Mountain regions scrutinized
by Tom Babin

Kyoto supporters speak out
by Tom Babin

Alberta’s minimum wage to be lowest in Canada
by Tom Babin

Transit service improves (among other community notes)
by Tom Babin

LETTERS

Writer perpetuates jazz stereotype
by FFWD Reader

Chinook not right place for art gallery
by FFWD Reader

RANT & RAVE

City fails to recognize its galleries
World-class distinction measured by how well an institution reflects its community
by Gregory Elgstrand

VIEWPOINT

A view of the world post 9/11
A year after the attacks, nothing really has changed – or has it?
by David Bright

TECHNOLOGY

Bogeyman in the machines
Proposal on Canadian cybercrime prevention criticized for going too far
by Tom Babin

WEB WATCH

Essential online reading material
by Courtney Thompson

MEDIA

CBC-TV trying to avert midlife crisis
Fifty years after its television debut, public broadcaster’s future uncertain
by Tom Babin

SCIENCE MATTERS

Conserve cash
Protecting nature is like putting money in the bank
by David Suzuki

COVER STORY

A farewell to Mr. Smutty
by Will Ferguson

The highlights and high jinks of columns past
by Will Ferguson

BOOKS

The band that fun forgot
Notorious ne’er-do-wells Motley Crue confess their sins but get no absolution
book review: Motley Crue: The Dirt by Tommy Lee, Mick Mars, Vince Neil and Nikki Sixx with Neil Strauss
reviewed by Richard Cairney

Lyrical storytelling can’t overcome melancholy
book review: Closer Apart by Gayle Reid
reviewed by Alan Egerton Ball

BOOKENDS

WordFest lineup weighty and balanced
International writer’s festival features well-known authors and new discoveries
by Harry Vandervlist

FOOD

Blue Parrot a friendly neighbourhood joint
by Miles Pittman

BOOZE

Screw it or cork it — just drink it
Wine industry still looking for closure on the great cork debate
by Miles Pittman

OUT & ABOUT

Camping or pretending?
If you’re not in a tent, you may as well be home
by Mark Sproxton

MUSIC

File under "interesting and accessible"
Aussie singer-songwriter Alex Lloyd makes heavenly music
by Lenore Hume

Delirium tremens in detention hall
The Dt’s on life after high school, Dave Crider style
by Aubrey McInnis

The Budget Ape sessions
by Zoltan Varadi

Fools for the radio
Mike Plume Band comes swinging out of garage
by Mary-Lynn McEwen

Porch music
They’re Red Hot and they don’t take No Guff
by Mary-Lynn McEwen

STREET SOUNDS

Please, please give my band a gig
Graffiti at The Night Gallery leads to an evening with Wolves and children
by Aubrey McInnis

BEAT BOUTIQUE

Maceo, blow your horn!
Godfather of Funk’s former right hand blasts his way into town
by Rob Faust

RECORD REVIEWS

Neko Case adds her name to the blacklist
CD reviews:
Neko Case’s Blacklisted
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Aimee Mann’s Lost In Space
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Chris Bowden’s Slightly Askew
reviewed by Rob Faust
Cinerama’s Torino
reviewed by Gary Mentanko

VISUAL ARTS

In the eye of the beholder
With exhibits and lectures, Artcity brings visual arts to the people
by Tom Babin

THEATRE

Massicotte strikes back
Playwright returns to the Jedis as career takes off
by Jeff Goffin

Gambling on the fringe – and winning
Calgary International Fringe Festival enjoys its third successful season
by Jeff Goffin

FILM

A picture-perfect thriller
One Hour Photo features Robin Williams as an obsessed retail clerk
by Jason Armstrong

That’s amore
The Last Kiss is a chick flick – for men
by David King

Plot twisted to the nines
Great fun to be had figuring out Nine Queens
by Julie Pithers

Nothing to FearDotCom
The scariest thing about this movie is that it got made
by Jason Lewis

VIDEO

Lock up your sons
Get molested by The Piano Teacher
by Mark Hamilton

VIDEO VULTURE

The art of self defence
Beat people up the Video Vulture way
by John Tebbutt

MR. SMUTTY

Oaf wiedersehen
Smell ye later, fumigator
by James Martin