Michael Hollett
CMW and NXNE pledge for gender parity in their festival lineups by 2022
The two Toronto events are among 45 music festivals worldwide that have committed to reaching 50/50 gender balances over the next four years more
Michael Hollett, co-founder of NOW, announces he's leaving the magazine
Co-founder, editor and CEO Alice Klein will continue at the helm of our nearly 35-year-old magazine more
Is Trudeau For Real?
I’d love to meet the new PM in a legalized pot joint for a celebratory toke six months from now, after he fulfills his many promises more
No doubting Thomas
Fear of Harper sends us yet again to vote not for what we are for, but to save us from what we are against more
#imagineoctober20's star-studded hootenanny inspires
Hosts Torquil Campbell and Dave Bidini impress; Feist, The Sadies, Luke Doucet and more rally Harper's opponents at pre-election show more
Holy mackinaw! Leafs radio crew bounced from road games
Reducing proud radio broadcasters to “phoning it in” from a tiny studio in Toronto instead of being at Leafs away games just one more way MLSE is destroying the fan base more
Why the #imagineOct20th Dump Harper concerts are misguided
Series backed by Feist, The Sadies, David Usher and more plays into embattled PM Stephen Harper's hands by promoting "anyone but Harper" message more
In memoriam: Bob Johnston, 1932-2015
Simon and Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Johnny Cash producer's death has largely gone unnoted more
That "unwanted kiss" is sexual assault
Language around the attack on CBC reporter Megan Batchelor last weekend "only perpetuates male advantage and female oppression" more
A tunnel of one's own
If you could build your own underground oasis – which police say you can – where would you build it? more
Michael Hollett's top 10 albums
NOW's editor/publisher picks his favourites from 2014 more
Somewhere my mom is cheering
Maybe the conversation that’s grown louder will finally lead to that elusive sea change more
Doug Ford's Duck Dynasty
Dougie is not even a good fake Man of the People. So let's get Chow and Tory to stop fighting this over-sized Boogie Man. more
Mixed, but ultimately positive feelings about the Ontario election
Let's hope Kathleen Wynne keeps her promises more
Vice Media co-founder brings insights to NXNEi
Suroosh Alvi's succeeded at keeping VICE cool even as the media outfit's become one of the biggest on the planet more
I'm for the populist unafraid of taking on NDP elites
Ontario votes 2014 more
Ford flukes into dream job
He's crying crocodile tears, but Rob Ford now has the job he was born for: doing nothing more
American news networks hop onboard gravy-train-wreck
Rob Ford's addicted to being mayor, and now even the major American news networks are taking their hits more
Letter from the editors
Celebrating 32 years of independent publishing more