Desperate issue
Conservative leadership candidates urged to address homelessness
By Amy Steele

Homes improvement
Housing shortage requires concrete action, not lip service, charge critics
By Steve Magusiak

Calgary bars to go smoke free in 2007 among other stories
By Amy Steele

LETTERS

Middle East situation inflames debate
By Mel Storozynsky, William Lorimer, Steven Vaivada

The facts on Flaming Lips’ drummer Glenn Kotche
By Jeff Vander Werf

Legendary rockers brave to endorse aging
By Stephen LaRose

Writer loves to hate Calgary Stampede
By Sheila Donaldson

VIEWPOINT

Government unprepared for boom-time chaos
By Gillian Steward

CITY

Saving Stanley
Historical preservation an uphill battle
By Steve Magusiak

INTERNATIONAL

Israel and Lebanon: good from evil?
Searching for positive outcomes from deadly Middle East conflict
By Gwynne Dyer

SCIENCE MATTERS

Bright lighting ideas require regulations
Energy-efficient technologies can drastically reduce expense
By David Suzuki

FOOD

Have it fun, fresh and on the go
The Main Dish offers a variety of dinner choices for the busy urban set
By Tara MacKinnon

FASHION

Celebrating the birthday of the bikini!
60 years later, the famous two-piece is still holding up strong
by Donna Kwan

OUT & ABOUT

Stupidity bylaw for those without life jackets
Missing car flags – Sweden fails to empoy retail defence at the World Cup
By Mark Sproxton

BOOKS

The intricacies of historical fiction
Linda Holeman’s new n ovel looks through the eyes of an Afghan girl
By Adrian Morrow

Unfinished business
Jason Christie’s Canada Post uses nationhood to interrogate our personal relationships
reviewed by Derek Beaulieu

The life and death of Jane Jacobs
Alice Sparberg Alexiou’s new work studies the great urban thinker
by Bryn Evans

TELEVISION

Humbled by his own success
Comedy TV star Fred Ewanuick hasn’t let two hit shows go to his head
By Stephen W. Smith

COVER STORY

Rhodes scholar and road warrior
Kris Kristofferson has no need to coast on his merits
By Mary-Lynn Wardle

FESTIVAL

Broken hearts and broken scenes are mended
Transcontinental goodwill music missionaries may be on last mission
By Aubrey McInnis

Between rock and a hard place
Singer-songwriter Luke Doucet says that he’s finally found his own sound
By Dennis Slater

The birth of death country
Elliot Brood attempts to move beyond the boundaries of alt-country
By Dennis Slater

Transcending the everyday
Niyaz is an exotic and genre-defying act
By Christine Leonard

Feast on this year’s side-stage
A guide to enjoying the many diverse acts teaming up off the mainstage
By Mary-Lynn Wardle

MUSIC

Sub Pop culture
Sao Paulo’s sexy CSS take on North America
By Jesse Locke

The girls wanna rock
Weeklong camp empowers young girls in all aspects of the music industry
By Lenore Hume

Running with zombies
Rob Zombie brings his educated horses to the Stampede Corral
By Christine Leonard

The Subways are conquering North America one gig at a time
By Dennis Slater

They’ve got the looks
Toronto’s MSTRKRFT aim to provide the soundtrack for a good party
By Derek McEwen

CD REVIEWS

Mission of Burma make a full-fledged comeback
CD Reviews:
Mission of Burma’s The Obliterati
reviewed by Sean Marchetto
Thom Yorke’s The Eraser
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Soul Asylum’s the Silver Lining
reviewed by Lisa Wilton
Mr. Lif’s Mo’ Mega
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Vitaminsforyou’s The Legend of Bird’s Hill
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Various Artists’ Fear of Digital Planet and DL Incognito’s Organic music for a Digital Planet
both reviewed by Sean Marchetto
Apiary’s Lost in Focus
reviewed by Sean Marchetto
India Arie’s Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationships
reviewed by Roberta McDonald
Various Artists’ Soul Gospel Vol. 2
reviewed by Jason Lewis
The Cat Empire’s Two Shoes
reviewed by Sean Marchetto
Quantic’s An Announcement to Answer
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Guster’s Ganging Up On the Sun
reviewed by Jason Lewis

VISUAL ARTS

Exploring Russia’s troubled past
William MacDonnell’s paintings examine our collective Romantic Disease
By Wes LaFortune

THEATRE

Artist finds beauty in the beaver
Beaver’s Lament/Sailor and Widow add a different taste to the Folk Fest
By Jocelyn Grosse

Shakespeare gets sexy
The Shakespeare Company brings out the humour in Much Ado About Nothing
By Adrian Morrow

The good, the bad and the spunky
City Farm Seed explores sperm in all of its delightful incarnations
By Jeff Kubik

A popularity contest?
Juror questions fairness at the Betty’s
By Steve Magusiak

Flawed but light-hearted
Shakespeare in the Park’s Two Gentlemen of Verona staged as poppy, ‘50s nostalgia
By Adrian Morrow

FILM

Scoop is good clean fun
Murder mystery brings Woody Allen’s career back from the grave
By Roberta McDonald

The Mistress of Spices is a sight to behold
Aishwarya Rai and her spice shop attempt to dazzle in this magical film
By Carla Ciccone

The truth hurts
The drama of Sophie Scholl is accurate, but unfortunately dry
By Jason Lewis

My mediocre ex-girlfriend
Ivan Reitman’s directing superpowers fizzle in this romantic comedy dud
By Shaun English

VIDEO VULTURE

Offhand remarks
Dr. Strangelove and other cinematic cases of ‘Alien Hand Syndrome’
By John Tebbutt

Rob Corddry gets Blackballed
The Daily Show correspondent goes against type in scrappy mockumentary
By Jason Anderson

MY MESSY BEDROOM

Harmful fantasy
Creating unrealistic expectations
By Josey Vogels