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For an artist whose music has always balanced vulnerability with rhythm, the next chapter for Omah Lay feels both intimate and expansive.
The GRAMMY-nominated Afro-fusion star has officially announced his highly anticipated sophomore album, Clarity of Mind, arriving April 3. A project that signals a deeper, more reflective phase in his evolving artistry.
Read MoreIn Black communities, silence has often been a survival tool. But when it comes to HIV, that silence has also been deadly. Tina Knowles understands this deeply—and she’s using art to help break it.
As Founder and Artistic Director of WACO (Where Art Can Occur) Theater Center, Knowles is guiding Still Here, a powerful editorial magazine and storytelling project that centers Black women impacted by HIV. The project is rooted in truth, compassion, and lived experience—and it’s personal.
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There’s a quiet discipline to the way Femi Jr moves. Not rushed. Not performative. Just steady. Like someone who understands that longevity is built in private before it’s celebrated in public.
Born in Nigeria and now rooted in Vancouver, British Columbia, Femi Jr’s journey has been shaped by one central realization: acceptance from the world is fleeting, but acceptance of self is transformative. That truth became the foundation of Peace & Love, his debut album. A project born from deep self-examination, spiritual grounding, and the emotional terrain of the last three years of his life.
Read MoreReader Care Note. This piece touches on themes of loss, grief, and emotional complexity.
This reflection is published in honour of Marian Rachelle Hansen Fortuné, lovingly known as Maz D’Ivoire, whose commitment to community care extended far beyond her professional life.
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Tems by Campbell Addy
Tems doesn’t perform music…she reveals it. On COLORS, stripped of spectacle and excess, she delivers a quiet yet devastating rendition of “What You Need,” a performance that feels less like a stage moment and more like a confession whispered into the world.
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The Legacy Lounge has officially premiered, and with it, The Black Academy opens the floor to some of the most impactful voices shaping Black Canadian culture today.
Now streaming on CBC Gem, the four-part series honours award-winning actor and producer Amanda Brugel, viral dance collective Basement Gang, multi-platinum recording artist Fefe Dobson, and business leader and philanthropist Wes Hall. Each are recognized for their lasting influence across culture, creativity, and community.
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Inside the walls of Roby Studio, where knobs remember every sound they’ve ever shaped, an idea started to grow. Quietly at first. Not just another project, not a sequel chasing the shadow of the first, but a return. A return to memory, to movement, to roots that stretch from Congo to Canada.
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A quiet Nordic spa in Canmore reframes luxury, community, and what it really means to slow down — without losing yourself in the spectacle.
Set beneath the striking silhouette of the Three Sisters, Everwild feels less like a spa and more like a dialogue between architecture and land. Fire gardens flicker against alpine air, water moves deliberately through open spaces, and steam rises without urgency. The design is confident yet restrained…grounding, elemental, calm.
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