CODA purchases Paskapoo Slope area for recreation by FFWD Staff
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter to blow through Calgary by FFWD Staff
Discovery House gala helps stop domestic abuse by FFWD Staff
Public invited to medicare forum by FFWD Staff
Wrap it up for condom week by FFWD Staff
LETTERS
Dance club scene shallow on disco by FFWD Reader
Desperate for online horoscopes by FFWD Reader
SPLICE
Music for getting it on (and aural adventures) by Jack Locke
VIEWPOINT
Crisis? What crisis? Health care hysteria reaches new heights by Hamish MacAulay
COVER
A buyer’s market It takes a special kind of sperm to pass the test by Leif Stout
Facts and figures on sperm donation by Leif Stout
BOOKS
Lovers are intimate, Daughter is passionate Lovers For a Day by Ivan Klima reviewed by Lachlan MacIntosh Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende reviewed by Kari Watson
Bookends Around-the-clock writing by Harry Vandervlist
SCIENCE MATTERS
Challenging the climate change skeptics by David Suzuki
BOOZE
Que syrah, sirah The future of wine will be lush and spicy by Geoff Last
FOOD
Céili’s easy for Sunday morning Returning to the scene of the crime for a buffet-style brunch by Ian Chiclo
SPORTS
A mountain retreat Hostels offer affordable refuge from the city by Michael McPhee
MUSIC
The days before The Days In Between Blue Rodeo’s Greg Keelor revisits his past while the band forges ahead by Mike Bell
Putting Hindsight behind him The skinny on guitarist Steve Pineo as he dips into his musical bag of tricks by Mary-Lynn McEwen
Express your best Vancouver duo Zubot and Dawson plugged into folk by Mary-Lynn McEwen
StreetSounds Hey DJ, won’t you play my song? by Aubrey McInnis
Beat Boutique Plastikman, honest by Rob Faust
CD REVIEWS
Presence’s All Systems Gone reviewed by Ian Chiclo Blimey!’s Contradictory Nature & the Struggle Within reviewed by Mike Bell Jay-Z’s Vol. 37 Life and Times of S. Carter reviewed by Frank Litorco Crooked Fingers’ self titled reviewed by Aubrey McInnis
VISUAL ARTS
Arts Update Witches, angels and hidden treasure see the light of day in new exhibitions by Anne Severson
DANCE
Keep the fires burning 2000 Dance Explosions an exhausting exhibition by Jeff Goffin
THEATRE
Modern love by Jeff Goffin
ON STAGE
How the playRites stack up in 2K This year’s quartet of mainstage productions an eclectic voyage by Lori Montgomery
FILM
Trial by fire in the field of filmmaking First-time director puts flame to the creative torch in Off Duty by Richard Zywotkiewicz
It’s your nickelodeon Alberta filmmakers take their shorts on the road by Julie Pithers
Life’s a beach and then you kill Boyle and DiCaprio take chances and avoid clichés with The Beach by Richard Zywotkiewicz
So many women, so little time Pedro Almodovar’s All About My Mother a bittersweet Oscar contender by Julie Pithers
Three times the charmer Laughs outnumber the screams in latest Craven slasher flick by Mike Bell
VIDEO
Mind the generation gap A complex and original family feud by Jaime Frederick
Video Vulture Censorship in Japan breeds ingenuity in anime by John Tebbutt
MR. SMUTTY
Simile! You’re like a tourist attraction Or: people who live in glass houses shouldn’t disrobe by James Martin
