Artists aren't ones to shy away from a controversy, and being one of the biggest congregations of theatre-makers and supporters in Toronto, controversy is never far from the Dora Mavor Moore Awards. Last year was rife with it, as critics and nominees debated over the value of the awards themselves. This year, however, there wasn't a trace of antagonism towards the annual awards show (besides the fact that it stood in the way of the attendees and the street after-party). This year, the theatre community had bigger threats to worry about.

The National Magazine Awards have, for the past two years, been recognizing the role of online-only publications in Canadian media. And for the second year in a row, we are so happy to announce, they like what we’re doing: Torontoist has been nominated for Magazine of the Year (Digital). The nomination is for the site [...]

Arcade Fire chats with CTV’s Tanya Kim at the 2011 Juno Awards. Canadian music is world-class stuff, that’s no secret. Unfortunately, not everything or everyone that has represented the True North Strong and Free on the global sales charts have been in tune with the tastes of listeners back home. And, even worse, the same [...]

Fucked Up win the 2009 Polaris Music Prize (!!!) “Did they say Joel Plaskett?” Fucked Up frontman Damian Abraham giggled, half-delirious with genuine shock and excitement minutes after he and the rest of the band (drummer Jonah Falco, guitarist Mike Haliechuk, bassist Sandy Miranda, guitarist Josh Zucker, and guitarist Ben Cook) accepted the 2009 Polaris [...]

The strange thing about heritage in Toronto is that we don’t really appreciate what we’ve got until it’s neglected, threatened, or already gone. By the time we get around to caring, it’s frequently too late to preserve anything. Yet somehow, perhaps despite ourselves, Toronto is blessed with a sizable complement of heritage buildings scattered throughout [...]

The finalists for the 2008 Doug Wright Awards for Canadian cartooning have been announced! There were no major upsets: Montreal-based publishing house Drawn and Quarterly practically swept the nominations, but there are also a considerable number of self-published works on the shortlist. One exciting twist this year was the addition of a new category, The [...]