Health ‘privatized by stealth’
by Amy Steele

Alberta Liberals unveil arts policy and other stories
by Meghan Sired

LETTERS

Call a crack whore a crack whore
by Stephen Lock

ELECTION

Life on AISH
Payments put Alberta’s disabled below poverty line
by Timothy Wild

VIEWPOINT

America lost the election
Anti-Bush forces were compelled to rally behind anti-candidate Kerry
by David Bright

COVER

Castle under siege
Oil, skiers and off-road vehicles imperil major Alberta wilderness area
by Amy Steele

WEB WATCH

Remember beyond Remembrance Day
Calgary museum websites educate about military heritage year-round
by Courtney Thompson

FOOD

Stick with meaty goodness
All you need to know is that Hatam Kabob House serves lovely grilled meat
by Beth Weisberg

GOOD LISTENER

Give dad something good to eat
Adult ‘dad’ and ‘kid’ trick-or-treaters cash in where children fear to tread
by Ian Doig

BOOKS

No small writer
Alistair MacLeod’s writing has brought Canada’s Maritimes to the world
by Bryn Evans

An Austen-tatious work
Ballyhooed novel more mannerism than magic
reviewed by Jennifer Abel

BOOKENDS

The naked Tory truth
Author Mark Lisac whips the towel off Alberta politics in his new book
by Harry Vandervlist

COMEDY

Free-trade funnymen
Fink and Wing practise cross-border comedy
by Stephen W. Smith

TELEVISION

D’oh yeah
For local author Chris Turner, all things revolve around Planet Simpson
by Stephen W. Smith

MUSIC

Second time around
For Set Yourself on Fire, Stars prove that indulgence is the key
by Derek McEwen

Too smart for their own good
This time around, Lowest of the Low are making their music count
by Jason Lewis

Will work for studio time
Warning By Sea put their trades to good use to record debut record
by Kirsten Kosloski

The end and the means
Working from her base in Hawaii, Buffy Sainte-marie is a 21st-century superwoman
by Mary-Lynn Wardle

Let’s hear it for the Boy
Whitehorse wonder kid Stephen Kozmeniuk dispels the myth of the rock star
by Kirsten Kosloski

The birth of furban
Urban folk quartet Sillan and Young bring their acoustic soul to Ironwood
by Kenna Burima

Take the Ellington train
Folksopera offers Sophisticated Ladies and much more
by Sara Hillis

The Cherry ripens
The little red lounge that could celebrates five years of doing it differently
by Rob Faust

Coming and going
Pop music scores abroad and jazzman returns
by Lesley Birdfly

CD REVIEWS

Straightening out Pavement’s Crooked Rain
CD Reviews:
Pavement’s Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
reviewed by Kirsten Kosloski
Luna’s Rendezvous
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Ministry’s Early Trax & Side Trax
reviewed by Christine Leonard
Mix Master Mike’s Bangzilla & Kutmasta Kurt’s Redneck Olympics
reviewed by Jason Lewis

ART BEAT

Cold weather and hot art
November blazes with Rodin, Evan Penny, Art Central and much more
by Wes LaFortune

On the outside, looking in
by Mark Clintberg

THEATRE

Proud to be a gay Albertan?
New play inspired by Delwin Vriend case probes province’s homophobia
by Amy Steele

An 18th-century Michael Moore
Playwright Alain-Rene Lesage used humour to expose greed and corruption
by Jocelyn Grosse

Spilling fresh ink
New Alberta plays showcased at conference
by Meghan Sired

Help me, I think I’m falling
Under the spell of Joni Mitchell’s inimitable songs in ATP’s River
by Martin Morrow

FILM

Super Duper
CSIF celebrates 40 years of Super 8 with a new film format
by David King

Almost incredible
New Pixar film succeeds, but bows to convention
by Rachel Deahl

Law of attraction
If only the update of Michael Caine classic Alfie felt as good as Jude looks
by Jason Armstrong

A family carries each other
But who’s gonna carry Around the Bend?
by Jason Anderson

Flying robots in your lap
3-D mania offers a big, blurry spectacle at the Science Centre Discovery Dome
by John Tebbutt

VIDEO

Here comes Trouble
French horror film finds connection between cannibalism and sexual desire
by Jaime Frederick

VIDEO VULTURE

Fragments from a movie lover’s brain
The Video Vulture rounds up disparate titles in order to make his deadline
by John Tebbutt