Cree filmmaker Tasha Hubbard is best known for her documentaries. With 'Meadowlarks,' she challenged herself to explore the emotional potential of fiction. “We know our stories,” Hubbard tells @alishamgl.bsky.social. “We need to stay strong to tell them.”

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There's lots more in the news section, including the first official Cops and the City column from @aliyapabani.bsky.social She looks back at the time when Olivia Chow was pressured to resign from the police board and its resonances to today.

We've also got new event listing to plan your summer:

A good primer for those new to the city.

And if you're looking for new tunes, check out What We're Listening To for an album roundup featuring Narcy, Mecha Maiko, Paste, Hiroki Tanaka, Siyahkal and Dead Bob. @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social

In the arts section, @tombeedham.bsky.social chatted with the members of Cola about their new album, which recorded just after a member of the band lost their house in the 2025 L.A. fires. @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social

Renters in York South—Weston got one step closer to stopping a mass eviction, and maybe even winning money from their landlord. Their fight has been supported by the YSW Tenant Union, a driving force behind the new Toronto Tenant Union.

Across from Dundas West station, a new tenant association secured a rent freeze for the year, but their fight is far from over, @rdassaly.bsky.social reports.

The new tenant-focused issue of The Grind is out now! Grab a copy at your favourite bookshop or cafe, or find one at a TTC station near you. Here are a few highlights... 🧵

The new tenant-focused issue of The Grind is out now! Grab a copy at your favourite bookshop or cafe, or find one at a TTC station near you. Here are a few highlights... 🧵

I have a new column about the Toronto police. In this one, I look at the cycles of scandals and budget increases since 2000, and try to figure out what it is the police board actually does

Hot off the press! Latest issue of @thegrindto.bsky.social features extensive coverage of the Toronto Tenant Union and the citywide struggle for dignified housing.

To kick off Pride Month, check out these four new Canadian books by queer and trans authors. Picks by the staff at @anotherstoryto.bsky.social.

Decades ago, Olivia Chow learned the hard way what happens when police board members criticize the cops. She wouldn’t be the last. This article is the first for @aliyapabani.bsky.social's new column, Cops and the City.

Decades ago, Olivia Chow learned the hard way what happens when police board members criticize the cops. She wouldn’t be the last. This article is the first for @aliyapabani.bsky.social's new column, Cops and the City.

Looking for some fresh tunes? Here are six Canadian albums the @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social are listening to this spring, including Narcy, Mecha Maiko, Hiroki Tanaka and more.

Last call to get your ad in the next issue!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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 around Toronto: in the TTC, the pictured publication boxes and tons of shops. Ads due May 22. Email ads[at]thegrindmag[dot]ca

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.

In 2025, Cola singer and vocalist Tim Darcy lost his home when the deadly Eaton Fire tore through his Los Angeles neighbourhood. @tombeedham.bsky.social speaks with Darcy and his bandmates about how a sense of drift and dislocation shaped their stellar new album.

The new doc True North plays tonight as part of the Mayworks Festival. The film is about much more than just the 1969 Sir George Williams riot / affair, impressively weaving together that famous moment with the broader Black internationalist movement, writes @dgrdon.bsky.social.

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.

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.

Opening soon … the new Honest Ed’s Park, with bird-friendly gardens, a children’s water feature, and picnic seating (landscape architect PFS Studio).

'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.bsky.social

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.bsky.social

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.bsky.social, @aliyapabani.bsky.social and @dgrdon.bsky.social. At Innis Town Hall near St George TTC station.

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.bsky.social's review:

Coming up on Sunday! A discussion on the legacy of social movement journalism in Toronto and the path ahead, featuring Eric Mills, @meganysta.bsky.social, @aliyapabani.bsky.social and @dgrdon.bsky.social. Tickets are PWYC: eventbrite.ca/e/1985960054...

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.

Coming up on Sunday! A discussion on the legacy of social movement journalism in Toronto and the path ahead, featuring Eric Mills, @meganysta.bsky.social, @aliyapabani.bsky.social and @dgrdon.bsky.social. Tickets are PWYC: eventbrite.ca/e/1985960054...

Was so nice to see people out on Friday. We weren't sure we'd make it past the first issue, so to be distributing issue #19 now is pretty amazing, and it's only possible because of your support! Next, we a discussion event this Sunday, talking about Toronto's history of social movement media.

I don’t usually promote all my film reviews, but this is different. Covered American Doctor, following three U.S. doctors working in and around Gaza, and how the film handles witnessing and who gets heard. Support indie outlets like @thegrindto.bsky.social www.thegrindmag.ca/american-doc...

New polling shows that Doug Ford's PCs have fallen from the top spot for the first time in half a decade. Could it have something to do with their many, many flops? Revisit our illustrated map from last election for some of Ford's greatest hits.

Poh Si Teng's "American Doctor," which made its Canadian premiere at Hot Docs Festival, follows three medical workers as they navigate a crumbling health system in Gaza. It's a harrowing film, one that makes the case that genocide should never be muted, writes @noelransome.bsky.social

'Myspace' forgoes any semblance of political or social analysis, instead serving up 96 excruciatingly boring minutes of pop culture nostalgia, corporate back-patting and blinkered optimism. Read @rdassaly.bsky.social's review of the new documentary:

Thanks to everyone who came out to The Grind's 3-year anniversary party on Friday! We raised more than $7,000! Check out some photos of the night from @joshuabest.bsky.social

'Myspace' is less a documentary than a vehicle for cringey millennial nostalgia. My review of the excruciatingly boring new film, which premiered at Hot Docs last night, for @thegrindto.bsky.social

'Code of Misconduct,' which premiered at Hot Docs Festival on yesterday, explores how male sports culture, if left to its current form, breeds toxicity and psychopathy, writes journalist Olivia Bowden. Read the full review:

The Grind's 3-year anniversary bash is tonight! Online tickets are almost sold out, but we'll have some available at the door. We're going late, but arrive by 8 p.m. to see performances by Witch Prophet, Austra and a special guest. www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-grinds...

'A War On Women' traces 40 years of feminist resistance in Iran, from the lead-up to the 1979 revolution to the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement. The Grind spoke to co-writer @smohyeddin.bsky.social ahead of the film's North American premiere at Hot Docs this Sunday.

"A War on Women," a new documentary about the history of the feminist resistance in Iran, debuts at Hot Docs Festival this Sunday. I spoke to @smohyeddin.bsky.social, who co-wrote the film, about the evolution of the movement and how it's been co-opted in the West.

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