Falun Gong follower fighting to preserve ancient tradition
by Stacey Hogan

Homeless finally get opportunity to vote
by Stacey Hogan

Community Notes
by FFWD Staff

CITY

Wolf shooting renews call for protection
by Maureen McNamee

RANT & RAVE

Hunting of wolves must be regulated
by Javier Bermudez-Prado

BOOKS

Independent publisher nurtures literary talent
by Lee Shedden

Bookends
PHU in Toronto, Struthers in Calgary
by Harry Vandervlist

TRAVEL

Day in the Life
A’le’inns, UFOs and the magic bus at Area 51
by Courtney Thompson

WEB WATCH

Site gives scoop on Playstation 2
by Courtney Thompson

FOOD

Echo puts a new twist on pizza, on pizza
by Beth Weisberg

BOOZE

Revisiting an old friend
France’s Languedoc region improves with age
by Geoff Last

COVER STORY

The view from the summit
World’s best mountaineers gather in Banff to look at the future of climbing
by Maureen McNamee

Films achieve great heights
by Jaime Frederick

MUSIC

Elini Mandell - ingenue or femme fatale?
by Jaime Frederick

Gob spits it out to swallow a whole new sound
by Aubrey McInnis

From sea to shining sea
Carolyn Mark and The Roommates are master troubadours with true beaver power
by Aubrey McInnis

BEAT BOUTIQUE

Free yer head and yer ass will follow
Coldcut drops deep into left field to broaden minds and further the Ninja legacy
by Rob Faust

Don’t be a zombie on Halloween
by Rob Faust

STREET SOUNDS

Thirteen bloody things to do on Halloween
by Aubrey McInnis

CD REVIEWS

Guru’s Jazzmatazz’s Streetsoul
reviewed by Frank Litorco

Johnny Cash’s American III: Solitary Man
reviewed by Mary-Lynn McEwen

Fly Pan Am’s sedatif en frequences et sillons
and Molasses’ Trilogie: Toil & Peaceful Life
reviewed by Mark Hamilton

The Beautiful South’s Painting it Red
reviewed by Ian Chiclo

Dar Williams’ The Green World
reviewed by Mary-Lynn McEwen

Roni Size Reprazent’s In the Mode
reviewed by Rob Faust

Martin Sexton’s Wonder Bar
reviewed by Martin Kemp

Various Artists’ Free the West Memphis 3
reviewed by Mary-Lynn McEwen.

ARTS

Future of Alberta’s arts on shaky foundation
by Tomas Jonsson

VISUAL ARTS

Book paints Beaver Hall women in new light
by Monique Westra

THEATRE

Dingy motel room designed just for laughs
Garish colours match irony and sarcasm in ATP’s production of Problem Child
by Jeff Goffin

Stage versus screen
Actor laments dominance of films in popular culture
by Lori Montgomery

DANCE

Festival stretches the boundaries of ballet
Alberta Ballet’s Festival of New Works features classical and contemporary pieces
by Jeff Goffin

FILM

Is you is or is you ain’t bamboozled?
New Spike Lee Joint challenges racial stereotypes past and present
by Jane McCullough

The emperor’s old clothes
by Jaime Frederick

Shadows just a bunch of big ideas
Blair Witch 2 fails to achieve terror or technical mastery of the original
by Jaime Frederick

VIDEO

A different kind of monster movie
My Best Fiend chronicles uneasy working relationship of two renowned megalomaniacs
by Jaime Frederick

Video Vulture
Playing the Apartment Zero game
by John Tebbutt

MR. SMUTTY

You’ve got eggs
A chat about new reproductive technologies
by James Martin