Jon Sasaki, Microbes Swabbed from a Palette Used by F.H. Varley, 2020, archival print, 91.44 x 91.44 cm, Image courtesy of the artist and Clint Roenisch Gallery , KLEINBURG, ON – The McMichael Canadian Art Collection is proud to be partnering with the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, the world’s largest photography event, for a seventh year. The McMichael will present the special exhibition Jon Sasaki: Homage, featuring the […]

By A.J.Lam Gary Lang’s “Face of Anonymous”  tells the intriguing story of the hacktivist group Anonymous via the journey of Commander X,   the cyberwarlord Christoper Mark Doyon.  As author Ian Thornton says,  it is the story of the fall into the quicksand of hackers and activists and the “beautiful randomness of life.””Face of Anonymous” […]

It is a rare book that sticks with us long after we’ve read it and Hades, Argentina (Riverhead Books, January 2021)—our April AFAReads selection, in partnership with the United Nations Association of New York—is one such novel. It reads almost like a dream—or, rather, a nightmare: We open with translator Tomás Orilla traveling back home to Argentina, eight years after […]

‘HEAL THE EARTH’ A Legendary Musical Offering to Celebrate EARTH DAY  https://earthday.ca/ Entertainment Music Group (EMG) has gathered legendary artists and young independent artists from around the world to create a virtual music-doc to be pre-produced and released on April 22, 2021 in honour of Earth Day. The project is headed up by Executive Producer Sandy Graham, a music industry […]

Daniel Edelstyn and Hilary Powell’s documentary BANK JOB chronicles a vital and important movement to expose and eliminate debt. World premiere at Canada’s 2021 HOT DOCS festival comes during the devastating fiscal disaster of a global pandemic. Artist-activists, filmmakers and heroic changemakers, inspired by international movement Strike Debt set about to create an art movement/project […]

In this #funny, #wise, #emotionally compelling look at modern love and finding your true path, a proudly kid-free influencer meets the ultimate #dealbreaker . . . It’s the influencer’s golden rule: know your niche. Kit Kidding has found hers on Instagram, where she gets paid to promote brands and share expertly curated posts about her fun, […]

Nominated for Saskatchewan Music Awards Rock/Pop Artist of the Year & Music Video of the Year, Song Latest to Land from Breakthrough EP, Identity Watch “Your Sweater” via YouTube Here Multi-award nominated Canadian alt-pop, electro-synth and velvet-voiced artist velours pulls at some of life’s painful yarn in this, her new single “Your Sweater” — available now.  […]

Nobleton, ON’s Country Artist Matt Morson Puts His Heart on His Sleeve in Tear-Jerking New Single, “Take a Chance” Watch “Take a Chance” via YouTube Here After making his official comeback last summer, Nobleton, Ontario-born country singer Matt Morson has just released his latest single — it’s called “Take a Chance.” Though the powerful country […]

JUNO Award-Nominated All-Girl Teen Supergroup GIRL POW-R Create Spinoff THE SQUAD & Release Two Remixes Available Now — “Fun All Day (Melshi Remix)” & “Friends Click (Melshi Remix)” It’s a remix for the JUNO Award-nominated and chart-topping Canadian all-girl supergroup Girl Pow-R in more ways than one… The Toronto-based teen popsters have divvied up their […]

The PDAC convention is the World’s Premier Mineral Exploration & Mining Convention and it is the leading convention for people, companies and organizations invokved with mineral exploration. In addition to meeting over 1,000 exhibitors, 3,500 investors and 25,600 attendees from 135 countries, we also attend technical sessions, short courses and networking events. The four-day annual […]