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FEATURES
The Best Schools
We surveyed principals, education watchdogs, board trustees and students to
find the best of the city’s 132 public high schools. With innovative programs, dynamic
teachers and—the clincher—thriving kids, here are 10 exceptional institutions that
take education to the next level By Denise Balkissoon
The Fabulously Strange Life of Shinan Govani
It took a lot of partying, a little mischief and a feud with an ogre to climb atop
the gossip heap. Not to mention at least one night of sex on a piano with “a famous
Toronto personality” By Gerald Hannon
The Missionary
She’s won as many people to her causes as she’s alienated. She’s survived cancer,
abusive boyfriends and a police board lynching. Now that she’s in Ottawa, can anything stop Olivia Chow? By Sylvia Fraser
COLUMNS
Screen Saver
Telefilm has spent billions of taxpayer dollars funding movies nobody wants to see. But Wayne Clarkson, with his high ideals and cowboy swagger, aims to change that By Richard Poplak
The Big Cheese
Fatos Pristine transformed his father’s tiny convenience store into the city’s most influential gourmet shop—the Cheese Boutique is where chefs go to play hooky. But now the man who brought brie to Toronto is ready to retire. Can his sons carry on the tradition? By Sasha Chapman
THIS CITY
Michael Levine’s dramatic edge • How film festival pros stay standing until the credits roll • A stop-the-insanity survey of property values
CITY SURVIVOR
24 HOURS WITH
Stage and screen actor Waneta Storms By Denise Balkissoon
SUPER SHOPPER
The city’s best loot By Nancy Won
DINING
Four great new reasons to visit wine country By James Chatto
DRINK
Ontario’s best vintage yet By David Lawrason
RESTAURANTS
A mexican revolution in Toronto
• Prosecco-fed beef kidneys (we kid you not) • Quest for the best mini-burgers
• Plus, our star-rated reviews
THIS MONTH
Jeff Garlin makes his film festival
debut • Cult musician Jandek comes out of hiding • How to navigate all-night art party Nuit Blanche like a pro
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