Culture & Capital

Businesses we love, products and ideas shaping everyday life, and signals worth noticing across work, motherhood, money, and culture.
The Woman Behind Ontario's Most Controversial Deal
The Woman Behind Ontario's Most Controversial Deal
For four years, the Ontario Place debate has dominated headlines. Most people know the project.Few know the woman behind it. For more than 30 years, Leslie Noble has quietly built influence... Read more...
Canadian Women Are Quietly Changing the Economy
Canadian Women Are Quietly Changing the Economy
Canadian women are quietly reshaping the economy. They now earn the majority of post-secondary credentials, own a growing share of Canadian businesses, create nearly one million jobs, and contribute more... Read more...
5 girl-coded Toronto experiences to book with your besties
5 girl-coded Toronto experiences to book with your besties
Looking for a girls' day out in Toronto that goes beyond brunch? From custom lipstick and perfume workshops to cake decorating and floral design, these girl-coded Toronto experiences are worth... Read more...
Uber came for Toronto, but Beck Taxi's Gail Beck-Souter and Kristine Hubbard are still running the meter
Uber came for Toronto, but Beck Taxi's Gail Beck-Souter and Kristine Hubbard are still running the meter
Uber arrived with billions in funding, a global brand, and a strategy built on disrupting local transportation. Most taxi companies folded, sold, or faded. Beck Taxi did something else: it... Read more...
Women are about to control more money than ever before. Will they control more power?
Women are about to control more money than ever before. Will they control more power?
Women are expected to control trillions of dollars over the next decade as the largest wealth transfer in history accelerates. But inheriting wealth and building wealth are two different skills.... Read more...
Before influencers, there was Martha Stewart
Before influencers, there was Martha Stewart
Chai Lifeline Canada has spent twenty years doing the quiet, structural work of holding families together through pediatric illness. Last night they marked the milestone with Martha Stewart in conversation... Read more...
Why Gen Z and Millennial women are drinking less — and what it means for the liquor industry
Why Gen Z and Millennial women are drinking less — and what it means for the liquor industry
Gen Z and millennials are drinking less, cutting alcohol sales by 1.6% in Canada’s sharpest drop in 20 years. Health, cost, and new social norms are driving the shift, while... Read more...
The GTA cooking classes women are booking instead of brunch.
The GTA cooking classes women are booking instead of brunch.
Brunch had a good run. Now women are spending their Saturdays elbow-deep in dough, wine in hand, leaving with dinner and a skill. These 7 GTA cooking classes are the... Read more...
The things that were supposed to help women recover became more things to perform
The things that were supposed to help women recover became more things to perform
Last night at Holt Renfrew, a room full of founders, leaders, and everyday women gathered to ask: why is burnout still so high in a trillion‑dollar wellness industry? With Joanna... Read more...
Women are about to control the money. The system isn’t ready.
Women are about to control the money. The system isn’t ready.
$124 trillion is set to change hands—and women will receive most of it. This isn’t just a wealth transfer. It’s a shift in who controls capital, how it moves, and... Read more...
The “45% of women will be single” narrative is missing the point
The “45% of women will be single” narrative is missing the point
“45% of women will be single by 2030” — the stat that trends like a warning. But what it actually reflects is a structural shift: women are delaying marriage, building... Read more...
The Canadian F1 boom is female. So why is the sport still male?
The Canadian F1 boom is female. So why is the sport still male?
The Canadian F1 boom is female — record audiences, surging young women fans, and Nicole Havrda as the country’s best prospect in a generation. So why hasn’t the grid changed?... Read more...