This week in NOW feature
Paul Salvatori
The city is in denial about the opioid crisis – here's how to fix it
Toronto's strategy might include plans for future supervised injection services in Community Health Centres and pop-up safe drug use sites, as in Vancouver more
Aug 9, 2017 4:07 PM News 12 Comments
Samuel Engelking
We are witnessing Indigenous music's next wave
The spotlight is shining on a new group of music-makers, but the struggle is far from over more
Aug 2, 2017 7:05 PM Features
Samuel Engelking
Duke Redbird, on the Native North America album and gathering
“I feel humble in the immensity of it all, that these songs still resonate 40, 50 years later.” more
Aug 2, 2017 7:01 PM Features
Neil Van
The best Toronto songs of 2017 so far
Our picks for most notable local singles and deep cuts more
Jul 26, 2017 2:07 PM Features 2 Comments
Samuel Engelking
Toronto's 24 best indie beers
From pale ales and stouts, to IPAs and sours, here are made-in-Toronto brews that impress us the most more
Jul 19, 2017 5:38 PM Drinks
Trillium Park: the magic carpet that flies us back to the glory days of Ontario Place
Created on what used to be a parking lot, newly-opened Trillium Park and William G. Davis Trail give us access to Ontario Place that Torontonians have not had since 1977 more
Jul 12, 2017 8:53 AM News
Samuel Engelking
Jennifer Walls adds pizzazz to the Fringe Festival
The multitalented actor sings up a storm in four shows at this year’s fest more
Jul 5, 2017 3:00 PM Toronto Fringe Festival 2017 4 Comments
Tanja-Tiziana
Kumail Nanjiani's Big breakthrough
The Big Sick star sounds off on arranged marriages (they're not so bad!), dealing with autobiographical material and finally embracing being both Pakistani and American more
Jun 26, 2017 3:12 PM Interviews and features
Adam Ouahmane
RuPaul's Drag Race snatches the spotlight
The reality series has helped propel drag to a new level of visibility, and season 9 queens Sasha Velour and Shea Couleé – as well as Toronto performers – want to see the show's popularity uplift an even greater variety of drag artists more
Jun 21, 2017 9:00 PM Interviews and features
Samuel Engelking
Toronto's best new patios 2017
The 10 finest sunny spaces to grace the local bar and restaurant scene since last year more
Jun 14, 2017 5:10 PM Food & Drink
Samuel Engelking
An oral history of hip-hop shows at the Concert Hall
Legendary Toronto promoter Ron Nelson, Michie Mee, Dream Warriors, Kardinal Offishall, DJ Mastermind and others on the 100-year-old venue's enduring impact on Canadian hip-hop more
Jun 7, 2017 5:54 PM Features 1 Comments
Samuel Engelking
The best festivals, concerts, movies and events in Toronto this summer
For your best summer yet, don't miss these 60 hot-ticket events this season more
May 31, 2017 6:11 PM Hot Summer Guide 2017 3 Comments
Samuel Engelking
Sandy Hudson of Black Lives Matter on why this Black Power revolution will not be pacified
We know what's wrong. You know what's wrong. Politicians and policy makers know what's wrong. More government promises to fight anti-Black racism won't cut it anymore. more
May 24, 2017 8:24 PM News 20 Comments
Samuel Engelking
A shattered farewell to the Brunswick House
Could the Annex's infamous palace of hijinks saved itself by becoming the Drake on Bloor? more
May 18, 2017 10:39 AM News 1 Comments
Rick O'Brien
Toronto's best new restaurants
Refined, spirited and eclectic – that sums up 2017's top dining destinations more
May 11, 2017 8:00 AM Food 1 Comments
Black lives scattered: Charles Officer examines the impact of development at Hot Docs 2017
After confronting brutal oppression in his CBC film The Skin We’re In, the director gets quieter in Hot Docs’ Unarmed Verses, a vibrant look at three talented Black youths uprooted by a forced “revitalization” project in North York more
Apr 26, 2017 8:00 PM Hot Docs 2017
Feist gets raw on Pleasure
“Life can leave you with some scar tissue that the rest of you grows around," the 41-year-old singer/songwriter says. "You can end up reacting or adapting around it.” more
Apr 26, 2017 2:10 PM Features
Mike Ford
Sustainable fashion gets a new look
Ecoholic columnist Adria Vasil explains why fashion's latest eco boom is more than just another greenwashing bust. more
Apr 19, 2017 6:51 PM Ecoholic 1 Comments
Tanja-Tiziana
Jodie Emery's marijuana mission
She hasn't been afraid to cultivate her undeniable girl-next-door charm – or invite controversy – for the cause. Now, an escalating series of police raids that have shut down the Cannabis Culture chain of dispensaries she helped build may put her more
Apr 12, 2017 5:54 PM Cannabis 18 Comments
Photos by Tanja-Tiziana. Hair and Makeup by Sarah Campbell.
Canada's new wave of cinema
As we mark National Canadian Film Day 150, NOW looks at what’s made our country’s cinema unique – and how, thanks to a new generation, that’s changing. more
Apr 5, 2017 7:23 PM Movies
