New report urges oil industry to cut back use of fresh water
by Tom Babin

Farmer says ruling may aid his fight against GMO giant
by Tom Babin

Midwife trouble (among other community notes)
by FFWD Staff

LETTER

Where’s the beef in Jubilee CD review?
by FFWD Reader

Ghosts of the Abyss high-tech eye candy
by FFWD Reader

VIEWPOINT

New World Order in chaos
Winning the war against Iraq was easy, but what comes next isn’t
by David Bright

COVER

Auditing your home, Kyoto style
A trip through a Calgary home through the eyes of an energy efficiency expert
by Tom Babin

CITY

Alberta plan has emissions going up
PCs bash global warming without facts or clarity at annual convention
by Joe Obad

Earth Day events
by Tom Babin

SCIENCE MATTERS

Consumer culture no accident
Economies built on personal consumption come at great cost to the environment
by David Suzuki

WEB WATCH

Time for a little spring cleaning
by Courtney Thompson

BOOKS

From the radio to the page
Original Minds in conversation with Eleanor Wachtel
book review: Original Minds: Conversations with CBC Radio’s Eleanor Wachtel
reviewed by Lachlan MacKintosh

Community mourns loss of McKay
by Patricia Robertson

Bookends
It’s time to celebrate Canadian authors
by Jason Hammond

FOOD

Le Bistro Beni an oasis in city’s northwest
by Miles Pittman

GOOD LISTENER

Safety first, kids
The painful lessons of Safety Expo 2003
by Ian Doig

TRAVEL

Fire juggling adds creative spart to Aukland
by Mark Sproxton

TELEVISION

Shock and awe got you feeling down?
When the news is depressing, turn to the boob tube for some mindless distraction
by Stephen W. Smith

MUSIC

Therapeutically incorrect
Roseanne Cash continues to write her own rules
by Mary-Lynn McEwen

No such thing as bad PR
Ashley MacIsaac and the longest two minutes ever
by Mary-Lynn McEwen

Get up and get on
Post-punkers glad to be North of America
by Jason Lewis

Heavy metal resurrection
Soulfly makes a spiritual rise from teh ruins of Sepultura
by Geoff Moysa

Get that skeleton out of your closet
Closet Monster demonstrates how punk rock can save your life
by Aubrey McInnis

Live musical talk show
Lullaby Baxter and friends get chatty onstage
by Jennifer Abel

Emerging genius
Land’s End brings local composer’s thoughts to life
by Kenna Burima

RECORD REVIEWS

Spiritualized collection earth-shattering
CD Reviews
Spiritualized’s The Complete Works Volume One
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Various Artists’ The Fire This Time
reviewed by Jennifer Abel
(SMOG)’s Supper
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Ibrahim Ferrer’s Buenos Hermanos
reviewed by Shereen Tuomi
Undertakin’ Daddies’ Devil in the Rearview
reviewed by Jennifer Abel

VISUAL ARTS

Artist fights the demise of images
Chaos and order interact in series of images by photographer Arion Predika
by Wes LaFortune

THEATRE

Wild Rabbits revealed
Martin Morrow chronicles OYR’s global influence
by Brad E. Simkulet

Trashing the Science Centre
Vertigo exits old theatre with a silly science-fiction Farndale romp
by Jeff Goffin

Out from Jack Nicholson’s shadow
Echo 37 blazes its own path with production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by Neal Ozano

Moving the thespian masses
Ten reasons why you should take the bus from the Ship to Theatre Junction
by Jeff Goffin

FILM

The art of falling apart
Nick Nolte’s real life problems give gritty authenticity to The Good Thief
by Jason Anderson

Zombies, vultures and corpses, oh my!
Rob Zombie and our own Video Vulture - a match made in, err... forget it
by John Tebbutt

Canadian films don’t have to be boring
Director Wiebke von Carolsfeld says movies make universal connections
by Neal Ozano

Jews escape Holocaust in Oscar-winner
No, it’s not what you think - it’s the aptly-titled epic Nowhere in Africa
by Kim Linekin

Young red love
Gentle look at life under Mao
by Stephen Notley

Dude, where’s my monk?
With hot dogs and hand grenades, Bulletproof Monk is full of gaps
by Jason Lewis

Disney flick dirtier than you’d expect
Holes a campy crisis film tailor-made for modern juvenile attention spans
by Neal Ozano

VIDEO

Cinematic portraiture
Personal Velocity examines crucial moments in the lives of three women
by Neal Ozano

VIDEO VULTURE
Roger, you are cleared for take-off
Overlooked and underappreciated gem Roger Dodger finds new life on video
by John Tebbutt