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Canada’s Song of the Summer Is 10 Years Old. What the Hell Is Going On With Music? Apparently, one of the biggest songs of summer 2026 in Canada needed a decade to get here. TikTok has named Mac Miller’s “Cinderella,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign, its No. 1 Song of the Summer in Canada. There is just one small detail: the song came out in 2016. Ten years ago. “Cinderella” appeared […]
12 Things Canadians Quietly Look Forward to Every September September in Canada is a strange little month. Nobody throws it a party. There are no fireworks. Nobody counts down to midnight on August 31. Yet somewhere around Labour Day, something changes. The evenings get cooler. The mornings smell different. Somebody shows up wearing a hoodie for the first time in months and nobody questions it. Summer isn't quite dead, but […]
What’s On This Week: Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa Labour Day week is doing its best to make sure nobody stays home. From Rush and Iron Maiden in Montreal to Chris Stapleton, TLC and Pitbull in Toronto, plus a five-day festival just across the river from Ottawa, there’s a lot happening between Monday, August 31 and Sunday, September 6. Toronto Monday, August 31 Squeeze, with Adam Ant and Haircut 100 — […]
Dolly Parton, 1946–2026: The Voice, the Wit and the Heart Behind an American Original Dolly Parton, the country music giant whose songs, humour and generosity made her one of the rare entertainers almost everyone seemed to like, has died at 80. Dolly Parton spent most of her life looking like someone who had arrived from somewhere slightly more colourful than the rest of us. The hair was enormous. The clothes […]
10 Things Canadians Used to Have in Their Homes That Have Basically Disappeared Once upon a time, every house seemed to have the same strange collection of objects. Nobody announced their disappearance. One day, they were just gone. There was a time when you could walk into almost any Canadian home and immediately recognize the inventory. A phone book sat near the telephone. An ashtray was somewhere in the living […]
What’s With That Giant Airplane Sitting at Pearson? The Canadianist | Toronto If you drive the 427 past Pearson International Airport regularly, you’ve probably seen it. It’s hard to miss. An enormous white cargo plane sits off on the airport grounds, seemingly in the same place every time you go by. After a while, it becomes part of the scenery. Another piece of Pearson that you stop wondering about. Except […]
🍔 THE CANADIANIST FOOD FIGHT: CALLING ALL MUSIC CREATORS 🍕 We put out a call for food-themed songs and the response gave us an idea. Let's make a show out of this. The Canadianist Radio Network is putting together a one-hour special celebrating independent music creators and the wonderfully strange, funny, clever and occasionally serious things that happen when you tell musicians to write about food. So here's the challenge: […]
Frank Beard, the Quiet Engine Behind ZZ Top, Dies at 77 For more than half a century, Beard sat behind Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill and supplied the groove that made ZZ Top unmistakable. He died Monday at his Texas ranch at the age of 77. There was always a wonderful little joke built into ZZ Top. The two guys with the enormous beards were Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill. […]
There are times for headlines, interviews and debate. And there are times to turn down the noise, settle in and spend an hour with a good book. The Canadianist Radio Network is introducing The Book Hour, a weekly radio series devoted to books, ideas and long-form storytelling. Each edition will feature a book presented aloud, giving listeners a chance to experience writing in a way that has largely disappeared […]
