The Grind

Looking for some fresh tunes? Here are six Canadian albums the @newfeelingcoop are listening to this spring, including Narcy, Mecha Maiko, Paste and more. thegrindmag.ca/what-were-list…

OPEN LETTER: In the Face of Catastrophic College Cuts, We Find Strength in Each Other to Fight Back As college president's salaries keep growing, 28 recently laid off faculty at George Brown warn of the education system’s death spiral. thegrindmag.ca/open-letter-in…

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Do you want to be able to vote on the future of the island airport? This week, Toronto City Council will debate whether to push for that to be a ballot question in October. Airport neighbour Toby Heaps argues council should go for it. thegrindmag.ca/opinion-toront…

Cola’s New Album Offers Split Visions of a World Beyond Capitalism @TheGrindTO interviews Cola for peak wisdom 〰️ 'Cost of Living Adjustment' is out now and aging beautifully thegrindmag.ca/colas-new-albu…

Anita La Selva’s new production, "12 Litres 8800 Steps," explores the emotional world of love and addiction. "This is an important, heartfelt work that tackles a subject still cloaked in shame and stigma," Suvendrini Lena writes. thegrindmag.ca/of-love-in-the…

There's still time to get ads in for our next issue, out at the end of May. Tens of thousands of copies go out free free around Toronto: in the TTC, the pictured publication boxes and tons of shops. Ads are due May 22. Email ads[at]thegrindmag[dot]ca

In 2025, Cola singer and vocalist Tim Darcy lost his home when the deadly Eaton Fire tore through his Los Angeles neighbourhood. @Tom_Beedham speaks with Darcy and his bandmates about how a sense of drift and dislocation shaped their stellar new album. thegrindmag.ca/colas-new-albu…

The new doc True North plays tonight as part of @MayworksToronto. It's about much more than just the 1969 Sir George Williams affair, impressively weaving together that famous moment with the broader Black internationalist movement, writes @dgrdon. thegrindmag.ca/review-true-no…

The Ontario Land Tribunal has for years rubber-stamped luxury condo projects after they were rejected by municipal governments. Faced with a rigged legal system, housing organizers are now shifting strategies to directly confront developers and capital. thegrindmag.ca/how-ontarios-l…

'Black Zombie' traces how a central concept to the Vodou religion in Haiti was co-opted by Hollywood and transformed into a racist trope. Told with subtlety and care, Maya Annik Bedward's documentary is a masterpiece, writes @alishamgl. thegrindmag.ca/black-zombie-i…

A new doc about the CN Tower features CEOs and rich men droning on about Toronto's dick-measuring contest with the rest of the world, living in a mythical version of the city where there is no political strife, no poverty, no inequality. ✍️ @alishamgl thegrindmag.ca/the-tower-that…

Tonight! We'll be talking about Toronto's rich history of papers that have existed outside the narrow confines of the legacy outlets and what lessons we can take. With Eric Mills, @meganysta, @aliyapabani and @dgrdon. More info: eventbrite.ca/e/covering-the…

Marjolein Busstra's "House of Hope" — an intimate story about a couple who run a small progressive school in Palestine — was named Best International Feature Documentary at this year's Hot Docs Festival. Read @rdassaly's review: thegrindmag.ca/west-bank-scho…

Reviewed 'House of Hope,' a quietly devastating documentary about a Palestinian couple who struggle to run a progressive school for young children in the West Bank in the aftermath of Oct. 7. The film made its international debut at Hot Docs last night. thegrindmag.ca/west-bank-scho…

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