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Making it as a restaurant in some of Canada’s biggest foodie cities on a good year requires hustle, timing, that secret sauce, and a ton of luck. Add a global pandemic to the mix, and circumstances instead served newly minted restaurants with much of the opposite: public lockdowns (meaning no on-site patrons and a switch to […]
It’s been a big, weird year for Canadian music. The likes of The Weeknd, Drake, and dvsn all dropped heat in 2020 to help get us through lockdown, while rising artists have been forced to pivot to online streaming formats in order to survive. So, where do we go from here? As we enter 2021 […]
Today’s music landscape has seen more Canadian artists rise to prominence than ever before. The same way the music is shining, so are the visuals that tell the story. When thinking of the top Canadian music video directors, one name reigns supreme: X. Whether you knew him as Little X, Director X, or as Julien […]
Jessie Reyez had big things planned for 2020. The Columbian-Canadian R&B singer was poised for full-blown superstardom as the year kicked off, touring with Billie Ellish and releasing her hugely anticipated album Before Love Came to Kill Us—which we spoke with her about earlier this year—with Universal. Then, of course, the coronavirus pandemic hit—and the […]
If you’re looking to keep your drip fresh while supporting communities who have long been at the forefront of fashion innovation, look no further than your friendly neighbourhood BIPOC designers. Across the country, Black, Indigenous, and other people of colour have been making moves and offering gorgeous design perspectives in streetwear, athleisure, and your casual everyday […]
Toronto hip-hop trio Prime Boys have dropped a new merchandise line that’s been a long time coming. The crew from Toronto’s Esplanade area—comprised of Jimmy Prime, Jay Whiss, and Donnie—first unveiled an early iteration of the collection a couple years ago via a pop-up-shop truck that traveled around the city, selling a limited run of the threads. Now, the merch […]
It’s March 2020. The world has been in an uproar due to the COVID-19 pandemic brewing. Enoch Ncube and David May have just moved into their new place in Toronto’s Little Italy, and have just had all their plans derailed. The pair have been close friends since 2005, and together are known as the genre-blending duo MONEYPHONE. Hailing […]
Serge Ibaka did art in Toronto, and now he will hope to do art in Los Angeles. While things generally leaned towards Fred VanVleet, Ibaka seemed to be a toss-up. It was anyone’s guess what the Congolese centre was going to do, and so it doesn’t come as a total surprise that he’s left. What […]
Nick Nurse is not your typical head coach. Ahead of our chat earlier this week, he put an entire Toronto Raptors leadership meeting—which sounds very, very important—on hold in order to call me and ask if it’s alright if he’s literally two minutes late for our interview. (“Can I apologize real quick and can I ask you for just a couple more […]
The Toronto Raptors‘ Terence Davis was arrested on Tuesday after allegedly attacking his ex-girlfriend, TMZ reports. According to the report, the talented rookie was staying at the Beekman Tower in New York City with the woman when they got into an argument. The catalyst for the dispute has not been disclosed, but the altercation allegedly resulted […]
