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For the Love of the Game

When Sports Fans Change the Game

June 16, 2021October 18, 2021 - by Shireen Ahmed

Equal pay across genders, renaming racist teams—owners are finally listening and boardrooms will never be the same

Portrait of George Armstrong in a Toronto Maple Leafs jersey against a blue background.

For the Love of the Game / July/August 2021

The Paradox of Being a Leafs Fan

June 9, 2021June 15, 2021 - by Waubgeshig Rice

Generations of Indigenous fans have followed the Toronto Maple Leafs through close calls and decades of despair. Ultimately, it’s the hope that connects us

Screenshot of the actress who plays Anne Shirley on the TV show Anne with an E. She has red hair and freckles and is looking towards the top of the frame while wrapped in a grey blanket.

Arts & Culture / Television

When Anne with an E Fans Waged War against Netflix

August 5, 2020October 13, 2020 - by John Semley

In their campaign to save the show, fans stopped behaving like an audience and started acting like owners

A wax figure replica of Céline Dion at Madame Tussauds in Las Vegas

Arts & Culture / Cover Story / Music / September 2019

Céline Dion Is Everywhere

August 28, 2019November 18, 2022 - by Suzannah Showler

At fifty-one, Dion is wrapping up her Vegas residency with a world tour, an album, and two movies in the works. Why has it taken forty years for the world’s most talented singer to finally become cool?