CULTURE

Canadians will play soot-thetandmark when The Last of Us returns. The CBC will try fo Pollievre-oroof Itself with a new CEO. And Canada’s Wonderland will roll out the country’s fastest, tallest coaster.

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1 Canada Will Provide Apocalyptic Scenery for The Last of Us

Prior to the 2023 premiere of The Last of Us, no one was sure whether a video game could translate into prestige TV. Twentyfour Emmy nominations, several smashed ratings records and one very thirsty internet obsession with Pedro Pascal later, the only remaining question is: what can viewers expect next? Plot specifics for season twoshot largely in and around Vancouver and due out this year-have been guarded like the most potent fungi-killing antidote. Two scoops, however, are already out there: Kaitlyn Dever and Catherine O'Hara have been cast, the latter (possibly) as Joel's therapist.

2 Miriam Toews Will Return to Canadian Bookshelves

Toews, the Winnipeg-based author of beloved bestsellers like A Complicated Kindness, has achieved CanLit-icon status for both her fiction and, more recently, the film adaptation of Women Talking, which earned Sarah Polley a 2023 Oscar for screenwriting. For her ninth book, A Truce That Is Not Peace (due out in August), Toews turns her sharp eye on herself in a genre-blurring excavation of her guilt and grief over her sister's 2010 death by suicide.

3 Oasis Will Bring Their Brotherly Love (or Truce) to Toronto

After a quarter of a century of public beefing, Britrock's most notorious brothers are getting the band back together. Riding a seemingly endless wave of '90s nostalgia, Oasis Live '25 is set to touch down in Toronto in late August. Demand for the tour's only Canadian stop was so massive that organizers swiftly added a second date. Live Nation and Rogers also capitalized on the frenzy with the announcement of Rogers Stadium, a brand-new 50,000-seat outdoor concert venue in Toronto's north end, construction on which is scheduled to wrap by the time Liam and Noel rock into town. (Provided they keep the peace.)

4 Ally Pankiw Will Have a Breakout Year