CBC employees say public broadcasting at risk
By Amy Steele

Compton Petroleum granted EUB extension and other stories
By Amy Steele

‘Third World’ conditions at Lakeside Packers, says employee
By Amy Steele

LETTERS

Grey-haired old white guys get less criticism
By Nick Martin

Melrose’s food sucks, and so does Fast Forward
By Jeff Holmes

Falconhawk deserves sympathy and respect
By Aaron Smelski

City should look at more bicycle-friendly design
By Shane Bill

WEB WATCH

The art of the streets
The Wooster Collective keeps it accessible
By Courtney Thompson

VIEWPOINT

New Urbanism anything but authentic
Faux communities aren’t the way to achieve a healthy, happy lifestyle
By Michael Ireton

TECHNOLOGY

Canada is flush with video game talent
Interactive studios have flourished in the wake of the dot-com collapse
By Blaine Kyllo

FOOD

Sizzling hot skills to go
A peek at the real resumes of food servers
By Janet McMahen

TRAVEL

A whale of a time in Newfoundland
Bay Bulls combines Maritime history with humpbacks and puffins
By Herman Pontes

BOOKS

Mother Goose madness
Artist muses amusingly on timeless nursery-rhyme characters
reviewed by Julia Williams

Dark heart of the New West
Essays track the Klein regime’s damaging effects
reviewed by Amy Steele

Heat and dust
African novel unspools like a film thriller
reviewed by Evette Berry

BOOKENDS

American award honours Atwood
Canadian novelist joins U.S. heavyweights in receiving lifetime prize
By Bryn Evans

FESTIVAL

High altitudes
Summit explores challenges of mountain cultures
By Amy Steele

COVER STORY

Pumping up the volume
Music producers sound off about the loud CD war
By Kirsten Kosloski

MUSIC

The race for the prize is on
Hockey is back at this year’s Slurpee Cup
By Jason Lewis

A global perspective on reggae
Souljah Fyah take island rhythms and put them in a cultural melting pot
By Shereen Tuomi

Love it or hate it
Death by Stereo finally smarten up
By Ketih Carman

CD REVIEWS

Miminum studio time for Maximum RNR
CD Reviews:
Maximum RNR’s Horns Up
reviewed by Rick Overwater
Garage A Trois’s Outre Mer
reviewed by Brandon Tenold
The Hidden Cameras’ Learning The Lie: 4-Track Demos
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Armand van Helden’s Nympho
reviewed by Sean Marchetto
Son Volt’s Okemah and the Melody of Riot
reviewed by Jason Lewis
The Farrell Bros.’ This is a Riot!
reviewed by Jennifer Abel

VISUAL ARTS

An (un)sheltered life
Provocative Banff show ponders one of humankind’s basic needs
By Wes Lafortune

THEATRE

The prime of Ms. Valerie Planche
Elizabeth Rex star is hitting her stride and hungry for more great roles
By Martin Morrow

Raising the bar for community theatre
CAT Awards celebrate the quality and variety of amateur performance
By Jeff Kubik

FILM

It’s the one about The Aristocrats
Standup doc proves that everybody loves to tell a dirty joke
By Joanne Huffa

Taking the show on the road
Travelling revue of cinematic ephemera brings bizarre images to Calgary
By Jason Lewis

In-flight fear
Red Eye is more than just a plane old thriller
By Jason Lewis

Welcome to the Argentine new wave
A cool visual style makes The Holy Girl a rich cinematic experience
By Jason Anderson

Valiant delivers
Disney’s other computer-generated bird movie does just fine
By John Tebbutt

40-Year-Old Virgin not much more than a one-night stand
by Rachel Deahl

Let’s go for a ride
Cliché adventure is for supercross fans, not for movie fans
By Julia Williams

More garden variety horror movie tactics
The Skeleton Key can’t keep doors from slamming shut at random
By Rachel Deahl

Marky Mark and the Death Wish bunch
John Singleton adds much-needed esthetic to create an entertaining revenge flick
By Matthew Currie Holmes

VIDEO VULTURE

It’s time to Chow down
The multi-talented Stephen Chow mixes up something odd in God of Cookery
by John Tebbutt

VIDEO

The lens of a private investigator
A look back through the fog of time at the documentaries of Errol Morris
By Jason Anderson

MY MESSY BEDROOM

Remember, not all orgasms are created equal
By Josey Vogels