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Home at Last
Butt-ugly shacks inspire bidding wars, neighbours trade gossip about the house that just went for a hundred grand over asking, and agents assume the power of gods. In this market, it pays to be a trailblazer. Here are five pockets of the city that, through the incremental magic of gentrification, are about to take off By Gillian Grace
Kandahar Diaries
Toronto has sent snipers, drivers, gunners, medics, mechanics and engineers to Afghanistan. They return to Canada changed forever. Five soldiers talk about being there, coming home and wanting to go back to finish what they started By Alexandra Shimo; Photography by Mark Zibert
Art Wars
Together they ran Toronto's most prestigious gallery. But their relationship was strained, at best, and she refused to make him a partner. When the protégé had had enough, he opened his own place, and the big-name artists followed. How Nicholas Metivier kicked Mira Godard off her throne By Trevor Cole
This City
Liza Fromer's new gig • The mad dash for daycare spots • High-end medicals for moguls • Why Hollywood boldfaces flock to Minto Yorkville
Columns
Generation V
How a monthly dance party for naughty gays and lesbians revolutionized the underground art scene—and created a few international stars By R.M. Vaughan
Exile on Bay Street
Between the crush of billable hours and the constantly buzzing BlackBerry, it's no wonder attorneys are running from the practice By Alec Scott
City Survivor
The List Ten things movie producer Robert Lantos can't live without By Amy Verner
Super Shopper The city’s best loot By Madeleine Wong
Great Spaces Inside Mark and Suzanne Cohon's Rosedale salon
Dining Foraging with hunter-gatherer Jonathan Forbes By James Chatto
Drink The new, elegant breed of supertuscansBy David Lawrason
Restaurants
Mark McEwan reaches for the stars • Steve Song revamps the banana split • Plus, our star-rated reviews
This Month
Cellphone-shilling music extravaganza Virgin fest • Australian artist Craig Walsh goes fishing at Nuit Blanche • Dior-clad violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter brings her brand of German glam to Roy Thomson Hall
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