Examining Canada’s mission
Afghans starve and security remains unstable despite billions spent
By Amy Steele

NEWS

Nature versus new subdivisions
Environmentalists oppose proposed townsite in Bow Valley
By Amy Steele

Controversial petroleum development gets the nod in protected area (among other stories)
By Amy Steele

LETTERS

Homeland security for wildlife sanctuary
By Stephen Legault

Don’t judge a book by its sexually explicit cover
By Erin Van Wijk
By J. Innes

Dyer wrong about climate change, China
By Merle Terlesky

VIEWPOINT

Stelmach get ready – election time is coming
New premier has short time to make a name
By Gillian Steward

CITY

Calgary recycling plan kicked to the curb
By Adrienne Beattie

Phsyics, politics and tomorrow’s Calgary
By Wes Lafortune

FOOD

On a roll… Alberta roll that is
Misato is sushi-tastic
By Tara MacKinnon

BOOKS

New Belinda bio falls flat
Book review: Belinda: The Political and Private Life of Belinda Stronach by Don Martin
reviewed by Timothy Wild

MUSIC

Getting better all the time
The Long Winters’s John Roderick learns to age gracefully
By Jason Lewis

Germany’s interpretation of the American West
The BossHoss is a cowboy-clad, hip hop-lovin’ cover band with attitude
By Jeff Kubik

Jazz notes
By Dennis Slater

Putting his unique stamp on rockabilly
Stray Cats bassist Lee Rocker continues to write about what he knows best
By Bruce Pollock

Songwriting series spotlights Alberta talent
By Mary-Lynn Wardle

CD REVIEWS

Who’s the Champ?
CD Reviews:
Kim Barlow’s Champ
reviewed by Danielle Suchet
Explosions in the Sky’s All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
reviewed by Kirsten Kosloski
Calla’s Strength in Numbers
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Fall Out Boy’s Infinity on High
reviewed by Jesse Locke
Wayne Petti’s City Lights Align
reviewed by Nathan Atnikov
Secret Mommy’s Plays
reviewed by Charles Gunn

VISUAL ARTS

Counteracting mythologies
Mireille Perron’s Feminist Pataphysics
By Jennifer McVeigh

Clever architecture in TRUCK’s moody new show
Emerging sculptors Evan Broens and Hye-Seung Jung paired for debut
By Anthea Black

THEATRE

The saints come marching in… to prison
European comedy group Spymonkey returns to One Yellow Rabbit with Bless
By Jeff Kubik

Will this be the age of Atlantis?
Theatre Junction’s Resident Company of Artists returns with Show NO. 2
By Jeff Kubik

The famous, little-known nurse
Successful Newfoundland play Tempting Providence comes to Calgary
By Jeff Kubik

Doddering and feeble
The Cripple of Inishmaan’s dark irony given lacklustre treatment in new production
By Jeff Kubik

FILM

Festival changing the perception of Asian cinema
By Jeff Kubik

Fido bites back
Filmmaker Andrew Currie unleashes Canuck zombies onto the world
By Shaun English

Zombies in paradise
Watch out boy, he’ll chew you up
By Shaun English

Wind shakes up Irish movie-making
The Wind that Shakes the Barley takes a hard look at ‘the troubles’
By Danielle Suchet

Infidelity and the married man
For a sophisticated comedy, I Think I Love My Wife is no laugh riot
By Shawn Hoult

Pirates without Mr. Depp
Fighting for your right to tune in to low watts
By Andrew Aitkenhead

Carnage as window-dressing
Documentary does little to contextualize violence
By Elizabeth Chorney-Booth

Tales from beyond the grave
Kurt Cobain documentary is a scrapbook look at a rock star
By Shawn Hoult

VIDEO VULTURE

I will have my revenge! (Pause for laughter)
The difficult business of getting laughs by getting even
By John Tebbutt

MY MESSY BEDROOM

No kidding
Cute, but not for me
By Josey Vogels