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Get Fresh
Farmers’ markets are popping up faster than dandelions on pesticide-free lawns.
Here’s our flavour freak’s guide to the best of the fresh By Chris Nuttall-Smith
Art = Money
Thrush Holmes makes a fortune selling his big, crass, egotistical paintings. What
bothers Queen West royalty most of all is that he might deserve it By Gerald Hannon
Bitter Pill
Canada’s generic drug king is used to fighting big pharma in court—and winning.
Now Barry Sherman’s cousins are suing him for $1 billion, alleging he stole the company out from under them. There’s no cure for what ails this family By Geraldine Sherman
Parkdale Shangri-La
Thousands of Tibetan refugees have settled in and around the crumbling apartments
of Jameson Avenue, the latest stop on a half-century journey of exile By Denise Balkissoon
THIS CITY
Are Torontonians really so polite? We put them to the test • iPhone or BlackBerry: the excruciating dilemma • A micro-guide to TTC-free (i.e., trustworthy) transit • Garth Drabinsky’s glory days
COLUMNS
BUSINESS
Breaking the Bank
Dara Fresco, who earns in a year what CIBC’s president makes in a day,
has launched a class-action suit against the bank for unpaid overtime. Is this the start
of a 21st-century labour rebellion? By Susan Bourette
POLITICS
Suck It Up
The Swedes have a cool idea for waste disposal: suction your trash, via
pneumatic tubes, directly to a transfer station. It’s all the rage in Europe and Asia. Toronto, in its infinite ability to think small, isn’t interested By Philip Preville
CITY SURVIVOR
The List
Ten things comeback kid Bob Rae can’t live without By Amy Verner
Super Shopper
Equip yourself for summer By Jane Apor
New in Shops
Kensington’s indie-bourgie battle, Brit street fashions on Queen and $2,500 shades on Bloor
Design
Toronto darlings Castor and their eco-hoser shtick By Olivia Stren
Great Spaces
Gutting Mom’s house By Veronica Maddocks
Real Estate
How green is your subdivision? By Bert Archer
Dining
Where to take tourists By James Chatto
Drink
The upside of global warming By David Lawrason
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