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Stray Bullets
Violent crime is migrating downtown, but even more alarming is our inevitable
acclimatization to it. How Toronto is learning to live with the gun By John Lorinc
Last Woman Standing
The bombshell widow and her resentful sister-in-law each wanted the family business
for herself. Inside the nasty, operatic feud at Pusateri’s By Alec Scott
The Battle for Lake Simcoe
Big Bay Point used to be a quiet community of well-to-do cottagers—until a developer proposed a mega-resort in their backyard. They say he’s destroying the lake; he says they’re a bunch of NIMBYists. Six years and $255 million in lawsuits later, it’s become the mother of all development wars By Paul Wilson
This City
Pop violin prodigy Owen Pallett’s fear of fame • Leslievillians who secretly want their Wal-Mart • An ode to anti-enviro pleasures • A tale of two society balls
Columns
MEDIA
Lost in Translation
The Chinese daily Sing Tao, owned by media giant Torstar, is pumping out Communist propaganda. Who let the censors into the newsroom? By Nicholas Hune-Brown
CULTURE
Art? Advertising? Vandalism? Brandalism?
A look at the murky world of profitable graffiti By Carl Wilson
City Survivor
The List
Ten things The Hills: After Show co-host Jessi Cruickshank can’t live without By Amy Verner
Super Shopper
Can’t make it to Beijing? Stage your own backyard Olympics By Jane Apor
Great Spaces
A reno that went swimmingly By Veronica Maddocks
Cottages
Now’s the time to buy. Here’s where to nab one cheap—or cheapish
Dining
The culinary art du jour: customized dining, in your own private room By James Chatto
Food
Like your fish fresh? These babies are still in rigor By Sasha Chapman
Drink
The case for $140 rosé By David Lawrason
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