Kate Robertson
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Toronto, ON, Canada
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Summertime smoke-out: 10 glorious ways to celebrate legalization
It’s the first summer Canadians can enjoy weed legally, and we've combed our brains for summertime-friendly ways to honour the plant with creativity and gusto → Read More
Reggae bar Thymeless bids farewell after 15 years
The College Street dive bar and dance spot is famed for its Jamaican-style sound system with sub bass that "reaches into your soul" → Read More
What will cannabis legalization mean for music?
As weed goes corporate, so might its relationship with musicians and artists. How Canadian pot regulations, marketing laws and criminalization of people of colour will affect music and cannabis. → Read More
The score on how to score legal weed in Ontario
There's lots new packaging guidelines for cannabis products won't tell you, including the fact licensed producers are allowed to use 21 Health Canada-approved pesticides on their crops to mitigate infestations → Read More
In defense of knock-offs, which are more fashionable than fashion
Pacific Mall owes no one an apology – no one thinks their counterfeit products are real → Read More
The Trailer Park Boys brand might be strong, but the comedy series is stale
Now airing on Netflix, the latest season of the long-running Canadian show is little more than a vehicle for its ancillary businesses → Read More
TV review: Nirvanna The Band The Show's nostalgia schtick is starting to feel dated
It's still nice to see Toronto play itself on screen, but the second season of Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol's series could use some self-awareness → Read More
Kensington pop-up Mercado Libre offers taste of what cannabis culture can look like
Inspired by Barcelona's cannabis social clubs, licensed pop-up aims to grow Toronto's emerging craft cannabis scene while giving closet stoners a place to hang and get high with strangers → Read More
Joseph Shabason breaks down jazz for beginners
When I listened to Shabason's solo debut, Aytche, I realized two things: I don’t know what jazz is, nor have I ever asked him – my dear friend, who graduated from jazz school – anything about it → Read More
Toronto finally gets the Carly Rae Jepsen E-MO-TION party we deserved
Thanks to Lucas Waldin and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, fans were treated to entirely new arrangements of some of the musician’s best pop songs → Read More
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 → Read More
The Tragically Hip enter the weed business
Beloved rockers pair up with Brantford cannabis company Newstrike → Read More
Exclusive! Watch Planet Creature's video for new song Travelling Band
Is it heaven? Is it a dream or did we travel to a psychedelic dimension? → Read More
The Honest Ed's sign has been taken down: in photos
Say your final goodbyes to the Annex's iconic sign → Read More
Directors Guild petitions to save BravoFACT and MuchFACT funding bodies
The Directors Guild of Canada launched a petition for Minister of Canadian Heritage Melanie Joly and Bell Media this week asking them not to discontinue two major funders of homegrown music videos and short films, BravoFACT and MuchFACT. "This week, buried in hundreds of pages of broadcast licensing regulations, CRTC Chair Jean-Pierre Blais announced the decision to kill two of Canada's most… → Read More
If you see someone stuck on the top of a crane, think twice about tweeting a photo of them
If she hadn't been rescued, the endless sea of closeups of the woman who climbed a crane early this morning could have caused immeasurable harm → Read More
Marijuana beer company sets up in Toronto, brews up big booze takeover
Dooma Wendschuh plans to shake up the $1-billion booze industry with Province Brand's cannabis-powered drinks → Read More
Toronto Green Market plans 420 block party edition
Underground edibles market will feature approximately 30 craft vendors – and could lay the foundation for the future of legal distribution in Ontario → Read More
Jian Ghomeshi has "slithered out from under a rock" with new podcast
So far, no one seems particularly happy about it either → Read More
Inside the laneway garage studios of three Toronto artists
Studio space is expensive. Meet three artists who transformed their run-down carparks into workspaces → Read More