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Issue 73

A/City
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_Sexuality

Dildo 911

First came home-delivery pizza. Then beer came to...

rob ford's brain

_Politics

Inside the mayor’s brain

Dr. Robert Feldman, author of The Liar in Your Life...

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_People

King of King Street David Mirvish

Last weekend, David Mirvish announced huge plans for...

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_Politics

Mayor for a night

Ever since Rob Ford took office, Toronto City Hall...

PHOTO: COLIN MCCONNELL/TORONTO STAR

_Politics

A brief history of Jarvis’ long-running bike-lane spat

Toronto’s most contentious road markings are doomed...

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_Places

What Goes on in There?: 213 Sterling Rd.

From the outside, 213 Sterling Rd. looks like any ...

PHOTO: COLIN MCCONNELL/TORONTO STAR

_Local News

David Mirvish and the curse of condophobia

David Mirvish certainly knows how to start a conversation...

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_Local News

Battling a bag reputation

For the past four months, Ted Hogan has been living...

PHOTO: CHRISTOPHER LUNA/THE GRID

_Sports

Sunday night lights

The Toronto Gay Football League is “open to the...

PHOTO: LEANNE SKINNER/THE GRID

_Sports

Hockey Hall of Fame blues

On the second floor of the Hockey Hall of Fame, administrative...

PHOTO: RICHARD LAUTENS/TORONTO STAR

_Opinion

We the Tweeple: Zoo follies

The City of Toronto blindsided the board members of...

B/Life
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_Food and Drink

Hooray for hop pickles

Only a year after launching their canning company,...

Photos: Geoff Fitzgerald/The Grid

_Food and Drink

Boy, po’ boy

It’s not exactly Mardi Gras inside the five-month...

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_Fashion

How can an average dude ever afford a bespoke suit?

Most cost-minded men buy their threads off the rack...

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_Advice

Monologue man, meet Twitter

I love to talk, and I say pretty much everything I...

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_Food and Drink

The Wine Ponce: Thanksgiving wines

While Chile is not known for Pinot Noir, cooler regions...

Photos: Leanne Skinner/The Grid

_Food and Drink

Breakfast, lunch & dinner: Adrienne Clarkson

They are the best croissants outside of Paris. They...

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_Fashion

This week in style: Oct. 4–10

■ The revitalization of the Toronto Eaton Centre...

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_Food and Drink

When life hands you lemons…

Bottles of Limonana suddenly seem to be all over town...

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_Fashion

Three new players in the west end’s competitive salon scene

Quinn West looks like a welcoming ’70s-era living...

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_Fashion

How do you like my bouffant?

Start with texturized hair—muss it up with volumizing...

C/Culture
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_Music

One degree of Danko

At the end of the 1990s, the most exciting thing about...

FRANKENWEENIE

_Film

Frankenweenie

Starring the voices of Charlie Tahan, Winona Ryder...

The Great Mischief

_Theatre

No Great Mischief

Starring R.H. Thomson, David Fox. Written by David...

dum dum girls

_Music

Dum Dum Girls: End of Daze EP

Having churned out two full-lengths and three EPs...

jens lekman

_Music

Jens Lekman: I Know What Love Isn’t

Swedish troubadour Jens Lekman is a literalist, the...

mumford

_Music

Mumford & Sons: Babel

Since Mumford & Sons emerged three years ago,...

The Wiggles

_Music

What do you say, Purple Wiggle?

The Wiggles, TV’s least watchable and most adored...

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_Arts/Music

Signs of the Apocalypsis

Thirty-five years after Canadian composer R. Murray...

T-26

_Film

Father knows best

Who’s your daddy? Is he Liam Neeson’s retired...

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_Film

Winnie

Starring Jennifer Hudson, Terrence Howard. Written...

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_Film

Planet in Focus

“What is the way to live in our shifting world?”...

Dial M for Murder

_Film

Dial M for Murder

Starring Ray Milland, Grace Kelly. Written by Frederick...

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_Film

Gut Renovation

Directed by Su Friedrich.Screens Oct. 9 at the Royal...

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_Television

Teenage Mutant Ninja branding

When Mattel introduced a line of toy cars in 1968,...

DETROPIA

_Film

Detropia

Directed by Rachel Grady, Heidi Ewing. PG. 91 min....

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_Film

Samsara

Directed by Ron Fricke. PG. 102 min. Opens Oct. 5...

photo: aNDREW FRANCIS WALLACE/TORONTO STAR

_Television

The Argument: In defense of The Bachelor

Aside from the weekly tension of the rose ceremony...