CultureHush, please . . . it’s a rock showA recent concert had a ground-breaking rule for the audience: no talking
CanadaThe legacy and lunacy of Toronto’s notorious mayorFrom 2016: He worked hard, and voters understood he’d been bruised by life — just like them
ScienceSurvival of the prettiest: The mysterious power of attractive peopleFrom picking mates to choosing politicians, new research says society’s bias toward attractiveness has ugly results
BooksThe greatest hockey player everA book about field-hockey legend Balbir Singh Sr. sets the record straight
SportsYoung Guns are the team to watchAt the World Cup of Hockey nationalism will share airspace with inter-generational rivalry—a drama we’ve been watching play out in the NHL
SocietyCould Canada’s hockey teams be any worse? Nope.Canada supplies the NHL nearly half of its players, and a ton of revenue. But it may not qualify a team for the playoffs.
EducationScott Chantler marks a Canadian first for cartoonistsThe University of Windsor appoints a top-notch cartoonist to the post of writer-in-residence
NewsWill the Rio Olympics be a springboard for Zika?The pandemic raises questions about the health impacts of sporting mega-events
ArtsQ&A: Dave Cobb, country music’s saviourCobb talks about coming to Nashville—and letting fresh air into the studio
ArtsThe Nashville insurgency: Inside country’s revolutionMeet the new breed of indie country outlaws who are rescuing the genre from a plague of tailgates and halter tops