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KIND AWARD WINNER: FRANK CBD

In a category crowded with buzzwords and bold claims, Frank CBD chose a quieter, smarter path. No games. No gimmicks. Just clean, consistent CBD done properly.

Frank was built on the belief that wellness shouldn’t be confusing—or exclusive. By focusing on quality-first sourcing, transparent formulas, and products that do exactly what they say they will, Frank has become a brand people trust and return to. It’s CBD stripped back to what matters most: clarity, consistency, and integrity.

This award recognizes Frank CBD for cutting through the noise and proving that sometimes the most impactful thing a brand can do… is keep it simple.

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Laurent Dagenais “Vibes is Everything”
The buzziest chef in Canada is Laurent Dagenais, a restaurateur, influencer and weed-smoker who makes addictive culinary how-to videos and represents food with the love and flare of the Montreal maniac the world knows and loves. Building upon his success at Limousine, easily one of the biggest restaurant openings to date on Saint-Lambert in Quebec, Dagenais approaches food with a joint and a smile and wants his guests—whether they’re diners in his restaurant or friends at one of his legendary house parties—to feel welcomed and warm.

“I love little touches, the ones that people might not notice, but show that you care,” says Dagenais, home in Montreal for a brief spell before heading back out to Costa Rica, Miami’s Art Basel and hosting a pop-up in New York. “Don’t fuck with the dishes if you have guests—if you’re the host, stay in the party: it’s the feeling of the night, even more than the food, that will remain in people’s memories long after the hangover is cleared.”

As the holiday season approaches, KIND wants our readers to welcome guests into their homes and to celebrate with family and friends, spreading good cheer and, above everything, vibes. Dagenais, perhaps more than any Canadian at the moment, is a hospitality expert. Here, he gives us three recipes and six tips for making a night to remember (which, sure, some bits you might forget, but it’s the feeling that lingers for years).
“When you walk into my home, I’ll give you a beautiful martini or negroni. I don’t do crazy infusions, I don’t have any of that stuff, but a proper dry martini (or a dirty one), but with a nice martini, you’re off to a good start.”  

“Prep your meal in advance and only do the final touches when the guests arrive. Don’t have a crazy mission that takes hours—you don’t want to be in the kitchen the whole time and get stressed, people feel that. Just reheat the final touches when it’s go-time.”

“When you think about your menu, always think: “What can I do in advance?” 

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Shad on Twenty Years Strong in The Game
Start Anew, the seventh record from Shad, began with the rapper thinking about endings.
“I was looking at the world and thinking that so much tension has to do with how difficult it is to let go,” says Shad, the Juno and Emmy award-winning musician who fluctuates between music, documentaries, teaching and rapping, where he’s been nominated five-times for Canada’s prestigious Polaris Music Prize.  “It’s hard to go through change. We end up kicking and screaming against that, but you have to get to your bottom in order to move past things and I felt like now was a good time to make a record about what we’re all going through as a collective.”

With his patented, dexterous, rhythmic rhyme flow—few MCs make you reach for the rewind button like Shad—the musician says that after two decades of playing shows and dropping albums, he took time to think about his legacy. In the face of the MAGA movement and climate crises, wars in Sudan, Ukraine and the Middle East, let alone income inequality and social injustice here at home, it feels like the world’s at a tipping point. On Start Anew, Shad stares down a career that began in 2005 and wonders what he has left to share with the culture.

“Am I going to be that older artist that’s always angry and fighting for his place in the story or am I going to be the guy who stays inspired, contributes and lets life be whatever it is?” he asks, and talks about the inspiration for thoughtful, fire new tracks like Slanted, Bars and Barbecues, Islands and K.I.S.S. “Endings are hard. Evolving is hard. But I think we have the courage collectively to do it, which is how I stay inspired to write and perform.”

The performance aspect of the Shad live show—where his breath control on such wordy classics like Rose Garden and Keep Shining is a site to behold—is a singular experience. He imbues his audience with not only beats, rhymes and life, but also with positive messaging and a shared emotional ride. This tour, which touches down from Vancouver to Toronto, Edmonton to Guelph, is designed to be extra celebratory. Reflecting back on twenty years, Shad says he wants to salute his fans at each stop of his live show.

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“My goal as a bartender has always been to make cocktails feel inclusive and accessible to everyone—and I mean everyone,” writes Stewart, who was awarded World’s Best Bartender in 2017. “How often can you say you learned how to make drinks from one of the best bartenders in the world?”

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“My grandma was the type of person to always have an extra plate of food in the fridge just in case there was an extra person joining us at the table,” she writes. “She always made sure you felt welcomed.”

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