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Cover Story
Reasons to Love Toronto
There are many more reasons to love this city since last year’s edition. For starters: because we’re getting fresh blood at City Hall (page 49); because we worship cheese (page 50); because the massive Regent Park make-over is actually improving lives (page 52); because something good is finally happening at Downsview Park (page 54); because Koerner Hall has given music a worthy cathedral (page 57); because being in prison hasn’t dulled Conrad Black’s big brain (page 59); because, in Parkdale, an underpass can also be an art gallery (page 64); because Drake has proven, once and for all, that Forest Hill boys don’t all have to be doctors and lawyers (page 66); because our students will do anything (including streak across the pedestrian scramble at Yonge and Dundas) for an art project (page 70); because we’ll risk arrest to raise backyard chickens (page 72); and 40 more
COLUMNS
Licence to Print Money
Payday loan companies like Money Mart can now charge higher interest rates than ever before. Do they provide a valuable service to customers? Or are they legalized loan sharks, taking over the city one block at a time? By Richard Poplak
THIS CITY
John Doyle, diehard footie fan • How Toronto became a hotbed for Ponzi schemers • Samantha Bee on what it’s like to play Sailor Moon at the CNE • Farmers’ market etiquette: to haggle or not to haggle
CITY SURVIVOR
The List
Ten things Broken Social Scene’s Brendan Canning can’t live without
Super Shopper
The city’s best loot By Alanna Davey
Great Spaces
Four luxury condos that take downsizing to new heights By Amy Verner
Real Estate
Lessons in peddling multimillion-dollar mansions By Bert Archer
Dining
Lynn Crawford’s brave new table
d’hôte restaurant, Ruby Watchco By James Chatto
Drink
New Zealand’s attempts at world wine domination By David Lawrason
Restaurants
Origin opens, at last • The city’s best
nouveau Korean • Nota Bene’s burger for beef freaks
This Month
John Malkovich goes for the kill in The Infernal Comedy • Rufus Wainwright’s debut opera takes the stage • Drama and Desire at the AGO
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