Features

Gutted
The plaster dust, the ruined finances, the wrecked marriages—why do we do it? Toronto’s masochistic obsession with home improvement  By Katrina Onstad

Auto Asphyxiation
The closing of Oshawa’s GM truck plant spells trouble for the single-industry town. A portrait of life at the end of the line By Denise Balkissoon

York’s Middle East War
The Israel-Palestine conflict has poisoned York University with violent demonstrations, riot cops on campus, lawsuits, even a human rights commission inquiry. The school’s new president—the first Muslim head of a Canadian university—wants to make peace. Does he stand a chance?  By Brett Grainger

Comic

My Ago Diary
Art, glow sticks and the meaning of life—what I learned while working at the AGO gift shop By Lorenz Peter

COLUMNS

Friendship, Hateship
Now that the knives are out for Dion, the battle between Ignatieff and Rae is heating up again. Scenes from an epic rivalry By Philip Preville

TV for the OMFG Generation
Degrassi grad Sean Reycraft joined 90210 to inject a dose of reality into a teen show rife with shallow characters and faux angst—on camera and off By Alec Scott

This City

Sex-pat
How Dragonette front woman Martina Sorbara traded granola and guitars for electro-pop. And why she went half-way across the world to do it By Sarah Liss

Telling Tales
Dispatches from the urban jungle

Born to Runner-Up
We’re number one (at coming in second)! By Greg Shortall

A Tale of Two Conrads
News that Conrad Black has procured himself a butler behind bars has got us wondering how much life on the inside differs from life on the out By Jameson Berkow

Double Take
TSN2, MTV2, a whole new CBC Radio 2—broadcast spinoffs are reaching pandemic proportions By Jennifer McDonald

Meat Wave
A once beloved brand breeds listeria hysteria By Kelly Pullen

City Sindex
The most absurd antics of our not-always-civil servants

The Klein Effect
A trip down protest lane with the queen of conscientious objectors Katy Pedersen

The Temperature
Our monthly assessment of all things faddish and fleeting

CITY SURVIVOR

The List
Ten things National Ballet principal dancer Guillaume Côté can’t live without By Amy Verner

Super Shopper
Just in time for the AGO reopening, a slew of artful goodies for aspiring gallerinas By Jane Apor

Great Spaces
A Cabbagetown paean to contemporary design By Veronica Maddocks

Luxe Guide
How to get a taste of the fabulous life—and look like you belong in it

Food
Why secular eaters are clamouring for halal By Sasha Chapman

Drink
Turning plonk into prestige By David Lawrason

Real Estate

How Bad Do You Want It?
The unbearable lunacy of bidding wars By Bert Archer

The Chase
A pair of homebuyers cross the million-dollar threshold

High/Medium/Low
Surprisingly affordable condos are one of St. Lawrence’s biggest draws

Restaurants

Here’s the Beef
Montreal, schmontreal. Toronto knows a thing or two about smoked meat, too By David Sax

Strangers in the Night
Will the communal table loosen up fine dining’s couple-centric geometry? By Rachel Heinrichs

The Dish
Save room for dessert: Mistura’s crostata di pinoli is mind-blowingly good By James Chatto

Just Reviewed
Madeline’s, Caplansky’s and Nota Bene

This Month

Creative Class
The old TTC barns near St. Clair and Christie are reopening as an idealized eco-commune for artists. Meet the lucky new tenants By Stéphanie Verge

Tit for Tat
A primer of the best and worst Dolly Parton covers By Courtney Shea

Getting Her Due
Margaret Atwood’s Massey lecture on debt got us thinking about all the people who owe her. Contemplating a fate worse than debtors’ prison By Ryan Bigge

White Men Can Jump
Ian Millar’s been riding professionally for almost four decades. How the equestrian finally snagged some hardware in Beijing By Kelly Pullen

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