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Dream Girl
How to become a certified pop diva without losing your indie boyfriend. The unstoppable ambition of Feist By Olivia Stren
Code of Silence
Omar Wellington thought the boys of Flemingdon were his friends, that he'd finally found a place where he belonged. But one hot summer afternoon, the gang turned on him. They beat him, stripped him to his boxers, broke bottles over his head, repeatedly stabbed him and left him to die. Nearly a hundred people witnessed the six-hour ordeal, but no one came forward. They either didn't dare or didn't care By Marina Jiménez
The Ultimate Summer Fun Guide
Here's your essential checklist to the season's buzziest bars, fruitiest cocktails, breeziest patios, perfect picnics, sweatiest workouts, and most flattering swimsuits for strutting on the sandiest beaches. The summer will be over before you know it, so live it up
This City
What the Hamptons have that Muskoka wants • Plotting the highs and lows of Toronto's recreational drug use • A roundup of the city's smelliest smells
Columns
Goal Oriented
The Toronto FC—the seventh pro soccer team to try to win the city's affection—has a new stadium and a sold-out first season. Can Mo Johnston, its loud-mouthed coach, keep the ball rolling? By Trevor Cole
African Queen
It takes guts to report from wartorn, disease-ravaged sub-Saharan villages. The Globe's Africa correspondent, Stephanie Nolen, has the ego to match By Gerald Hannon
City Survivor
The List Ten things ROM front man William Thorsell can't live without By Amy Verner
Super Shopper The city’s best loot By Madeleine Wong
On the Block Northern exposure: new reasons to go to Av and Lawrence By Olivia Stren
Dining Where superstar chefs eat on their nights off By James Chatto
Food Killer tomatoes By Don Gillmor
Drink A grill's best friend By David Lawrason
Restaurants
Sequel chef Andrea Nicholson resurrects the Jell-O salad with her green icicle radish gelée • Celebrity chefs bring street food to Nathan Phillips Square • Plus, our star-rated reviews
This Month
The long-warring members of The Police reunite at the ACC • Painter Wil Murray makes a fine mess of things with his latest exhibit, Strawberry Alarmist Talk Radio • An all-star female cast takes on Caryl Churchill's top girls
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