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Cover Story
Fifty Reasons to Love Toronto
Because our BANKS are safe and solvent. Because 5,493 SAME-SEX COUPLES have tied
the knot here. Because our INDIE BOOKSTORES are defying the death of print.
Because at Yonge and Dundas, the city’s most dizzying intersection, PEDESTRIANS took back
the street. Because the CN TOWER is cool again. Because our TODDLERS love
to party. Because it’s possible to find LOVE ON THE TTC. Because our VILLAINS
are fantastically brazen. Because there’s an APIARY on the roof of the Royal York. Because our COPS know how to crunk. Because we’re seeing a REVITALIZED WATERFRONT
in our lifetime. Because our mayor is, if nothing else, an ENVIRO-VIGILANTE.
Because a reformed drug addict and a rehabilitated lawyer have become international COOKBOOK CELEBRITIES. Because an antediluvian PROG-ROCK BAND from Willowdale upstaged
Stephen Colbert. Because a crusading RAW-MILK ENTHUSIAST has inspired a worldwide movement. Because the city’s hottest ARTIST is a cross-dressing Cree. And much, much, much more...
Columns
A Whole Lot of Nothing
One of the priciest, most-hyped condo projects in Toronto history has
turned the centre of the city into a windswept wasteland. What will become of Yonge and Bloor? By Richard Poplak
Premier Tory, RIP
He was the golden boy of north Toronto, a well-mannered former business exec groomed for a life in politics. He was also the last best hope of moderate conservatism in the province. The spectacular flame-out of John Tory By John Barber
This City
Ball Buster
Toronto FC's not-so-secret weapon, Dwayne De Rosario, is finally back on home turf By Greg Dymond
Party Watch
The city's biggest bashes
The Moment: Here's Jianny
How Billy Bob's bonehead blunder gave the CBC some much needed cred By Jason McBride
Snakes and Ladders
Eddie Greenspan's legal highs and lows By Karon Liu
The Temperature
Our monthly assessment of all things faddish and fleeting
City Survivor
The List
Ten things Carole Pope, the queen of raunch, can’t live without By Amy Verner
Super Shopper
Tarting up the deck for summer By Jane Apor
Getaways
You want cheap? We’ve got cheap: five fabulously wallet-conscious weekends By Jessica Johnson
Great Spaces
A dilapidated rooming house turned glassy digs on Poplar Plains By Veronica Maddocks
Real Estate
Hello, Good Buy
The rise of the 40-year-old virgin buyer By Bert Archer
Builder Beware
When to cut and run: a cautionary tale about tear-downs
Early to Bid
What kind of place sells for $151,000 over asking in this market?
Eating and Drinking
Dining
The search for real Thai in Toronto By James Chatto
Drink
Ten-dollar bottles for barbecue season By David Lawrason
Living on the Veg
Meat-free meals that even a carnivore can love By Eric Velland
Dip Sticks
Damn straight, these are the city's finest doughnuts By Eric Velland
This Month
The God Squad
Welcome to Bible Study 2009 By Ryan Bigge
Commitment Ceremonies
The long and short of Luminato: a time-tested pocket guide By Jason McBride
The Heartbreak Kids
Victoria Day peeks inside North York's teenage wasteland, circa 1988, where life bites. Hard By Jason Anderson
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