Conservation group takes forestry concerns to retailers
by Maureen McNamee

Symposium explores gender
by Maureen McNamee

Community Notes
by FFWD Staff

VIEWPOINT

Lobbying for democracy
Interest groups change the nature of public debate
by Hamish MacAulay

WEB WATCH

Surfin’ the ‘Net for Jesus
by Courtney Thompson

CITY

Health board a lapdog for the premier
Critics say lack of accountability is at the root of Calgary’s health care problems
by Maureen McNamee

Ralph Klein marches on and on
If blowing up a hospital didn’t defeat the premier, what would?
by David Bright

TECHNOLOGY

Online animation thrives despite crash
by Tom Babin

Looking for animation on the Web
by Tom Babin

SCIENCE MATTERS

Unimog great for driving in drought or flooding
UN Warning on global warming coincides with launch of giant SUV
by David Suzuki

BOOKS

Unusual texts viewed without editorial filter
by Derek Beaulieu

Bookends
Last chance for over-forties
by Harry Vandervlist

FOOD

Passionate Italian comes up a bit limp
by Beth Weisberg

GOOD LISTENER

Behind the scenes of a reality column
Good Listener reveals the trade secrets of an everyday eavesdropper
by Ian Doig

MUSIC

Table Talk
Our International Women’s Day celebration of the city’s XX DJs
by Rob Faust

Amon Tobin carries on corrupting samples
Transplanted Brazilian blends ambient drum ‘n’ bass and left field
by Rob Faust

STREET SOUNDS

Record slingers pick their fave femmes
by Aubrey McInnis

BEAT BOUTIQUE

Sex Dreems
by Rob Faust

CD REVIEWS

Tortoise’s Standards
reviewed by Mark Hamilton

Daft Punk’s Discovery
reviewed by Rob Faust

Leonard Cohen’s Field Commander Cohen
reviewed by Ian Chiclo

Brokenback’s Morse Code in the Modern Age: Across the Americas
reviewed by Jaime Frederick

VISUAL ARTS

The wonderful damage of Hearing Voices
by Anne Marie Nakagawa

Don’t fret, it’s art
by Anne Marie Nakagawa

THEATRE

Rabbits make friends with birds in Featherland
by Lori Montgomery

FILM

Capital animation
Our share of the best of the fest
by John Tebbutt

Meditating on love
Director Clement Virgo searches for soul in T.O.
by Jaime Frederick

Time is running out on this bomb
by Jason Lewis

Gay heartbreakers
by Jason Lewis

VIDEO

We love you Alice B. Toklas
Women directors in focus
by Jaime Frederick

Video Vulture
Suck my cockroach
by John Tebbutt

MR. SMUTTY

Busted
Yes, we have no Wilfred Laurier jokes
by James Martin