Iraq crisis highlights human rights issues for Canadians
by Tom Babin

romanow warns against private health care, free trade deals
by Tom Babin

Health regions cut (among other community notes)
by SEE Staff

VIEWPOINT

Ahleth in health care land
A journey to the seemingly bottomless pit of the medicare debate
by Hamish MacAulay

Putting the X in X-mas
Don’t fight the commercialization of Christmas, embrace it and enjoy the rush
by Wayne Malcolm

WEB WATCH

Surviving the day after last night’s party
by Courtney Thompson

CITY

Welcome to the blackboard jungle
Alberta universitites will have tough time attracting new professors
by Amber Bowerman

Students with kids turning to charity
As tuition and housing costs rise, campus food banks have more people to help
by Wes Lafortune

Beating the behemoth
In an industry where Ticketmaster dominates, some legwork can pay off
by Tom Babin

SCIENCE MATTERS

Learning fisheries management the hard way
Putting short-term economic interests ahead of science leaves fish stocks in danger
by David Suzuki

BOOKS

Smells like 21st century spirit
Larissa Lai’s Salt Fish Girl a fairy tale for the new millennium
by Harry Vandervlist

Salman Rushdie’s Furies
Books take bite out of New York
book reviews:
Fury by Salman Rushdie and Step Across This Line by Salman Rushdie
both reviewed by Lachlan MacKintosh

About the Author keeps it fast and fun
book review: About The Author by John Colapinto
reviewed by Harry Vandervlist

A pop-up fairy tale
book review: Alexandria by Nick Bantock
Bantock reviewed by C.B. MacKintosh

Bookends
Saboteurs and Destruction equal great holiday reading
by Harry Vandervlist

TECHNOLOGY

Move over Mao, Google is here
China’s Internet crackdown won’t stop digital spread of information
by Tom Babin

FOOD

Gifts for foodies
Books and gadgets to get them cooking
by Miles Pittman

BOOZE

Quenching holiday thirst
Have plenty of wine, but hide the pricey stuff
by Kevin McLean

GOOD LISTENER

Twenty more combo platters ‘til Xmas
Once upon a time, it was a relatively warm day for making fun downtown
by Ian Doig

MUSIC

Jingling all the way
Sixty Stories break the monotony of the road by writing catchy little tunes
by Jason Lewis

Four times the fun
Sylvia Tyson and the rest of Quartette celebrate Christmas with I See A Star
by Tom Murray

Fabulous females go one on one
Cindy O’Neil’s songwriters series gets up close and personal at Village Cantina
by Mary-Lynn McEwen

Wreck the God damn halls with folly
Glut of new Christmas releases will have you begging for a Silent Night
by Jason Lewis

STREET SOUNDS

Knucklehead aims to take radio hostage
Take-no-prisoners attitude explains longevity of political punk rock group
by Aubrey McInnis

BEAT BOUTIQUE

Get mobilized with brand new retro
Wednesday nights get interesting as clubs provide new spin on old sounds
by Rob Faust

RECORD REVIEWS

Red Hot tribute to Fela Anikulapo Kuti
CD reviews:
Various Artists’ Red Hot + RIOT!
reviewed by Christine Leonard
Faultline’s Your Love Means Everything
reviewed by Timothy Heck
Buck 65’s Square
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Tori Amos’ Scarlet’s Walk
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Mary Gauthier’s Filth and Fire
reviewed by Mary-Lynn McEwen
Peaches’ Teaches of the Peaches
reviewed by Christine Leonard
Greyboy’s Mastered the Art
reviewed by Kenna Burima
Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man’s Out of Season
reveiwed by Timothy Heck
Pearl Jam’s Riot Act
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Various Artists’ Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three
reviewed by Christine Leonard
Default’s The Fallout: Limited Edition
reviewed by Jason Lewis

VISUAL ARTS

Galleries scheme and dream
Sugar and Estate propose an Art Salon, Tea Room and Museum of Oddities
by Anthea Black

THEATRE

All dressed up with no place to go
A critical shortage of performance space threatens Calgary’s theatre scene
by Brad E. Simkulet

Drowning in Southern stereotypes
Production of Tennessee Williams’s classic descends into familiar territory
by Brad E. Simkulet

Tapping Rodgers and Hammerstein
Lunchbox springs back from challenge to stage A Grand Night for Singing
by Jeff Goffin

FILM

The sad demise of the small Prairie town
Ironson chronicles the decline of a way of life in Stavely, Alberta
by Jaime Frederick

Blending Hollywood with Holocaust
The Grey Zone struggles to combine theatrical roots with stark imagery
by David King

Atom Egoyan and the art of denial
Ararat suggests history is often viewed through a veil of subjectivity
by Mark Hamilton

Not much to Analyze
by Rachel Deahl

VIDEO

Citius, Altius, Fortius
Documentary Tokyo Olympiad shows international competition sans Nike
by John Hazlett

VIDEO VULTURE

Arguing with a tennis ball on a string
by John Tebbutt