Features

Where to Eat Now
Our annual ranking of the city’s top restaurants. Plus, trends we love, trends we hate, the hottest new places, and (for obvious reasons) the best cheap eats

The Resurrection
If orchestral music is dead, why is Peter Oundjian conducting for ecstatic crowds? The behind-the-scenes story of the Toronto Symphony’s miraculous comeback from crippling debt, bad reviews and an empty house By Gerald Hannon

The Untouchables
The investigation into the elite Toronto drug squad lasted 10 years and cost $50 million. It was the biggest case of police corruption this city has ever seen—and it was thrown out of court on a technicality. How six accused cops beat the rap By Derek Finkle

COLUMNS

The $2-Billion Man
Prem Watsa is the richest, savviest guy you’ve never heard of. He predicted the crash of ’87, the Japanese collapse of 1990 and last year’s meltdown, which he parlayed into a huge payoff. Now he’s gobbling up shares at rock-bottom prices. What he knows and why you should pay attention By Alec Scott

Why We Fight
The fastest-growing sport in the city isn’t soccer or basketball—it’s ultimate fighting. And it’s no longer just hormonal boys itching to prove themselves in the infamous octagon. It’s ad execs, nurses, lawyers—anyone looking for an outlet for that increasingly suppressed urge to give (and take) a beating By Barrett Hooper

THIS CITY

Fresh Start
Elicia MacKenzie’s rise from reality TV wannabe to Mirvish stage sensation By Olivia Stren

Friends With Benefits
How the Grits cashed in on Iggy’s 15 minutes with Obama By Courtney Shea

Telling Tales
Dispatches from the urban jungle

Party Watch
The city’s best bashes

The Temperature
Our monthly assessment of all things faddish and fleeting

City Sindex
We plot the most absurd antics of our not-always-civil servants: from the mildly embarrassing to the truly tasteless

Disorganized Crime
Incompetent crooks and the new economy By Graham Silnicki

CITY SURVIVOR

The List
Ten things Mstrkrft’s Jesse Keeler can’t live without By Amy Verner

Super Shopper
Eco- and wallet-sensitive ways to clean up your act By Jane Apor

Great Spaces
Inside six spectacular industrial conversions By Olivia Stren

Drink
Niagara’s new infatuation: amarone By David Lawrason

Real Estate

All Together Now
The latest way to break into the buyer’s market: pooling cash with friends or family By Bert Archer

Separate But Equal
A midtown couple seeks out his and hers pads that are just close enough

City Folk
A lottery winner looks a gift horse in the mouth

This Month

Storm Watch
Thunderheist, the irrepressible electro duo that teamed up on My­Space, unleashes its eagerly anticipated first album By Denise Balkissoon

Marathon Mann
Director Ron Mann has made a career out of sharing his quirky passions with moviegoers. A guide to the counter­culture connoisseur’s trippiest docs By Jason Anderson

The Big Shill
Rick Miller has found inspiration in Jesus Christ, William Shakespeare and Homer Simpson. This time around, the master mimic is mining the world of advertising By Stéphanie Verge

Trading Spaces
HBO’s Grey Gardens swaps the Hamptons for Hogtown. Can you tell the difference? By Davida Aronovitch

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