Provincial conflict of interest laws a tangle of contradictions
by Jack Locke

Calgary Cares gets cheeky
by Maureen McNamee

Community Notes
by FFWD Staff

LETTERS

Provincial election review impressive
by FFWD Reader

VIEWPOINT

Save people not statues
Criticism of Afghani government hypocritical
by Hamish MacAulay

The wheels on the bus don’t go round
Personal and political conflict aside, the transit union is just doing its job
by David Bright

Transit strike hurts air quality
by Maureen McNamee

WEB WATCH

Monkeys and media
by Courtney Thompson

BOOKS

Ben Gadd’s airborne circus
Rocky Mountain expert’s novel, Raven’s End, destined to become a classic
by Peter Oliva

Who was Terry Southern and who is Lee Hill?
Calgary biographer tells the story of a grand guy and liberates himself in the process
by John Hazlett

Unsettling characters reward reader’s patience
John Banville's Eclipse and Julia Leigh's The Hunter
reviewed by Lachlan Mackintosh

Bookends
Calgary connection in Commonwealth competition
by Harry Vandervlist

FOOD

On the hunt for sum good dim
by Beth Weisberg

MUSIC

The new electronic
Pan Sonic create electronic music as art, without the aid of computers
by Mark Hamilton

Old Reliable delivers again
Edmonton band explores process of dying on new CD
by Mary-Lynn McEwen

Diamonds are a folk singer’s best friend
Singer-songwriter Chuck Brodsky looks at life through baseball
by Martin Kemp

STREET SOUNDS

Upshot’s positive vibe
A comeback party for a funked-up debutante
by Aubrey McInnis

BEAT BOUTIQUE

Ample pump
by Rob Faust

CD REVIEWS

The Waterboys' A Rock In The Weary Land
reviewed by Lachlan Mackintosh

Raisins in the Sun's Raisins in the Sun
reviewed by Lee Shedden

Semisonic's All About Chemistry
reviewed by Kari Watson

Sleepy LaBeef's Rockabilly Blues
reviewed by David Bright

Various Artists' Body and Soul
reviewed by Rob Faust

Various Artists' Marinique: Cane Fields
and City Street & Tombstone Feast: Funerary Music of Carriacou
reviewed by Bruce Pollock

Low's Things We Lost In The Fire
reviewed by Mark Hamilton

VISUAL ARTS

Dressing up with Daley
Toronto artist fuses fashion and feminist criticism
by Tom Jonsson

THEATRE

The feathers are flying on Calgary stages
by Lori Montgomery

Esther Purves-Smith can bake a Perfect Pie
by Lori Montgomery

FILM

Go with the flow
The Crimson Rivers is no typical whodunnit
by Jason Lewis

They shoot drunken horses, don’t they?
by Timothy C Heck

Heartbreakers: Lock up your rich grandpa tour
by Julie Pithers

Bill Mason’s spirit lives on in Waterwalker festival
by John Geary

VIDEO

The voluptuous horror of Jean Rollin
Guest columnist Tom Bagley sinks his teeth into French soft-core vampire movies
by Tom Bagley

Video Vulture
Video Vulture sings a paean to a guilty pleasure
by John Tebbutt

MR. SMUTTY

Celebrity book club
Don’t laff: Brit’s lit ain’t (think of a rhyme that means "feces")
by James Martin