New online calendar brings conservation to your doorstep
by Tom Babin

Move to end conflicts on health boards not enough
by Tom Babin

U of C media events (and other community notes)
by FFWD Staff

VIEWPOINT

How much does freedom cost?
Far more in the United States than anywhere else in the worldby Hamish MacAulay

WEB WATCH

Travel brochure reinvented online
by Courtney Thompson

BOOKS

The nature of evil
Kelly Watt opens the floodgates to God’s kingdom
by Trevor Klassen

BOOKENDS

Clem Martini: stirred or shaken by G-G nomination?
by Harry Vandervlist

FOOD

Peppino satisfies sandwich craving
by Miles Pittman

BOOZE

The rise of Down Under
Australia offers an affordable taste of California
by Kevin McLean

COVER

Lacrosse star comes home to play
Roughnecks bank on Kaleb Toth to bring in the fans and rack up the goals
by Ian Busby

Playing by the official league rules
by Ian Busby

The origins of the NLL
by Ian Busby

MUSIC

Tale of two songwriters
Tariq and Mike Stack both need wheels to keep them inspired
by Mary-Lynn McEwen

Michelle Shocked laughs softly at herself
Singer-songwriter displays ripening artistic mastery on new album
by Mary-Lynn McEwen

Space For Space takes art off the wall
The New Gallery makes room for experimental music
by Christine Leonard

Hear ye, hear ye
book review: Ways of Hearing by Ben Thompson
reviewed by Timothy Heck

STREET SOUNDS

Matchmakers
66Breakout hunts for bassist
by Aubrey McInnis

BEAT BOUTIQUE

Canadian hip-hop finds fans online
McEnroe builds underground following with MP3s and word of mouth
by Rob Faust

RECORD REVIEWS

Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions
and Stina Nordenstam’s This is Stina Nordenstam
both reviewed by Timothy Heck

Stompin’ Tom Connors’ Stompin’ Tom Sings
reviewed by David Bright

Eels’ Souljacker
reviewed by Mark Hamilton

Rosamunde Quartet’s Haydn: Seven Last Words
reviewed by Timothy Heck

The Real McKenzies’ Loch’d and Loaded
reviewed by Christine Leonard

Simple Minds’ Neon Lights
reviewed by Kari Watson

VISUAL ARTS

Exploring the museum through Billy’s vision
Artist, curator and historian Andrew Hunter creates compelling tale
by Jennifer McVeigh

THEATRE

The Pleasure is all ours
Michel Tremblay pays tribute to his mother
by Lori Montgomery

ON STAGE

In Heaven, everything is fine for Malcolm Xerxes
Distinguished U.K. actor headlines love story set in Southern Alberta
by Lori Montgomery

DANCE

Kimberly Cooper in the limelight
Choreographer brings world of influences to Decidedly Jazz Danceworks
by Alison Mayes

FILM

My own private Alberta
Writer-director Dave Schultz chronicles teen prostitution in Jet Boy
by Julia Williams

Thirteen Ghosts a ghastly remake of horror classic
by Maureen Fischer

What about the alien?!
K-PAX strands the extra-terrestrials among us
by Julie Pithers

VIDEO VULTURE

I remember her from that monster movie
by John Tebbutt

VIDEO

This Chocolat no sugary romantic comedy
Claire Denis’s debut tells a cross-cultural love story set in Cameroon
by John Hazlett

MR. SMUTTY

Comfort food for cannibals
Or: Guess who’s coming to donner?
by James Martin