We're kicking off our Hot Docs Festival coverage with a review of 'Nekai Walks,' a heartfelt examination of gun violence at Jane and Finch.
Review by @dgrdon.bsky.social. @hotdocs.bsky.social
Illustration of someone holding a newspaper and the text bubble and newspaper text reads: "The Grind's 3-Year Anniversary Party!!!, Friday April 24th, 7 pm, Advance: $10, Doors $20, PWYC, RSVP for location"
Our party's coming up this Friday, with performances by Austra, Witch Prophet and a secret special guest. Plus a sweet silent auction.
Tickets are over 60% sold out so don't wait too late!
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Toronto police showed up at a comedy fundraiser for Gaza and at a screening of the film Palestine 36 earlier this month.
@rdassaly.bsky.social speaks to organizers about what's happening and what can be done to protect community members.
On April 4, TPS entered the lobby of Comedy Bar moments before the start of a fundraising event for Gaza.
That same night, cops entered a theatre at TIFF Lightbox midway through a screening of 'Palestine 36.'
I dug into this concerning trend for @thegrindto.bsky.social.
Heads up!
We've got limited space for The Grind's April 24 Anniversary Party, and tickets are going fast. Don't wait!
Full lineup and details here:
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The Grind is turning 3, and we're throwing a party Friday, April 24!
DJs, silent auction, drinks, snacks, plus brief musical acts from Witch Prophet, Austra and a very special guest.
Grab your ticket now:
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The Grind is turning 3, and we're throwing a party Friday, April 24!
DJs, silent auction, drinks, snacks, plus brief musical acts from Witch Prophet, Austra and a very special guest.
Grab your ticket now:
www.eventbrite.ca/e/1985958119...
ICYMI: Organizers have ended the boycott against the Giller, after the prize cut ties with Scotiabank, the Azrieli Foundation and Indigo.
We asked several authors, including former Giller winners, for the reaction to the news.
NEW: The Giller Prize boycott has ended. The embattled literary prize confirmed that it is no longer sponsored by groups with ties to Israeli occupation and genocide.
I spoke to previous Giller winners and nominees about the news for @thegrindto.bsky.social.
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BREAKING: Organizers End Giller Prize Boycott, Say Demands Have Been Met
The embattled literary organization is no longer sponsored by Scotiabank, Indigo or the Azrieli Foundation. By
@rdassaly.bsky.social. www.thegrindmag.ca/organizers-e...
For @thegrindto.bsky.social, Laura Stanley spoke with The Ratskin Family Band, the self-proclaimed “first and only drag country band in the world,” ahead of their sold-out single release show tonight.
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The Hot Docs Festival is just around the around.
Here are eight local and international films we're excited to check out.
OPINION: The U.S. and Israel are the Real Threats in West Asia
After Netanyahu and Trump started this war on Iran, Trump has gotten increasingly hysterical, threatening this morning that “a whole civilization will die tonight” if Iran doesn’t agree to his demands.
What happens when you combine classical live music with an exhibition of vibrant modern paintings?
This Sunday, Paula Arciniega and the Hannaford Street Silver Band will debut “Pictures at an Exhibition,” an audio-visual experience like no other.
Cover of THE GRIND. Below the nameplate, the main image is a Toronto Police car with the headline "ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER... TORONTO POLICE'S LONG STRUGGLE WITH ACCOUNTABILITY. PG 14" It also mentions "PG. 10 WAR IN IRAN" and "RATSKIN FAMILY BAND PG. 19"
The new issue is out! The cover story is a deep look at our local police and their long argument with accountability (not the Hollywood film).
Copies are available at (nearly) all the usual spots, including the red "FREE" streetboxes in Metro Toronto.
Or read online: thegrindmag.ca
Grace Glowicki’s outrageous, campy new horror film Dead Lover is now playing in Toronto theatres.
It’s at Revue Cinema April 3-9 and at The Fox on April 11 & 12. Select screenings are in Stink-O-Vision and with filmmaker Q&As.
‘Palestine 36,’ Annemarie Jacir’s immersive new film set during the crucial 1930s Arab Revolt, is playing at TIFF for the next two weeks, starting tonight. Read @rdassaly.bsky.social’s review.
Project South has dominated headlines in 2026, but Toronto police have been embroiled in a series of high profile scandals since the start of the decade.
Here are the key moments in the long struggle for police accountability. ✍️ @aliyapabani.bsky.social
Cover of THE GRIND. Below the nameplate, the main image is a Toronto Police car with the headline "ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER... TORONTO POLICE'S LONG STRUGGLE WITH ACCOUNTABILITY. PG 14" It also mentions "PG. 10 WAR IN IRAN" and "RATSKIN FAMILY BAND PG. 19"
The new issue is out! The cover story is a deep look at our local police and their long argument with accountability (not the Hollywood film).
Copies are available at (nearly) all the usual spots, including the red "FREE" streetboxes in Metro Toronto.
Or read online: thegrindmag.ca
Why does the Toronto police budget keep rising, while other city services strain for funding?
In our new cover story, @aliyapabani.bsky.social explains how a taxpayer-funded comms machine ensures that the police budget only goes up, even when crime goes down.
National Poetry Month kicks off this week. Immerse yourself in these five recommendations from Toronto writer Em Dial, good for newer poetry readers and old heads alike.
Winter got you stir crazy? We've got a massive list of Toronto events to check out this spring.
Movies, music, theatre, literary, comedy and visual arts — we've got you covered.
For the latest issue of @thegrindto.bsky.social, I wrote about how Toronto's Police Service and Police Association built a taxpayer-funded comms machine to ensure their budget increases, whether crime goes up or down
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"Make Banana Cry," the latest production from Andrew Tay and Stephen Thompson, is celebratory and defiant work of art, writes The Grind's theatre critic Robyn Grant-Moran.
Our new issue is almost here...
Transit users on the new Crosstown LRT say commute times are "good for now" but haven't forgotten about the scandalous delays and feel that a public inquiry is still in order.
Brandi Bird's latest collection of poetry, titled 'Pitiful,' arrives April 7.
Jody Chan puts the book in conversation with other writings about illness and disability: both critical of state abandonment and also intimate and confessional.
"Pushing for lasting peace means uniting globally against Western imperialism and Zionism in order to stop the massacre of the people of Iran, Lebanon and Palestine," write Kalliopé Anvar McCall and Sheida Lasheni.
