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The Toronto Awards
In a year of rising gas prices and fallen hobbits, heiresses canoodling with hockey goons and a mayoral election that seemed to drag on forever, these 10 people rose above the fray. They turned heads, ignored convention and made us proud to call ourselves Torontonians
Thirty Days in Jamestown
The Rexdale housing project is reeling from years of gang violence and stigmatization. Even after the police raids in May, it continues to be a place of deep divisions—between blacks and whites, Caribbeans and Somalis, Christians and Muslims, heroes and villains. Portrait of a community in peril By Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall
Behind the Scenes With Stuart McLean
He’s a best-selling author and host of the weekly dose of schmaltz, The Vinyl Café. And people often mistake him for his happy-go-lucky radio persona. But there are times when everything’s not so sweet and folksy for Stuart McLean By Trevor Cole
This City
The apocalyptic warnings of celeb prof Thomas Homer-Dixon • The tabloid-fuelled travails of Hollywood retailer Fraser Ross • Where to buy a $7,000 Christmas tree
Columns
Space Man
Dave Meslin has inspired a new generation of urban activists with his theatrical approach to public protest. But can City Idol, his cheeky bid to reinvigorate the electorate, actually make a difference at the polls? By Ryan Bigge
The Aviator
He’s been reprimanded by the mayor and vilified by waterfront dwellers. But Robert Deluce, a former bush pilot and head of the fledgling Porter Airlines, knows something about flying through rough conditions By John Lorinc
City Survivor
24 Hours With
Degrassi kid Miriam MacDonald By Amy Verner
Holiday Super Shopper
Perfect picks for the impossible-to-buy-for on your list By Madeleine Wong
Dining
Attention, aspiring chefs: you could learn a thing or two from Habitat’s Scot Woods By James Chatto
Food
The definitive answer: why Jews love Chinese By David Sax
Drink
Is any wine worth $5,000? Flirting with the LCBO’s priciest bottles By David Lawrason
Restaurants
Claudio Aprile’s latest gastronomical joyride • The Drake’s fish, fowl and fungi pot pie • Quest for the best shortbread • Plus, our star-rated reviews
This Month
Broken Social Scene’s Jason Collett brings his lonesome urban-cowboy blues to Lee’s Palace • Master mixologist Melissa Elwood on the latest haute cocktails • Kicklines and sequins and pinwheels, oh my! A rockette dishes on performing in the iconic holiday show
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