After four years of protest, activist Web guru calls it quits
by Tom Babin

Parking review worries inner-city residents
by Tom Babin

Arts centre delayed (and other news notes)
by FFWD Staff

LETTERS

Music industry has become a dinosaur
by FFWD Reader

Shooting death not product of racism
by FFWD Reader

VIEWPOINT

Free the immigrants
Filtering immigrants for workforce that can’t employ them is flawed policy
by Hamish MacAulay

COVER

Putting a dollar figure on pot
Calgary’s maijuana trade is booming, but what’s it really worth?
by Tom Babin

SCIENCE MATTERS

Suburban sprawl contributes to obesity
Decentralized development engineers physical activity out of our daily lives
by David Suzuki

WEB WATCH

Celebrity disasters
by Courtney Thompson

FOOD

The wonders of Ha Long Bay
by Miles Pittman

TRAVEL

Land of the Rings
Exploring Hobbiton, Helm’s Deep and Mordor
by Julia Williams

COMEDY

Team concept
Comics thrive on Just for Laughs tour’s camaraderie
by Stephen W. Smith

BOOKS

Robert Finley: the writer as listener
New U of C Markin-Flanagan writer-in-residence wields words warily
by Harry Vandervlist

Bound to Depression-era protest
Recount of bloody workers’ march documents culture as much as politics
reviewed by Timothy Wild

With Wax misses the mark
Book Review: With Wax by Derek Beaulieu
reviewed by Jocelyn Grosse

Bookends
Locals land Governor General’s nods
by Harry Vandervlist

MUSIC

Packing up and moving on
Kaos closes its doors after more than a decade of live jazz and blues
by Kenna Burima

Finding fame in a box of beer
New Brunswick’s Glamour Puss have discovered the longevity of the blues
by Mary-Lynn McEwen

Evolving past supergroup comparisons
Are Canada’s Pilate apocalyptic dreamers or cockeyed optimists?
by Kirsten Kosloski

The Trews are opening wide for success
Antigonish’s finest bring out the Nova Scotia contingent wherever they play
by Christine Leonard

Ambassador of the blues
Almost half a century of music is just a warm-up for John Hammond
by Mary-Lynn McEwen

Sight and sound
The visual imagery of Sarah Slean
by Heather Adler

What’s my motivation?
When reissues and best-ofs aren’t necessarily about the music
by Jennifer Abel

RECORD REVIEWS

Score one stroke against Room on Fire
CD Reviews:
The Strokes’ Room On Fire
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Stereolab’s Instant 0 in the Universe
reviewed by Michael White
Small Brown Bike’s The River Bed
reviewed by Christine Leonard
The Undertones’ Get What You Need
reviewed by Jennifer Abel
The Stills’ Logic Will Break Your Heart
reviewed by Jason Lewis

VISUAL ARTS

The intricacies of water
From clay and stone comes From Fire and Ice
by Wes LaFortune

THEATRE

Send in the perverts
Cabaret brings sex and satire to the circus
by Wes LaFortune

Just give me some truth
Nutty satire of supermarket tabloids misses target
by Martin Morrow

A melancholy panache
Play captures essence of Dorothy Parker
by Martin Morrow

Bringing forum theatre to Calgary
All Nations uses methods of Theatre of the Oppressed to empower audiences
by Jocelyn Grosse

FILM

Free will versus determination
Just because The Matrix Revolutions is playing doesn’t mean you have to see it
by Jason Lewis

Below the Line and behind the scenes
Novel by film-set veterans gives insider’s view of U.S. movies shot in Canada
by John B. Wallace

A Christmas Ferrell
Elf proves that where there’s a Will there’s a jingle all the way
by Jason Armstrong

The power of Love Actually
by Shawn English

Oh, brother
Disney’s latest animated effort bearly average
by Jason Armstrong

VIDEO

Sun Ra’s space oddity
Jazz legend proves Space is the Place
by Jaime Frederick

VIDEO VULTURE

Obscure movies unearthed
How to tell the difference between Alf and a Filipino vampire
by John Tebbutt