Crack getting bigger
Residents, business owners urge police to clamp down on drug users
By Amy Steele

Calgary activists plan measured response
By Steve Magusiak

New Mount Royal College program addresses nursing shortage among other stories
By Amy Steele

LETTERS

Non-believer questions holy man’s existence
By FFWD Reader

Typo prompts informative diatribe
By FFWD Reader

VIEWPOINT

A fair trade
Benefits of international agreements come with a cost
By Jesse Keith

Canada’s time to deliver
Stopping HIV/AIDS epidemic requires global co-operation
By Barbara Barker

CITY

Explosions in the sky
Behind-the-scenes with GlobalFest fire bugs
By Shaun Hoult

INTERNATIONAL

After Castro
Latin American merger may ensure Cuba’s future
By Gwynne Dyer

SCIENCE MATTERS

New Act could ban dangerous pesticides
Potentially-harmful chemicals slide through manufacturing loophole
By David Suzuki

FOOD

A tour-de-force sushi-a-thon
Wa’s offers some of the most fresh and delectable Japanese food inn town
By Tara MacKinnon

BOOKS

More than your typical summer fare
Megan K. Williams on Saving Rome, Toronto and the ex-pat life
By Evette Berry

A young fascist?
New Trudeau bio sure to stir controversy
reviewed by Sean Marchetto

Life on the down low
T.J. Williams’ debut mixes drugs and sex
reviewed by Isabel Cascante

Support system – with an ISBN
Dale Wallace’s students write their own book on depression
by Bryn Evans

TELEVISION

Exploring the lore of Lantos
Godfather of Canadian cinema gets the Life and Times treatment
By Stephen W. Smith

MUSIC

Exploring A Silver Mt. Zion
Montreal post-rock protesters discuss the apathetic cultural landscape
By Jesse Locke

Taking some inspired road trips
Singer-songwriter Rob Szabo talks about where he gets his bright ideas
By Dennis Slater

Peaches’ Impeach My Bush
Reviewed by Aubrey McInnis & Christine Leonard

Wolf Parade march to their own beat
Front man Dan Boeckner talks about his transcontinental love affair
By Aubrey McInnis

Consciousness-raising hip-hop
K’Naan left a life of bloodshed behind to take his message to the streets
By Shereen Tuomi

Live Spins
The Belushi’s’ Rich in Broken Glass
reviewed by Sean Marchetto

Just find some guys to show up
How one simple lesson made all the difference to Billy the Kid
By Jason Lewis

CD REVIEWS

Ammoncontact is the name to know in hip hop
CD Reviews:
Ammoncontact’s With Voices
reviewed by Jordan Lane & Sean Marchetto
The Marked Men’s Fix My Brain
reviewed by Derek McEwen
Tim O’Reagan’s s/t
reviewed by David Boyle
Nizlopi’s Half these songs are about you…
reviewed by Jennifer Abel
David Ford’s I Sincerely Apologise for All the Trouble I’ve Caused
reviewed by Andrew Cowie
Silverstein’s 18 Candles: The Early Years
reviewed by Laura Glick
These Hands’ The Golden Touch
reviewed by Adele Brunnhofer
The Bicycles’ The Good The Bad and The Cuddly
reviewed by Aubrey McInnis
The Bronx’s s/t
reviewed by Sean Marchetto
Cracker’s Greenland
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Conrad’s Never Would Have Guessed We Were All Blessed
reviewed by Jasn Lewis
Grant-Lee Phillips’ Nineteeneighties
reviewed by Lisa Wilton
Various Artists’ Metal Massacre XIII
reviewed by Keith Carman

VISUAL ARTS

Bold art and a new vision
Newzones’ Sunscreen and Maquettes are powerful visions of abstractions
By Hugh Graham

Visual stimulation
New Gallery’s Mechanics of an Image flawed by fascinating
By Wes LaFortune

COVER STORY

A phoenix-like revival
Everything is ready to go for Calgary’s new Fringe Festival
By Jeff Kubik

THEATRE

A ton o’ Fringe fun
Fringe previews, from clowns to Iraq and Back
By Barbara Balfour, Tim Christison, Jeff Kubik,
Melanie Little, Pearl Meyer & Adrian Morrow

Edmonton scores
Mieko Ouchi on her Betty nomination
By Jeff Kubik

Get some bang for your buck
University of Calgary’s new theatre season features Brecht and the Bard
By Shereen Tuomi

DANCE

Doing the faculty dance
Ambitious is the word for the University of Calgary’s dance season
By Shereen Tuomi

FILM

Shock value
The Descent director aims to terrify audiences
By Jason Anderson

Time heals all wounds
Oliver stone’s World Trade Center examines the 9-11 terrorist attacks five years later
By Nathan Atnikov

VIDEO VULTURE

A weird week in anime
More crazy and strange Japanese animation now available on DVD
By John Tebbutt

JOYSTUCK

Bringing Mario to life
Public art controversy and a new Bros. Game
By Baine Kyllo

MY MESSY BEDROOM

Words of advice from knowledgeable sexperts
By Josey Vogels