Homeowners fight expropriation
By Amy Steele

Where will Steady Eddie take Alberta?
Stelmach expected to be markedly different than Klein as premier
By Amy Steele

Pembina urges increased royalty rates on oilsands activity (among other stories)
By Amy Steele

VIEWPOINT

Ignatieff who?
The Liberal leadership vote provides few surprises and little excitement
By David Bright

CITY

Garbage gap
Edmonton recycling initiatives put Calgary to shame
By Wes LaFortune

INTERNATIONAL

Nicaraguan time warp
By Shaun English

COVER STORY

My first hijacking
By Christopher Call

GOING GREEN

It’s a nice day for a green wedding
An environmentally friendly marriage ceremony can be fun and economical
By Adrienne Beattie

FOOD

Hotel, motel, Holiday Inn…
Say what? Thai Place has top-notch hospitality and cuisine
By Tara MacKinnon

BOOZE

Three cheers for three delicious beers
Small Munsterland brewery offers organic malty delights
By Don Tse

OUT & ABOUT

Wildlife growing roots on Calgary paths
Crazy trip through Edgemont Ravine has feathers and fur flying
By Mark Sproxton

BOOKS

Armed conflict
Rawi Hage chronicles civil war in DeNiro’s game
By Amy Steele

That Stuart Mclean’s a weird guy
The wacky, homespun humour of the Vinyl Café keeps on going
By Evette Berry

The forgotten heroes of the racetrack
Lawrence Scanlan’s new book explores the legend of racehorse Secretariat
By Wendy Dudley

Beauty and the beast
New Greg Irons retrospective is gorgeously grotesque
reviewed by Bryn Evans

Sabbath book too scholarly
reviewed by Jordan Lane

Experimental prairie writing
NoD and dANDelion give new writers a voice
By Mark Hopkins

MUSIC

The original comeback kid
Evan Dando makes his return to the pop world
By Elizabeth Chorney-Booth

Electric children march on
The Blood Brothers swing full-circle on acclaimed new album Young Machetes
By Jesse Locke

Now I feel like a grinch
This year’s batch of Christmas tunes might have you wishing for a Silent Night
By Jason Lewis

Recordings
Local artists look back at their best and worst moments of 2006
By Alvy Singer

The year of the Lullaby
Local chanteuse finds her own path
By Roberta McDonald

A breath of fresh air
Dandi Wind’s new take on an old genre will leave audiences breathless
By Cameron Noyes

CD REVIEWS

Tom Waits makes a statement with three-disc set
CD Reviews:
Tom Waits’ Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards
reviewed by Peter Hemminger
Born Ruffians’ s/t
reviewed by Nathan Atnikov
The Living End’s State of Emergency
reviewed by Laura Glick
Joanna Newsom’s Ys
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Meat Loaf’s Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster is Loose
reviewed by Peter Hemminger

VISUAL ARTS

Get stimulated
Claude Closky manipulates mass media with Journal
By Scott Rogers

Sluggett’s pastoral
Artist’s new exhibition random but powerful
By Jennifer McVeigh

What do you see?
Finding Marie Lannoo’s hidden colours
By Hugh Graham

THEATRE

Mata Hari still a mystery
U of C fails to find the heart of the super spy
By Jeff Kubik

Where’s the magic?
Peter Pan fails to charm
By Jeff Kubik

Sly and satirical
Lunchbox puts a zany spin on David Sedaris’s tale of elf woe, The SantaLand Diaries
By Jeff Kubik

Revenge of Scrooge
Theatre Calgary’s new production of A Christmas Carol a smashing success
By Jeff Kubik

FILM

Run your fingers through it, it’s soft
Fur turns the lens on the life and times of famed photographer Diane Arbus
By Roberta McDonald

Not another teen movie
Quincerana will remind you why you liked indie films in thet first place
By Jason Lewis

The true cost of beauty
Blood Diamond follows the story of two men who form a reluctant bond
By Nathan Atnikov

What’s all the fuss about?
F*CK looks at the hubbub around the f-word
By Roberta McDonald

What women (and men) want
Romantic comedy The Holiday knows how to ring in the season
By Cameron Noyes

Home Alone – airport style
Unaccompanied Minors gets kids on-board
By Carla Ciccone

One for the booby prize
Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj a fall from grace
By Shaun English

Fairy Tales fundraiser and other festivities
By Jane McCullough

VIDEO VULTURE

Boll is a bully
Pacifist Video Vulture calls for an end to Bollfighting
By John Tebbutt

New and notable on DVD
Some cinematic ideas on how to stay cozy this holiday season
By Jason Lewis

Kevin Smith still entertains
By Jason Lewis

JOYSTUCK

Gaming’s night on the red carpet
Shatner hosts electronic entertainment awards
By Blaine Kyllo

MY MESSY BEDROOM

Special interests
It’s tough finding a n ice, hairy, gay Viking these days
By Josey Vogels