Council approval paves way for affordable housing units
by Tom Babin

Ecuador moratorium call aimed at Encana operations
by Tom Babin

Education in Alberta
by Tom Babin

VIEWPOINT

The Devil and the Deep Blue C
Peter MacKay’s deal with David Orchard wasn’t blasphemy, just the Canadian way
by David Bright

CITY

Time to go wild in your flower garden
by Patricia Robertson

WEB WATCH

Mmmm, beer online
by Courtney Thompson

TECHNOLOGY

Timbits and the Northwest Passage
Canadians have gotten over the gee-whiz novelty of the Internet
by Tom Babin

FOOD

The Can-Euro breakfast contrast
by Miles Pittman

BOOZE

Liquid sunshine, German-style
Light, refreshing wheat beers perfect for hot summer days
by Mike Tessier

GOOD LISTENER

FunnyFest fills food court with laughs
Saskatchewan comics a big, dirty part of annual comedy festival
by Ian Doig

TRAVEL

Salvation during anxious times
Franzen and Moody have them dancing at the Aukland Writer’s Festival
by Julia Williams

BOOKS

Finding guilty pleasure in Old Potatoes
Carolyn Fisher’s zany, colourful illustrations win fans of all ages
by Danyael Halprin

Global village
book review: Virtual Clearcut: or, The Way Things Are in My Hometown by Brian Fawcett
reviewed by Lee Shedden

Bookends
Literary programs for young peole better than they have ever been
by Jason Hammond

COMEDY

Laughter earned honestly
Disabilities and pain make for revealing comedy
by Stephen W. Smith

COVER

Grandaddy masters the concept album
With Sumday, lead singer Jason Lytle discovers everything’s going to be all right
by Mark Hamilton

MUSIC

What a trip
But Morcheeba still has a few more rivers to cross
by Tom Murray

Songwriter a North American Morrissey
Pernice Brothers’ frontman pens tunes of disenchantment and disaster
by Michael White

True love never waffles
Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart keep romance alive
by Mary-Lynn McEwen

Downtempo funk with a social message
Greenlaw Ave. tries to find balance in the world through soulful grooves
by Kenna Burima

Happy now?
Fun is Moneen’s top priority
by Jason Lewis

RECORD REVIEWS

Summerlad and friends bury the Hammers
CD Reviews
Various Artists’ The Summerlad Gives to You the Golden Hammers Project
reviewed by Jennifer Abel
Federation X’s X Patriot
reviewed by Bob Keelaghan
Th’ Legendary Shack*Shakers’ Cockadoodledon’t
reviewed by Jennifer Abel
Everything But the Girl’s Like The Deserts Miss The Rain
reviewed by Michael White
Albert King’s Talkin’ Blues
reviewed by Jason Lewis
The Stereophonics’ you Gotta Go There To Come Back
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Pig In A Can’s You Can’t Poison a Pig
reivewed by Christine Leonard
The Thorns’ s/t
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Grand Theft Bus’s Birth of Confusion
reviewed by Lenore Hume

VISUAL ARTS

Chronicling a way of life
Glenbow’s Inusivut exhibit reveals secrets of the ‘True North’
by Wes LaFortune

THEATRE

The rock opera according to Judas
by Shereen Tuomi

Cirque indulges your inner child
But the vaunted Quebec circus troupe is also a victim of too much hype
by Martin Morrow

DANCE

Spending a rough night in dreamland
Decidedly Jazz Danceworks’ Velvet explores the subconscious with mixed results
by Alison Mayes

FILM

Not dumb enuff
Dumb and Dumberer just lame
by Neal Ozano

Somebody killed this one
Hollywood Homicide in search of a punch line
by Rachel Deahl

VIDEO

Werner Herzog loses his strength
Lead actor in director’s latest fiction feature a long way from being Invincible
by Scott Lingley

New and notable on DVD
by Jaime Frederick

VIDEO VULTURE
Godzilla’s diary
Memories of the massive monster mash
by John Tebbutt