after child abduction investigation: police

Police say a woman was charged in a child abduction investigation after she allegedly tried to leave the country with her young child from Toronto's Pearson airport.

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3 w. ago CRIME SCENE: Cops hunt suspect after woman sexually assaulted in alley

An attacker followed a woman off a streetcar before forcing her into an alley and sexually assaulting his victim, Toronto Police said Sunday. The woman and her assailant were travelling around 4:30 a.m. on March 25 on the same streetcar a couple of kilometres east of Parliament and King Sts., at Sumach St. Police released […]

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