Tories launch election with feel-good message
by Amy Steele

Klein a target of cyber-pie
by Meghan Sired

U of C spotlighting cuts
by Amy Steele

Oil industry told to limit fresh-water use and other stories
by Amy Steele

LETTERS

Letter writer should stop complaining
by Daryl Klassen

Survey didn’t reach all Albertans
by Daryl Klassen

VIEWPOINT

Exposing the partisan hacks
Jon Stewart’s appearance on CNN put the boots to bogus political debate
by Jeremy Klaszus

WEB WATCH

Odd man out
Website targets The Nader Factor
by Courtney Thompson

FOOD

Beauty of the bistro
JoJo chef and owner opens delightful Mediterranean-influenced restaurant
by Danyael Halprin

BOOZE

What the wit?
Unclear Belgian beer has a long and delicious brewing history
by Mike Tessier

SCIENCE MATTERS

Sour power
Current focus on a hydrogen-fueled economy has got things backwards
by David Suzuki

BOOKS

Spook factory
Ghost House Books pumps out scary tales of every description
by Stephen W. Smith

Water, water everywhere
Julia Williams kicks open the floodgates with her first volume of poetry
by Jocelyn Grosse

BOOKENDS

Eyes on the prize
Local writers make the short list for 2004 Governor General’s Awards
by Harry Vandervlist

COMEDY

Comic contenders
Calgary-bred funnymen (and woman) take aim at national humour recognition
by Stephen W. Smith

TELEVISION

Canada’s most haunted
Ghosts and monsters have found a home on TV’s Creepy Canada
by Stephen W. Smith

MUSIC

What would Mick Jagger do?
Calgary band The Neckers take their rock ‘n’ roll very seriously
by Jason Lewis

The power of positive punk
Joey (Shithead) Keithley envisions himself the Tony Robbins of hardcore
by Christine Leonard

The End of all things
Southern Ontario hardcore enthusiasts The End abide Within Dividia
by Christine Leonard

Music marathon
Big Bach bash brings back baroque
by Kenna Burima

Not quite coming out of nowhere
Storyteller Raghu Lokanathan takes the long road to being a ‘newcomer’
by Martin Kemp

Virtue has an Aptitude for learning
Young MC doesn’t let his age stop him from questioning the answers
by Nichole Stewart

CD REVIEWS

Nick Cave sings the double-album blues
CD Reviews:
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
reviewed by Timothy Heck
Sweatmaster’s Song With No Words
reviewed by Christine Leonard
Robyn Hitchcock’s Spooked
reviewed by Kirsten Kosloski
Futureheads’ The Futureheads
reviewed by David Boyle
The Stranglers’ Norfolk Coast
reviewed by Jennifer Abel

COVER

Ageless bronze
Rodin’s sculptures remain breathtaking, beautiful - and controversial
by Wes LaFortune

Glenbow Museum foils Rodin Chaser
by Wes LaFortune

THEATRE

Tuning into Joni Mitchell
Show salutes the queen of singer-songwriters
by Mary-Lynn Wardle

All-ages theatre
Vertigo’s Y-Stage provides professional kids’-festival fare all season
by Jesse Locke

Small but popular
ATP plans to stay in the black with lighter shows
by Martin Morrow

Extraordinary, my dear Watson
Theatre Calgary cranks up the thrills with a film-noir take on Sherlock Holmes
by Jeff Kubik

High school melon-choly
The Drop scores a direct hit in THEATREboom’s Fall Bill, Vol. 1
by Martin Morrow

DANCE

That magic touch
Toronto Dance Theatre tweaks the senses with their touring production Sly Verb
by David King

Troupe shares rehearsal facility
by Wes LaFortune

FILM

I saw what you did
Grisly serial thriller strips away the layers and doesn’t tone itself down
by Andrea Huck

Zen and the art of municycle maintenance
Kris Holm’s one-wheeled approach to the world keeps him busy and happy
by Wes LaFortune

Lofty cinematic peaks
Highlights form the Banff Mountain Film Festival
by Wes LaFortune

Low-down and Dirty
John Waters’s salacious satire good to last drop
by Jaime Frederick

The Somerset follies
In Being Julia, Annette Bening confirms that revenge really can be sweet
by Jane McCullough

Polanski reincarnated
Birth’s nod to Rosemary’s Baby chickens out
by Kirsten Kosloski

That warm holiday feeling
Despite on-set problems, Surviving Christmas is a fun yuletide comedy
by Krista Goheen

Heart and soul
Jamie Foxx is striking, but music triumphs in Ray
by Rachel Deahl

Karl’s in charge
Who is Bush’s Brain? shows where the power lies
by Jason Lewis

VIDEO

Bitter enemies rendered viciously funny
With brutal honesty, The Mother dismantles the idea of familial forgiveness
by Jaime Frederick

VIDEO VULTURE

The Vulture takes it to the next level
Then the mezzanine, then gets stuck and presses the alarm button
by John Tebbutt