By Nikki Gill
The fourth and final season of Cardinal premieres tonight on CTV at 10 p.m., so we caught up with James Downing who plays Detective McLeod in the series. The tagline for the fourth season is, “Six more weeks of winter,” as the season unfolds with a seemingly mundane missing-persons case that turns into a spree … Continued
By lindsaylow
The El Mocambo was scheduled to reopen this month before COVID-19 put an end to pretty much everything in the city and around the world. But when we get through this, it will be ready. And it will be brilliant. Before all the new measures were in place, Post City checked in with owner Michael … Continued
By Nikki Gill
On Mar. 21, Knix founder Joanna Griffiths launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise money to purchase and distribute personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline healthcare workers across Canada. “We started the campaign with the goal to raise $50,000, and within less than 48 hours we surpassed that number,” said Griffiths. Now, almost two weeks later, … Continued
By Nikki Gill
Local luxury accessory brand Piper & Skye announced yesterday that it has employed more than 30 sewists to begin manufacturing non-medical grade masks to be distributed to shelters across Canada. The Toronto brand is known for creating handbags with a lower carbon footprint than traditional leather handbags. The company has an environmental focus and uses … Continued
By Ron Johnson
Toronto’s fu-GEN theatre company may have had their plans for a major festival performance in May scuttled by COVID-19, but they managed to pivot nimbly and adapt to the new circumstances by readying an experimental new online theatre piece. Online Joy Edit is a series of intimate one-on-one interactions taking place online over various communications … Continued
By Ron Johnson
Bif Naked is an iconic Canadian rock star and something of a spiritual guru for those who follow her social media feeds. The first single “Jim” off her upcoming album is now out and she also has a book of poetry and cartoons coming soon called Razorblade Chewing Gum. Her spring tour is no longer, … Continued
By Nikki Gill
In times of despair, a little bit of comic relief tends to bring some much-needed happiness. Thankfully, The Second City is doing just that. All three locations are coming together (Toronto, Chicago and L.A.) for a live-streamed improv show called Improv House Party. The first show streams tonight. The improv show will feature teams of … Continued
By Nikki Gill
The Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival usually takes place throughout the month of May in venues across Toronto, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic the festival is adapting this year. As of April 1, the official festival website will present highlights of the full roster of exhibitions originally planned for the 2020 festival. A message on … Continued
By lindsaylow
Laurie Brown is all about pondering, taking time to reflect and getting us inside our own heads through her podcast, aptly dubbed Pondercast. Seems fitting that hers is one of many insightful programs people will be turning to, not only to help get them through this troubling time, but also to think about what it … Continued
By Ron Johnson
At today’s update on the city of Toronto’s COVID-19 measures, Mayor John Tory announced that the city is cancelling all public events through to June 30 including the Pride Toronto Festival. The team at Pride Toronto was quick to issue a press release upon hearing the news stating that they were going to be working … Continued
Early this morning, Toronto’s own Aubrey Graham (a.k.a. Drake) introduced the world to his son, Adonis. The rapper posted photos of the toddler, with his already-famous golden curls, on his Instagram account @champagnepapi. Along with the photos of Adonis was a heartfelt message from the Toronto rapper about staying positive through this uncertain and “fearful” time. … Continued
By lindsaylow
To listen to all our Toronto Songs That Matter go to our YouTube playlist here: trnto.link/TO-songs Charlotte Cornfield: “Sailing Away,” by Jennifer Castle Every time I listen to this song, it conjures up all of these emotions and memories about coming and going from Toronto — moving away, moving back, passing through. That first line, … Continued
