From Canada 150 and the opiod crisis to daniel Caesar and Get out, we recap the year’s biggest news stories, breakout local artists and best movies, books, albums, theatre production art shows and more.
News
Big things planned for Black Lives Matter – Toronto in 2018
What comes after #MeToo?
Criminalizing people with HIV
For Canada’s Indigenous communities a year of truth, reconciliation and appropriation
Islamophobia rising
Opioid crisis catch-22
Shelter system situation critical
Food & Drink
The top 10 Toronto restaurants of 2017
The trends that swept Toronto bars in 2017
Toronto restaurants that closed in 2017
Art & Books
The 10 best books of 2017
The 10 best art shows of 2017
Cylla von Tiedemann
Waiting for Godot, Soulpepper
Stage
Introducing… the breakthrough Toronto stage artists of 2017
The Top 10 theatre productions of 2017
The Top 10 Toronto theatre artists of 2017
Top 5 Toronto comedy shows
Samuel Engelking
Daniel Caesar
Music
The 10 best albums of 2017
The 10 best Toronto albums of 2017
8 once-in-a-lifetime Toronto concerts from 2017
The 101 best Toronto songs of 2017
The best and worst music stories of 2017
Lido Pimienta reflects on her very big year
Betty Gabriel in Get Out
Movies
Celebrating film’s local heroes of 2017
The Worst Films Of 2017
The 25 most binge-worthy TV shows of 2017
Why the women of Baroness Von Sketch Show are Canada’s new comedy royalty
Norman Wilner’s Top 10 movies of 2017
Glenn Sumi’s Top 10 movies of 2017
Kevin Ritchie’s Top 10 movies of 2017
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