Tech
Get to know a Toronto startup: ShopLocket
Have you been looking for a simple and inexpensive way to sell your self-published memoir or hand-woven puppet sock? What YouTube is for videos, ShopLocket wants to be for single item e-commerce. ShopLocket provides a display box for your goods that can easily be embedded on a web site, Tumblr or even Facebook. From there, friends, readers and soon-to-be customers can view the item for sale and click through to purchase the product. Toronto-based ShopLocket launched in private beta at the end of February, and then officially opened up to the public last month. To date, over 3,000 users have already signed up for the service. I spoke with CEO and Co-Founder Katherine Hague about ShopLocket and why she thinks her product is going to bring e-commerce to the masses.
Sports & Play
10 soccer leagues in Toronto
Soccer leagues in Toronto can be traced all the way back to the founding of the Sheffield Football Association in 1867. 145 years and countless countries later, the world's most popular sport remains a great way to stay in shape, meet new people, and become involved in your community. As soccer continues to flourish in Toronto, so do your options of where to play. A growing number of high quality indoor and outdoor artificial turf facilities are making it easy to enjoy soccer 365 days a year, regardless of where you live in the GTA. Sports & Play
The top 10 running clinics in Toronto
Running clinics in Toronto are here to help. Since running injuries are often difficult to detect and diagnose, it's important to visit sports and medicine clinics that are familiar with injuries associated with running. All of them have the same goal in mind: eliminate pain and get you back on the road feeling stronger than ever. Here's a list of 10 suitable clinics for runners in Toronto. City
Behind the boarding at the Canada Linseed Oil Factory
The Canada Linseed Oil Factory has stood on Wabash Avenue for about a century, and for nearly half of its lengthy existence it has been abandoned. The hulking shell of a former industrial complex sits at Sorauren Park, silently calling out to all urban explorers and curious adventurers. The building's ominous presence is a testament to Toronto's diminished and now largely forgotten industrial past. The factory equipment that once inhabited this building has long-since been removed and replaced with graffiti, debris, and people like me who mill about the space admiring a tangible piece of history.
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The top stores to buy running shoes in Toronto
Running shoes in Toronto are a must have now that we've transitioned into warmer weather. The number of runners flooding the streets of Toronto is increasing by the day. For the most part, these pavement-pounders are speeding by the rest of us, adorned with immaculately clean shoes, flashy technical t-shirts, and shiny GPS watches. Whether your current pair is left in shambles from a tough winter running season, or you're just a beginner, a new pair of running shoes will help ensure the upcoming running season starts on the right foot. Fortunately, there are plenty of good stores in Toronto that can help. Here are my top picks for stores to get running shoes in Toronto.
Best of Toronto
The Best Laundromats in Toronto
The best laundromats in Toronto are as hard to find as a missing sock. There are thousands of them in the city, and most are destined to ruin your clothes sooner or later (probably sooner). But laundromats force us into the uneasy choice of convenience over quality, so we take our chances with unreliable washers and unclean dryers simply because we can walk over to the place in our pyjamas. 


