Water experts oppose Balzac development
By Amy Steele

Students struggling
High School dropout rate alarms Sudanese community
By Amy Steele

LETTERS

The theatre critic has left the building
By FFWD Reader

Living Wage Policy a civilized idea
By FFWD Reader

More fucking restaurant reviews, please
By FFWD Reader

VIEWPOINT

Reconciling David and Goliath
By Jesse Keith

CITY

Casual labour conundrum
Downtown development and nervous neighbours threaten Cash Corner
By Wes LaFortune

COVER

Swift fox recovery a beacon of hope
By Natalie St-Denis

FOOD

Not so ah-some
New location, same Japanese Village
By Tara MacKinnon

BOOKS

Return of Canada Reads
Musicians battle for literate supremacy
By Mark Hopkins

MUSIC

Balls to the wall
Jimmy Swift Band explains their sound and unusual name
By Jeff Kubik

Valentine’s Day be damned
Local music columnist Alvy Singer has better things to write about – we assure you!
By Alvy Singer

Strugglah – Reggae for the homeless
By Bruce Pollock

CD REVIEWS

Friend Opportunity is more like Deerhoof-lite
CD Reviews:
Deerhoof’s Friend Opportunity
reviewed by Aubrey McInnis
Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah’s Some Loud Thunder
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Only Crime’s Virulence
reviewed by Keith Carman
Trick Daddy’s Back By Thug Demand
reviewed by Nathan Atnikov
Youth Group’s Casino Twilight Dogs
reviewed by Kirsten Kosloski
Ghostface Killah’s More Fish
reviewed by Red Eye

VISUAL ARTS

Experiments writ large
By Anthea Black

THEATRE

Ten days of tomfoolery
The IFAO ends another great year
By Andrea Campbell, Peter Hemminger & Jeff Kubik

Suburbanites go under the knife
Director Kevin McKendrick brings abstract horror to Murder in Green Meadows
By Jeff Kubik

Mob Hit monster
Bridezilla rages against modern marriages
By James Dangerous

Prepare the ramparts
The Retreat From Moscow like hanging out with your dysfunctional parents
By Melanie Little

FILM

Serious departure for British comic
Actor Jimi Mistry talks about being out of character in Partition
By Shawn Hoult

Partition is a love story backdropped in bloodshed
By Shawn Hoult

Because I Said So has few redeeming qualities
By Roberta McDonald

Gray’s anatomy
Romantic comedy is a lukewarm crowd-pleaser
By Jane McCullough

Blood and Chocolate is a silver bullet for werewolf movies
By Jeff Kubik

Comedy should fold
Despite the ensemble cast, Smokin’ Aces fails to raise the stakes and goes bust
By Alan Cho

VIDEO VULTURE

The silent films of the future
Hitting the reset button on film technique with the Video Vulture
By John Tebbutt

MY MESSY BEDROOM

In which a young man drawn to sex with transvestites wonders ‘Am I gay?’
By Josey Vogels