Two new aldermen elected amid controversy
by Amy Steele

Hub Oil clean-up raises concerns and other stories
by Amy Steele

Potential drilling in protected area raises concerns
by Amy Steele

LETTERS

Column on ‘crack whores’ was hateful
by Daryl Klassen

WEB WATCH

Hot links
Sites track most popular query topics
by Courtney Thompson

VIEWPOINT

War and remembrance
This November 11, let’s separate the reality of memory from the rhetoric
by David Bright

FOOD

Super suburban supper
The Pavillion’s gas-station loation belies its excellent Chinese fare
by Beth Weisberg

FASHION

Fashion with a message
Upbeat charity Rethink Breast Cancer co-hosts three fun and stylish events
by Lincoln Phillip

BOOKS

A novelist of character
Best-selling detective author Ian Rankin favours personality over plot
by Bryn Evans

BOOKENDS

Time for a sexy party
Filling Station breaks out the coctails and authors to toast a new issue
by Harry Vandervlist

COVER

Sibling hilarity
Calgary record label Saved By Radio has the cure for boring music
by Kirsten Kosloski

MUSIC

Imposing order on the chaos
Richard Buckner plunges into uncertainty once more on Dents and Shells
by Jaime Frederick

Stirring things up
Look and listen - Sweden’s The Concretes are one beautiful band
by Colin Smith

The ones to watch
Music critics Canada-wide give you the heads up on the best bands you never heard
by FFWD Writers

Choppin’ blocks and breaking hearts
With new album, Cripple Creek Fairies prove that the pen is mightier than The Fist
by Christine Leonard

Pop & Rock new releases
Critic’s picks
by FFWD Writers

Electronic & Urban new releases
Critic’s picks
by FFWD Writers

Hotel memory blues
A slice of the King Eddy will remain standing long after the building is gone
by Mary-Lynn Wardle

Folk & World new releases
Critic’s picks
by FFWD Writers

Rheo-estatic!
Canuck vets march to the beat of a different drummer
by M.D. Stewart

Nature boy
Getting back to basics makes Hayden a better songwriter
by Kirsten Kosloski

Home-grown funk
Winnipeg funk outfit Moses Mayes goes wherever the audiences are
by Kenna Burima

New blues & jazz releases
by FFWD Writer

Bass is the place
Some established local bands have a rhythm-section shake-up
by Lesley Birdfly

CD REVIEWS

Le Tigre aren’t what they used to be
CD Reviews:
Le Tigre’s This Island
reviewed by Lindsay Bowman
Frank Black’s Frank Black Francis
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Ted Leo/Pharmacists’ Shake the Sheets
reviewed by Kirsten Kosloski
Projektor’s Young Hearts Fail
reviewed by Jason Lewis
R.E.M.’s Around the Sun
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers’ Believe
reviewed by Jennifer Abel
Jimmy Eat World’s Futures
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Boy’s Every Page You Turn
reviewed by Kirsten Kosloski
Phil Manzanera’s 6pm
reviewed by Kari Watson
Sum 41’s Chuck
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Jorane’s The You and the Now
reviewed by Kenna Burima

VISUAL ARTS

The butterfly effect
Clint Wilson’s Chromaplay has greater merit as art than as commentary
by Wes LaFortune

THEATRE

Double feature
THEATREboom offers two-for-one in Fall Bill, Vol. 1
by Jeff Kubik

A fine madness
Andy Curtis puts his stamp on obsessed librarian in existential comedy
by Martin Morrow

Laced with insight
Lunchbox play mixes love and shoe leather
by Martin Morrow

OPERA

Opera under the microscope
A shift in venue gets audiences closer to the music than ever before
by Tim Christison

FILM

Transcending time and space
David O. Russell is sincere in the wilful absurdity of I (Heart) Huckabees
by Jason Anderson

Protection from yuppies
Brent Spiess looks at pressure on Inglewood community in documentary
by Amy Steele

Revisiting The Ring
Previous Japanese horror-film update runs circles around The Grudge
by Rachel Deahl

Don’t hold the cliché against it
Ju-On: the Grudge delivers the most satisfying cheap thrills you are likely to see
by Jason Lewis

The passion of the protestants
Martin Luther biography mixes history with flamboyant theatrics
by John Tebbutt

Mind bleep
What the Bleep Do We Know!? wants you to think - about everything
by Brad E. Simkulet

VIDEO VULTURE

Your cheatin’ heart
Dirty tactics keep our mischievous hero alive in Mad, Mad, Mad Swords
by John Tebbutt