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If you remember processing a claim for the bread price-fixing class-action lawsuit (for bread bought any time between January 2001 and December 2021), then good news: payments have started being processed. You should find yourself getting an email from the Canadian Bread Settlement, e-transferring you either $24.11 or $49.11 based on whether you previously accepted a Loblaw gift card. Try not to think too hard about the ramifications of getting $50 for bread you might have bought 25 years ago. Every little bit helps!

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Senior editor

What do you do for a landmark birthday? You throw a party, of course—though it's not often you get Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Jane Fonda, and Sarah McLachlan to RSVP. "It seemed a little crazy at first, but we all got on board," says Jasmine Yen, director of development at the David Suzuki Foundation. "We knew that David had been involved with so many musicians over the years that we knew he’d have a lot of support from people.” The result? A big bash for a good cause, taking over the Queen Elizabeth Theatre tomorrow night.

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The Oakridge Mall redevelopment kind of feels like the Broadway SkyTrain: a long-promised development that began sometime during the COVID haze and has therefore taken both no time at all and 86 years. But now the newly renamed Oakridge Park is finally opening—and with it comes a massive culinary market. Check out what you can eat once Oakridge Park opens on May 28.

From July 3 to August 22, two smash hit musicals about fish out of water are set to take over Stanley Park's Malkin Bowl.

Who better to recommend new artists than established acts? Said the Whale's Tyler Bancroft loves Concrete Vehicles. "I think they are the best band I’ve ever seen in the city. I’ve seen them a few times—the last time was at Green Auto, just before they released their album. I remember standing at the back of the room being like, ‘Yes, the kids are all right!’ It was electric," he tells us. So, of course, we had to catch up with the band he loves so much.

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