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Issue 75

A/City
PHOTO: STEVE RUSSELL/TORONTO STAR

_Politics

Rob Ford’s big lie

At Rob Ford’s executive committee meeting last week...

PHOTO: LEANNE SKINNER/THE GRID

_Places

Graphic Content: Art-house swap meet

Last week’s announcement that the medical centre...

PHOTO: JESSE SENKO/THE GRID

_People

Rick Mercer: Professional rabble-rouser

For the host of The Rick Mercer Report, getting fired...

Richard Pierpoint

_Local News

Making history, one minute at a time

On Monday night, the Historica-Dominion Institute...

PHOTO: ANDREW LIVINGSTONE/TORONTO STAR

_Local News

Lighting the march against sexual assault

Candice Anderson and Olivia Chow were discussing how...

PHOTO: RICK MADONIK/TORONTO STAR

_Opinion

We the Tweeple: So long, Premier Dad

Premier Dalton McGuinty took the province by surprise...

Toilet

_Local News

Flushing away money on a piece of Leafs history

The Leafs former dressing room toilet may see more...

PHOTO: LEANNE SKINNER/THE GRID

_Places

How’s Business?: Gentry Lane luxury car rentals

What are they selling?: Gentry Lane houses a vast ...

B/Life
PHOTOS: REYNARD LI/THE GRID

_Design

Coffee time

The way you brew coffee is as personal as your taste...

PHOTOS: AARON VINCENT ELKAIM/THE GRID

_Food and Drink

The best of most worlds

As you enter the Hot Wok restaurant in Scarborough...

PHOTO: REENA NEWMAN/THE GRID

_Food and Drink

Hail Caesar

Owner Jon Polubiec knows what makes for a trendy salad...

PHOTO: ANGELA LEWIS/THE GRID

_Fashion

The October Issue

There are zero rail-thin models. There are no $2,500...

piggy bank

_Finance

The Money Rookie: The ties that fund

From the outside looking in, my life earlier this...

Photo: Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press

_Advice

Ha ha, what a hilarious racist joke, loser

Over the long weekend, while visiting my family and...

scout

_Fashion

This week in style: Oct. 18-24

■ Valentine K, a Toronto label of vintage-inspired...

wine

_Food and Drink

The Wine Ponce: Wines that go with pizza

Reds made in Italy’s Abruzzo region from the Montepulciano...

PHOTO: PAUL WEEKS/THE GRID

_Food and Drink

Belgians do it better

The Trappist Abbey of Saint Sixtus of Westvleteren...

Toronto

_Real Estate

Don’t list your home for more than it’s worth (and other pricing problems)

In a hot market or a cold one, pricing your home accurately...

C/Culture
John Lydon

_Music

What do you say, John Lydon?

Doing an ad for butter can help a punk legend’s...

Grabbers

_Film

Toronto After Dark

What with all the blood, guts, and deviant behaviour...

The Paperboy

_Film

The Paperboy

Starring Zac Efron, Nicole Kidman. Written by Lee...

Tai Chi Zero

_Film

Tai Chi Zero

Starring Yuan Xiaochao, Tony Leung Ka Fai. Written...

Alex Cross

_Film

Alex Cross

Starring Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox. Written by Marc...

Diana Vreeland

_Film

Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel

Directed by Lisa Immordino Vreeland. PG. 86 min....

diamond

_Music

Diamond Rings: Free Dimensional

Given the almost instant liftoff of his glam-heavy...

acnewman

_Music

AC Newman: Shut Down the Streets

As the ringleader of the New Pornographers’ band...

departures

_Music

Departures: Still and Moving Lines

From Moncton’s Eric’s Trip to Calgary’s Women...

aidan

_Music

Aidan Knight: Small Reveal

Aidan Knight was once the ubiquitous understudy of...

dragonette

_Music

Dragonette: Bodyparts

At a time when some of the smartest bubblegum pop...

Titus andronicus

_Music

Titus Andronicus: Local Business

New Jersey garage punkers Titus Andronicus made a...

lmfaoifoa

_Arts

Faceoff: LMFAO vs. IFOA

Until recently, the International Festival of Authors...

matthew

_Film

Matthew McConaughey’s blonde ambition

Texas actor Matthew McConaughey’s personal motto...

Michael Chabon

_Arts

Inside the cluttered mind of Michael Chabon

Having set his last three novels in comics-saturated...

BIG BROTHER Canada Mike Boogie Malin

_Television

Real or not real?

Twenty years after MTV’s The Real World introduced...

Tear the Curtain

_Theatre

Tear the Curtain!

Starring Jonathon Young, Dawn Petten, Laura Mennell...

Bloodless

_Theatre

Bloodless

Starring Evan Buliung, Eddie Glen. Written by Jason...

This Must Be the Place

_Theatre

This Must Be the Place: The CN Tower Show

Starring Greg Gale, Georgina Beaty. Created by the...

I on the Sky

_Theatre

I on the Sky

Starring Laurianne Brabant, Andréanne Joubert. Written...