Secondary suites urged
By Amy Steele

Critics protest P3s
Groups want province to keep private industry out of public school operations
By Amy Steele

LETTERS

Let us work together, comrade Dyer-hater
By Joe Panto

Seal skin coats best worn by seals
By Kumar Jain

VIEWPOINT

Pax Americana
U.S. imperialism is nothing new, and it’s here to stay… for a while
By David Bright

INTERNATIONAL

What’s wrong with Italy?
Citizens lose patience with their country’s political madness
By Gwynne Dyer

ENVIRONMENT

Water works
Albertans strategize to save an imperilled resource
By Josh Markle

FOOD

Cheap eats and cool treats
Indochine Bistro offers a unique take on traditional Vietnamese fare
By Lenore Hume

BOOKS

Multidisciplinary madness
By Mark Hopkins

MUSIC

South by Southwest’s week of music madness
By Aubrey McInnis

Champion quits his day job
Giving up a lucrative career writing film scores, DJ finds his true passion
By Peter Hemminger

Excuse my French
Malajube prefers to write songs in their native tongue
By Aubrey McInnis

More than just music
African choir gives a voice to a generation affected by AIDS
By Danielle Suchet

CD REVIEWS

The soundtrack for your next bad breakup
CD Reviews:
Dolorean’s You Can’t Win
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Dean and Britta’s Back Numbers
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Amon Tobin’s Foley Room
reviewed by Charles Gunn
Bright Eyes’ Four Winds EP
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Nine Inch Nails’ Beside You In Time
reviewed by Shawn Hoult
Low’s Drums & Guns
reviewed by Mark Hamilton

VISUAL ARTS

Uncomfortable ambiguity
Retrospective looks at Dominique Blain’s career of politically charged creations
By Scott Rogers

Tune in to the bizarre Winnipeg Babysitter
Daniel Barrow curates eccentric public TV clips for wacky variety hour
By Anthea Black

Heavy metal mayhem descends on Stride Gallery
But wait – this is contemporary art, not an Anthrax concert!
By Anthea Black

THEATRE

Puppets, pyrotechnics and religion
Spymonkey completes its trilogy of insane hilarity with Bless
By Andrea Campbell

Trances and dances
Sage creates a cabaret of the grotesque in Morwyn Brebner’s Music for Contortionist
By Jeff Kubik

Way down, below the ocean…
TJ’s Resident Company raises Atlantis from watery depths
By Jeff Kubik

Breaking out
Students Taking Flight, Gilbert and Sullivan go dark
By Jeff Kubik

Things that go bump-in-the-night
The Pillowman is a visceral work of the absurd and the horrific
By Jeff Kubik

COVER STORY

Jaws of life
Sharkwater uncovers the danger facing deep sea predators
By Jeff Kubik

FILM

Something’s fishy
Nature doc shows us sharks are friends not food
By Danielle Suchet

Children are the future?
The Last Mimzy is missing some magic
By Shawn Hoult

Return of the heroes in a half-shell
TMNT has enough style and substance to satisfy any fan of the series
By Shawn Hoult

The outsider
The life of Miami artist Purvis Young
By Jill Roberts

Documentary is a Crude Awakening
Film is a well-researched but unfocused look at our depleting oil supply
By Nathan Atnikov

VIDEO VULTURE

Have at thee, vile dastard!
The thrill of cinematic sword fighting in seven easy steps
By John Tebbutt

MY MESSY BEDROOM

Classy stuff
Are you a snob when it comes to relationships?
By Josey Vogels