Character assassination
Mission residents fear loss of heritage buildings to rapid redevelopment
By Amy Steele

Wait-y matters
Injured workers endure payless months, plead for speedy compensation
By Steve Magusiak

Oilsands critics charge wildlife under threat (and other stories)
By Amy Steele

LETTERS

Israel cannot afford to soften hardline stance
By FFWD Reader

One vote against multicultural mishmash
By FFWD Reader

VIEWPOINT

A just war or just a war?
Measuring morality and the Israel-Lebanon conflict
By David Bright

Occupational hazards
Gaza Strip population isolated and forgotten in shadow of current conflict
By Tamara Goertz

INTERNATIONAL

Horn of Africa: the perfect storm
War in Somalia threatens to spark a nightmare of regional military conflict
By Gwynne Dyer

COVER STORY

Rethinking gentrification
Inglewood pioneers a sustainable, new urbanist future
By Steve Magusiak

FOOD

Not your average pizza
Pulcinella’s brings authentic Neapolitan pizza to Kensington care of traditional oven
By Lenore Hume

BOOZE

Brewing works of genius
The Duchesse de Bourgogne sour ales are the prized Burgundies of Belgium
By Mike Tessier

TRAVEL

Bedazzled in Beijing
China’s capital stands at the crossroads of communism and capitalism
By Ashifa Kassam

BOOKS

Quickly going from food to fear
Author argues that the big agribusiness is destroying our food supply
By Amy Steele

More like a major planet
Leslie Greentree’s short stories are stellar
By Laura J Cutler

Beckett, stitching and retirement
Drown in existential angst while sewing a quilt at the same time!
by Bryn Evans

MUSIC

Almost infamous
Punk pioneers The New York Dolls return with their first album in 25 years
By Keith Carman

Dude, you feel electrical
Shout Out Out Out Out unleash volatile dance music to the masses
By Andrew Cowie

The Picture Plane comes into focus
Vancouver shoegazers Hinterland reluctantly explore the DIY esthetic
By Jason Lewis

The flakes come out at night
By FFWD Writer

Island bliss
A review of the 2006 Calgary folk festival
By Mary-Lynn Wardle

CD REVIEWS

Regina Spektor moves past her kitschy debut
CD Reviews:
Regina Spektor’s Begin to Hope
reviewed by Nathan Atnikov
B.G.’s The Heart of That Treetz Vol. 2 – I Am What I Am
reviewed by Jordan Lane
Various Artists’ Jamaica to Toronton: Soul, Funk & Reggae 1967-1974
reviewed by Red Eye
Sao Paulo Underground’s Sauna: Um, Dois, Tres
reviewed by Derek McEwen
Silversun Pickups’s Carnavas
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Rhymefest’s Blue Collar
reviewed by Nathan Atnikov
Marc Anthony’s Sigo Siendo Yo
reviewed by Carla Ciccone
Catch 22’s Permanent Revolution
reviewed by Laura Glick
Canary Mine’s Live Tear From the Palindrome
reviewed by Jason Lewis
James Keelaghan’s A Few Simple Verses
reviewed by Bruce Pollock

ARTBEAT

War, yarn and sunscreen this August
Artists merge the ancient and modern plus a farewell to Paula Gustafson
By Wes LaFortune

THEATRE

A fond farewell to two of our brightest
The Calgary arts community loses Victor Mitchell and Paula Gustafson
By Time Christison

Strength in numbers
Eleven Betty nominations later, Ryan Luhning says GZT still content to stay small
By Jeff Kubik

FILM

Wrong place, wrong time
Pseudo-documentary recounts the torture endured by The Tipton Three
By Matthew Currie Holmes

Under the hills and far away
The Descent is a horror classic-in-the-making
By Dave Alexander

A lukewarm pot-boiler
The Night Listener can’t get back on track
By Lisa Wilton

Start your engines
Will Ferrell screams his way through race-car comedy Talladega Nights
By Jason Anderson

WEB EXCLUSIVE
Miami Vice — no dice
The two sleaziest men in show biz, Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx, ruin popular ’80s TV show legacy
By Bryn Evans

VIDEO VULTURE

Shot glasses and nipple pasties in every box!
Movie box gimmicks — holograms, speakers and nifty free prizes
By John Tebbutt

A cartoon that takes itself very seriously
The Boondocks is a biting look at African-American stereotypes
By Bryn Evans

New and notable on DVD
Awesome, you frickin watched that
By Jason Lewis

MY MESSY BEDROOM

Orientation Lesson
Don’t waste your time figuring out which sexual box you fit into
By Josey Vogels