Author: Kevin Bourne

Hundreds gathered in Toronto for the 2022 Canada’s Walk of Fame. Honourees include Deborah Cox, Director X, and more. More than 700 guests gathered at the Beanfield Centre at Exhibition Place tonight to honour the latest inductees into Canada’s Walk of Fame. Among them were R&B legend Deborah Cox, director, filmmaker Director X, and She-Hulk: Attorney at Law star Tatiana Maslany. On hand to present to Cox were international record producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. American filmmaker Joel Silver was in attendance to present to Director X. The festivities included red carpet arrivals, presented by Cadillac, ahead of a…

Robin is onto Hayden, Karen is back at the salon, and Danni needs a lawyer. Here’s our Tyler Perry’s Sistas Season 5 Episode 8 recap. Karen calls Andi and finds out Danni is still mad at her, but Miss Lisa’s kumbaya experiment worked after all because she feeling like her old self again. But Miss Lisa has some questions about what Fatima said about Karen’s cycle and counting the days, and ovulation…Sorry, I’m a guy. This episode, we find Gary in bed at Andi’s house. As she leaves the house she wants Gary to leave, but he’s comfortable since they…

Jessie Reyez recently performed at History in Toronto in front of a sold out crowd. Here’s SHIFTER’s Jessie Reyez concert review. Earlier this week, Toronto native, Jessie Reyez performed in front of a sold out hometown crowd at History. The show was the latest stop on her Yessie Tour which saw her play cities across North America before resuming in Europe in January. It was a night of R&B as fellow Toronto native Leila Dey, who played in the Do You Part Celebrity Basketball Game the night before, opened the show. Dey, who is on her first tour with recent…

Fatima joins the meeting at Karen’s house, Andi learns about Gary’s move against Robin, and Danni’s rendezvous takes a dark turn. Here’s our Tyler Perry’s Sistas Season 5 Episode 7 recap. The episode opens with Fatima unexpectedly joining the Kumbaya party at Karen’s house. As Karen opens up about her feelings, we learn she basically blames Zac for everything, including not being able to receive love from a good man, aka Aaron. While she hates him for all he put her through, she wants the baby to be his and hates herself for still wanting to be with him. Aaron,…

Through his passion for entrepreneurship and diverse résumé of international schooling and start-ups, Glendon College professor Dr. Angelo Dossou-Yovo is creating opportunities for business students to thrive at York University. Dr. Angelo Dossou-Yovo has travelled the world in pursuit of higher education. Born in Senegal, he pursued his Master in Project Management in Egypt after earning an engineering degree in Burkina Faso. His journey ultimately brought him to Canada where he earned his PhD in Business Administration at the Université du Québec à Montréal. “I was supposed to do my PhD and go back home, but for some reason, I’m…

Spencer, Jordan and Asher are in recruiting season and JJ leaves the beach house. Here’s our All American season 5 episode 6 recap. The episode opens with Coach Garrett stepping down as head coach of the GAU football team on national signing day, but Liv is still releasing her article as she learns Garrett may be up for another coaching job at a D1 school. Liv confronts Coach Garrett asking who tipped him about the article. He, in turn, cautions her to not blow up Spencer and Jordan’s football careers. We’re also introduced to a new character―former South Crenshaw running…

SHIFTER recently visited the new Balenciaga x adidas pop-up store at the Yorkdale Shopping Centre in Toronto. Here’s a look inside. In early November, Balenciaga and adidas released their new collection to much fanfare. The launch came with a new pop-up store at Toronto’s Yorkdale Shopping Centre, the first pop-up for the new collaboration in the world according to our kind sales associate. Housed in black shipping containers donning the Balenciaga x adidas logo, the display includes everything from sneakers, t-shirts, and backpacks to basketballs, soccer balls and accessories. Some of the standout items include a detachable parka, the hooded…

York University graduate and Glendon College Student Life Coordinator, Yerro Gassama, is a man well-travelled having lived in Africa, Europe and now Canada. Yerro Gassama is a man well-travelled. Born and raised in Gambia until seven years old, he’d eventually move to Togo, Switzerland, Uganda, France, and Senegal before spending high school in Ethiopia. Fortunately, that wouldn’t be his final destination. In 2010, he would take his longest trip yet, travelling all the way across the world to Canada to attend York University. Gassama first heard about the school when a representative from the university’s Glendon campus visited his high…

Robin has had enough of Andi’s bullshit and Madam finally makes her Sistas debut. Here’s our Tyler Perry’s Sistas Season 5 Episode 4 recap. Andi and Hayden continue where they left off. He threatens to tell Gary that Andi is playing him and reveals that he was the one who set up the meeting between Gary and Robin. We learn later that Gary and Jayden are working together in trying to take over the law firm. It looks like Gary and Robin are gonna be doing some business together, but the conversation turns personal as they set the record straight…

Between Spencer and Olivia, and Jordan and Layla, it’s an episode full of passion. Here’s our All American season 5 episode 4 recap. The episode begins with Spencer waking up to a phone call from Coop letting him know his mom and the other parents were in jail, but what do we spot out of the side of the screen? Some curly locks of hair? Apparently he’s not alone. He goes to the jail only to find his mom and the other adults are behind bars. Then the story flashes back to how it all went down. As Grace and…

After the success of his hit record “Start Over”, Montreal’s Zach Zoya returns with surprise singles “Come Over Here” and “Birthday Sex”. One of the big success stories this year in Canadian music is the rise of Montreal-based singer-songwriter and rapper Zach Zoya. He has achieved commercial success with his hit record “Start Over”, garnering over six million streams on Spotify and landing him on heavy rotation at hit radio stations across the country. Now he’s back with two new surprise tracks for his fans. While both tracks showcase his tone and delivery, and his abilities to tell a story,…

In his latest column, SHIFTER’s Kevin Bourne says that from Black-on-black violence to dissing women, Black men need to do better. I’ve been in a very introspective headspace lately. Since Migos member Takeoff was murdered last week I’ve been feeling sad; not just for him but for the state of Black culture. I eventually got over it, but that wave of sadness came back a few days ago when Drake and 21 Savage dropped their new album Her Loss. This was an album I was looking forward to. I mean, Drake is my favourite artist and he’s from Toronto. What…