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There is nothing more important to musical phenom Charlotte Day Wilson than her community. Being born and raised in Toronto, Wilson’s creativity is the fruit of the city’s layered and interconnected music scene. And as a queer singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, and producer, she knows a thing or two about what it takes to get to […]

Last year, on average, Canadian songwriters and composers earned a paltry $67 in royalties from digital platforms. That info comes from SOCAN, the body representing the nation’s musicians creating original material. Yet the not-for-profit body says that as a whole, Canadian artists raked in a record-breaking amount of money last year. The not-for-profit body collects royalties […]

A Durham, Ontario region police officer is now facing disciplinary charges for a video she posted online in support of the ‘Freedom Convoy’ while dressed in uniform. Constable Erin Howard is charged under the Police Service Act with two counts of discreditable conduct, two counts of insubordination, and two counts of breach of confidence. She is due to make her […]

Shayeann Day-Wilson and her teammates didn’t know each other very well when she arrived at Duke University midway through the 2021-22 preseason. After all, Shayeann had found her way to Duke to play for former WNBA All-Star Kara Lawson at the very last minute after having to decommit to Syracuse University due to a coaching scandal. Then, […]

Just a week after dropping her first track of year “Fiji,” Toronto’s Savannah Ré has just shared the visualizer for “Last One,” her new single featuring Dylan Sinclair. With chorus-drenched guitars and a singalong chorus, “Last One” describes the certainty of knowing you’ve found the one. “Nothing before matters no more/I will be the last one to […]

Ticket sales for Chris Rock’s Toronto stop on his tour are soaring after the comedian was now-infamously smacked by Will Smith at the Oscars. The comedian’s world tour is called Ego Death and his Toronto show has gotten much closer to being sold out ever since the controversial slap occurred. Ticket marketplace TickPick tweeted about the rise in sales since Sunday night, claiming that […]

The unscripted slap that Will Smith delivered to Chris Rock during the 94th annual Academy Awards will likely go down as one of the most shocking live television moments of all time. Smith, who approached Rock on stage moments after he delivered an off-side joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head, managed to silence an […]

Back in September, TAIKAN dropped Collection 009, marking the brand’s departure from focusing solely on bags and expanding to apparel.  Today, the brand is back, dropping Collection 010. It expands on its apparel line with a mix of tees, shorts, pants, hoodies, and a lineup of bags that are season-less, genderless, timeless and inspired by the beauty […]

Toronto apparel brand Peace Collective have just dropped their NBA x TMNT collection, a collab that gives a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles spin on NBA merch.  Featuring NBA teams alongside TMNT characters, the collection includes hoodies, crewnecks, stonewash kids and adult T-shirts, and more. Peace Collective made sure not to forget about their hometown’s team, adding a T-Shirt, a purple Raptors hoodie featuring the ninja turtles […]

The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne, and Matt Welty. This week they welcome Carlos Sanchez, aka SneakGeekz, to the show to talk about his history as one of the first sneaker YouTubers doing unboxings. Sanchez discusses his highs, lows, fake sneakers, Galaxy Foams, and how he got out of […]