Alberta spews the most pollution in Canada
By Wes LaFortune

United Church of Canada wants corporations to be held accountable and other stories
By Amy Steele

LETTERS

Preston Manning set the table for current conservative confusion
By Bill Longstaff

Calgary Downtown Association unfairly targets street people
By Tim Hammell

Anti-panhandling ads shouldn’t have run
By Paul Farquhar

WEB WATCH

I’ve been shopping once again
By Courtney Thompson

VIEWPOINT

It’s not the end of the world
Putting the hype and hysteria surrounding the avian flu in perspective
By David Bright

CITY

Freeing the prisoners
Elizabeth Fry Society marks 40 years of helping women start new lives
By Amy Steele

FOOD

Don’t be a pantry pantywaist
Start stocking your winter larder with the necessities for good eating
By Janet McMahen

TRAVEL

True green travel hard to find
Exploring the jungle for the real meaning of ecotourism
By Ian Doig

Staying active in southern Europe
Social centres allow visitors to give back to exploited communities
By Adrian Morrow

Leave the book buried in your bag
Travel guides can very easily turn into scripts for uptight travellers
By Jeremy Klaszus

Worth the work
Organic faming holiday a priceless experience
By Ian Doig

From the monastery to the 7-Eleven
Asia’s ubiquitous monks provide living lessons in Buddhism
By Ashifa Kassam

Stumbliing through Dublin
A slightly blurry guide to pub-crawling in the city of Guinness
By James Corbett

Reading around the world
Holiday escapist literature can also enhance the travelling experience
By Ian Doig

BOOKS

Frozen pond bullshit
Dave Bidini shoots down hockey cliches
reviewed by Jane McCullough

Writers’s eye view
Novelist Jane Urquhart shares her impressions of WordFest
By Bryn Evans

TELEVISION

The human face of terror
Novelists Neil Bissoondath enters the mind of the suicide bomber
By Stephen W. Smith

MUSIC

Anthrax still bring the noise
Classic lineup celebrates 25 years of metal
By Aubrey McInnis

Indestructable love songs
Dan Vacon’s Dojo Workhorse
By Mark Hamilton

Variations
Tim Vesely explores his solo voice with The Violet Archers
By Jane McCullough

Refreshing dictator
Musicality beats wackiness for Calgary songwriter Jon Nordstrom
By Mary-Lynn Wardle

The new found fascism of Ris Paul Ric
Christopher Paul Richards from Q and Not U goes it alone
By Jason Lewis

Inner Surge work it
Local metal band gets busy and stays busy
By Leslie Birdfly

CD REVIEWS

Taking the Conspiracy to the next level
CD Reviews:
The (International) Noise Conspiracy’s Armed Love
reviewed by Zahinoor Ismail
Grandaddy’s Excerpts from the Diary of Todd
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Propagandhi’s Potemikini City Limits
reviewed by Sean Marchetto
Metric’s Live it Out & Controller, Controller’s X-amounts
both reviewed by Jason Lewis
Coheed and Cambria’s Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV Vol. 1
reviewed by Christine Leonard

VISUAL ARTS

The San
Photographer honours the displaced people of the Kalahari
By Wes LaFortune

THEATRE

Naval-gazing with an Old Trout
Peter Balkwill ponders his teenage years in the U.S. navy for Sailor Boy
By Katharine Lepora

A singular feat
Meg Roe plays 23 characters in The Syringa Tree
Lepora

Alberta trailblazer
Gwen Pharis Ringwood found madness and romance on the Prairies
By Martin Morrow

FILM

Light in the darkness
Scared Sacred finds hope in desperate places
By Jeremy Klaszus

The simple life
Proper Southern veneer shows cracks in Junebug
By Mark Hamilton

The sum of its parts
Gawky brilliance of Shopgirl adaptation outweighs patronizing gender attitudes
By Kim Linekin

Oscar clips
Oh yeah, and women’s rights in North Country
By Julia Williams

Clinical psychology
Heady thriller proves nothing bold can Stay
By Jaime Frederick

Written in their sleep
Underdog horse film offers no surprises
By Mark Hamilton

Not even good for a cheap thrill
Hazy plot and ghastly acting leave The Fog stranded out at sea
By Jason Lewis

VIDEO VULTURE

Hunted down like dogs
On the lookout for the tragic (and tragically unseen) The Plague Dogs
by John Tebbutt

MY MESSY BEDROOM

Guys gush
The little blue pill that changed it all?
By Josey Vogels