By lindsaylow
The Author Eternity Martis is an award-winning journalist who published her bestselling debut memoir this year. She is also the course developer and instructor of “Reporting On Race: Black Communities in the Media” at Ryerson’s school of journalism. It is the first course of its kind in Canada. By Minelle Mahtani | ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, UBC … Continued
By lindsaylow
The Activist Faith Nolan is a folk and jazz singer-songwriter with a decades-long music career, as well as a social activist. Nolan proudly identifies as a lesbian woman and has given voice to feminist struggles. She has advocated for workers’ and children’s rights, and has raised awareness of the disproportionate number of Black and Indigenous … Continued
By lindsaylow
The Reality Star Jillian Danford is the creator and star of the YouTube channel Auntie Jillian, which follows the day-to-day life of her family. She quickly amassed 12 million views and more than 100,000 subscribers. The show was then picked up by Bell Media and has aired on season on Bell Fibe TV1, making the … Continued
By Ron Johnson
When the beloved Looney Tunes cartoons moved to HBO Max this year, Canadian Eric Bauza led the way. The Scarborough native is the new voice behind Bugs Bunny and also gives voice to Daffy Duck, Tweety Bird, and Marvin the Martian. Bauza, or rather his vocal talents, will also be front-and-centre in the much-ballyhooed reboot … Continued
By lindsaylow
Top Chef Canada host Eden Grinshpan has a new cookbook, Eating Out Loud, out just in time for the holidays. The Toronto-born chef now calls New York home, and that’s also where she met her husband Ido Nivron. The pair and their daughter are currently back in Grinshpan’s hometown staying with her parents in North … Continued
By lindsaylow
Thank you for the gift of a new movie amidst a pandemic. It’s fantastic. How are you feeling about releasing new work in the middle of all this? I’m actually quite excited. Maybe I’m a sucker for punishment. But I think it’s, like, it feels really good because it’s been such a difficult year. And … Continued
By Nikki Gill
Actor Elliot Page announced today on social media that he is transgender. Page, who was nominated for an Oscar for his starring role in Juno, is Canadian. He grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia but also spent some of his high school years in Toronto attending Vaughan Road Academy. In the announcement, Page wrote, “I … Continued
By lindsaylow
Erin O’Toole is the new leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and member of Parliament for Durham (Ontario). He, along with his wife Rebecca and two kids, are just settling into their new home in Ottawa as he settles into his new post. Here he shares the story of how he met and married … Continued
By Nikki Gill
The latest project that filmmaking duo Zach Melnick and Yvonne Drebert have been working on is TVO’s Striking Balance. The nine-episode series explores nine of Canada’s UNESCO-designated biosphere reserves and is narrated by the one and only Jim Cuddy. The series puts a spotlight on how important these natural landscapes are and seeks to challenge … Continued
By lindsaylow
When Amanda Rach Lee, a YouTube creator best known for her bullet journaling videos, started filming her own channel on YouTube in high school, it looked very different from today. “There were some DIY videos [I did], some beauty and fashion videos, some lifestyle videos. It was kind of a mishmash of everything,” Lee says. … Continued
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Lainey Lui is back on television screens this fall on the eighth season of The Social, where she’s a co-host, as well as her role as an anchor on etalk. The Torontonian is also known for her popular website LaineyGossip.com, which she runs with her husband Jacek Szenowicz. We caught up with her to find … Continued
CBC’s Dwight Drummond on how he lost all hope for a relationship before the first date
