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Best Eating

White Spot tries to expand its comfort zone

On Mother’s Day, the busiest restaurant day of the year, thousands of diners will see whether the Spot's new Thai and Tuscan menus match up to their tried-and-tested burgers.
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Comedy

James Campbell plays up to his audience at Vancouver kids fest

Billed as the world’s only standup comedian for children, Campbell says he won't treat his young fans any different from himself at the Vancouver International Children’s Festival.
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Music Features

The Kills make nonretro rock

The Kills still sound dirty, distorted, and too cool for art school, but more than ever you can shake your ass to them on their third album, Midnight Boom.
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Sports

Why Joe Sakic won't make the grade for 2010

With the 2010 Olympic Games on home ice, failure is not an option, and Canada's best chance of striking gold is without Burnaby Joe.
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Savage Love

Running around having sex — safe sex

The AIDS virus isn’t fire and gay men aren’t twigs; it doesn’t matter how vigorously you rub us against each other, we’re not going to suddenly burst into HIV.
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Straight Issues

Is Bill C-51 a crackdown on natural health?

A former New Democrat MP says the Conservative government’s proposed amendments to the Food and Drugs Act come from big pharma lobbying.
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Health Features

Families wait in limbo for autism assessments

Five years after the Ministry of Health set targets for wait times, families are being left to agonize over their kids' futures.
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Transportation

Run the daylights out of this fun Honda bike

There's no better way of getting the sport-bike–riding experience than the CBR125R—and without breaking the bank in the process, or getting in over your head.
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Book Reviews

Salman Rushdie's Enchantress weighed down by detail

The Indian-British Booker Prize-winner asks a lot from readers in his dense new novel, but there are more than a few pleasures to be had from its labyrinthine story.
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