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The Young Professionals
What they spend, what they save, and how much they need to live well in Toronto
Cheap Thrills
For skinflints and recession-phobes, our highly selective guide to fiscally restrained fun
Furnished Room, Cable Incl., $22/Night
They’re a booming industry in the burbs. Some are run like mini-hotels; others are badly renovated death traps. Inside an illegal rooming house By Alexandra Shimo
The Trader’s Revenge
David Berry was raking in $15 million a year when Scotia Capital fired him. Some say the CEOs were jealous of his earnings. Others say he was a renegade trader. His wrongful dismissal suit has become Bay Street’s most talked about scandal By Derek Finkle
This City
Cheri DiNovo’s kooky-hippie-lefty credo • Mike Myers’ shameless hometown plugging • Ryerson’s hostile takeover of Yonge Street • Plotting the Susur Effect
Columns
POLITICS
All the Rage
The tension between drivers and cyclists has escalated to swearing,
punching, bird-flipping hysteria. City hall thinks additional bike lanes will calm everybody down. What if they’re wrong? By Philip Preville
ARTS
Who’s Afraid of Des McAnuff?
With a flamboyant Tony-winning director as its artistic heir apparent,
the sleepy Stratford Festival just got a whole lot more interesting By Alec Scott
City Survivor
The List
Ten things Carlo Rota can’t live without By Amy Verner
Super shopper
Mod accessories for the kitsch-averse
cottager By Amy Verner
Great Spaces
Redefining the bachelor pad
Real Estate
For first-time buyers, 519 is the new 905 By Bert Archer
Golf
A poseur’s guide to looking good
on the links
Dining
The race for Relais & Châteaux’s highest praise By James Chatto
Food
The sudden ubiquity of big-ticket bread By Sasha Chapman
Drink
Just say no to cheap chardonnay By David Lawrason
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