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40 at 40: Back to the working-class country music bars on Queen Street
With many places boarded up along Queen Street during the pandemic, the character of the 14.2-kilometre street is once again in flux. Already subject to... -
40 at 40: Revisiting the birth of hip-hop in Toronto
In February 1982, NOW Magazine put the spotlight on an interesting new trend that was popping up in the Toronto music scene. It was called... -
Is Trudeau For Real?
Talk of electoral waves seems more real now because I just a saw of bunch of my friends, very good people, get washed overboard by... -
No doubting Thomas
The longest election campaign in a century has been dominated by fear: fear of the other, fear of each other, fear of no change, fear... -
#imagineoctober20’s star-studded hootenanny inspires
TORQUIL CAMPBELL, FEIST, WHITEHORSE, THE SADIES and CHARLES SPEARIN as part of #IMAGINEOCTOBER20 at Randolph Hall, Wednesday, September 30. Rating: NNNN The star-studded #imagineoctober20 concert... -
Holy mackinaw! Leafs radio crew bounced from road games
Update: After a change of heart, Joe Bowen and Jim Ralph are allowed to travel with the Leafs once more.New Toronto Maple Leafs general manager... -
Why the #imagineOct20th Dump Harper concerts are misguided
I’m probably going to piss off some really good old friends, some new friends and a long-time hockey rival (I’m looking at you, Dave Bidini),... -
In memoriam: Bob Johnston, 1932-2015
He produced some of the greatest records of the 60s and 70s, but Bob Johnston's death last Friday, August 14, at age 83 will, sadly,... -
That “unwanted kiss” is sexual assault
Editors across Canada keep getting it wrong: last Friday’s on-air attack on CBC Vancouver TV reporter Megan Batchelor was not “a kiss.” It was sexual assault. The... -
A tunnel of one’s own
If the Ikea monkey had shown up in todays Stephen Harper-fuelled, terror-crazed environment, the paranoia-pushing PM would have tried to convince us that that cute... -
Michael Hollett’s top 10 albums
1. St. Vincent Four albums in, Texas tornado Annie Clark hits new peaks with her excellent guitar playing and twisted, synth-and-strings-drenched vision. Her shows at SXSW... -
Somewhere my mom is cheering
My 5-foot-2 mother never seemed taller than when she was staring down my birth father after his latest violent explosion. I knew violence in my... -
Doug Ford’s Duck Dynasty
Wow, this city just experienced its own version of the Ole Political Sibling Switcheroo, a move more familiar in monarchies and fascist or communist dictatorships... -
Mixed, but ultimately positive feelings about the Ontario election
NDP supporters are glass-half-full kind of people. Let's face it, the party doesn't win a lot of elections, though the team is constantly hoping for... -
Vice Media co-founder brings insights to NXNEi
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK - VICE Magazine's sleek, sprawling offices in a series of reclaimed buildings are as massive and seemingly meandering as the ambition of...
