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Quebec TikTok is currently obsessed with Lucie, the new star of poutine and hot-dog chain Lafleur Restaurants. Described by users as an adorable mom-like figure, Lucie jumps on TikTok memes, taste tests new menu items, explains how the potato cutter works, and recounts date nights with her husband at Lafleur. After 17 videos in three […]
Ahead of their season opener, the Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse hosted an evening of music at History in Toronto to help raise funding for The Nick Nurse Foundation Music Labs, a program aiming to help bring access to music to underfunded schools and communities. Along with a red carpet and cocktails came three […]
Toronto residents living near the intersection of King Street West and Strachan Avenue are complaining about a lingering foul stench. “It smells like sewage,” said Ann Riness, who lives nearby, to a CBC Toronto reporter. “It’s definitely tough to live here. You have to keep your windows closed on a bad day.” The longtime resident […]
On Fouki’s latest track, “Zayon,” the Montreal rapper won’t stop running toward his idea of paradise. The song, mostly sung, is a more serious and introspective affair than his previous releases. The track focuses on Fouki’s rise in the Quebec rap scene, he’s arguably the province’s biggest rapper commercially, and his unrelenting ambition to reach […]
The Toronto Raptors are staying ahead of the game at their OVO Athletic Centre with a new high-tech analytics board to help players with data and stats in real time. The board is massive. It takes up the entire wall at their practice facility at nearly 37 metres long. The screen is also the first of its kind across […]
80% of Canadian remote workers would prefer to look for a new job rather than be forced to return to their offices full time, according to a survey conducted by financial website HardBacon. The survey asked Canadians who work from home or remotely how often they do so and how they would react if their […]
Emma Beko isn’t afraid of embracing sadness in her music. In Superficial Stains, her latest EP and second released this year, the Montreal rapper explores her feelings around addiction, belonging, and producing her music. Along with her new project, Beko talked to Complex Canada about the many emotions found in her art, her ambitions, and […]
Former NHL player and current chair of the Hockey Diversity Alliance, Akim Aliu, responded to Toronto Sun columnist Steve Simmons after Simmons compared Aliu’s career with that of another black NHL player, Wayne Simmonds. “No one wants to say this because of the politically correct police and all, but those who coached Akim Aliu must cringe […]
Toronto rapper Northsidebenji has teamed up with British rapper Unknown T for transatlantic collaboration “One In The Chamber.” Though it’s more Toronto rap than UK Drill, Unknown T sounds right at home on the nocturnal and shadowy beat. Unknown T’s first verse sounds like it could have soundtracked a heist movie. “Leave that phone go around get drenchy / […]
Toronto rapper Tobi is getting ready to follow up his 2021 Juno Award-winning Elements, Vol. 1. First there was “Before We Panic,” and now there’s “Flowers,” the first single from his upcoming album. Singing over a soulful instrumental and calming vocal sample, Tobi raps about his time in therapy, helping his friends through tough times, and, of […]
