Fort Hills development gears up
Petro-Canada oilsands project will strip-mine a major wetland
By Amy Steele

Privacy Commissioner to investigate EUB (among other stories)
By Amy Steele

LETTERS

Play’s brilliance and guts lost on critic
By Tara Beagan

There’s more you should know about Canmore
By Andrew Gareau

VIEWPOINT

The bland leading the bland
Unleashing stifled dissent
By Gillian Steward

INTERNATIONAL

Contrasting perspectives on terrorism
By Gwynne Dyer

FOOD

Classic surf and turf
Low in price, heavy on value and the service is sweet – Dover Pizza is still delicious
By Tara MacKinnon

BOOKS

Young and queer
Zoe Whittall’s new novel, Bottle Rocket Hearts
By Bryn Evans

Life After Dark
Haruki Murakami gets cinematic in new novel
reviewed by Renato Vitic

A new era?
Journalist gives Stephen Harper a French Kiss
reviewed by Sean Marchetto

The secret Italian Letter
Journalists expose U.S. war scam
reviewed by Drew Anderson

Solitary confinement
Lydia Millet’s My Happy Life a dark fairy tale of survival and squalor
reviewed by Tara MacKinnon

Gordon Cope’s travel memoir a tropical treat
reviewed by Bob Blakey

Down and out in Glasgow
Mark McNay’s Fresh a grimly comic tale of villainy
reviewed by Evette Berry

Art of journalism
Banff Centre hosts non-fiction conference
By Mark Hopkins

NIGHTLIFE

Drinking outside the box
One man’s quest to find the perfect Shirley Temple
By Jason Lewis

Beer date is great
By Mike Tessier

Getting together with Twitter
Micro-blogging applet proves useful as an impromptu social organizer
By Sean Marchetto

Star dates and killer asteroids
A romantic, scientific night out at the Rothney Astrophysical Observatory
By Jennifer Wiley

Yee-haw-free fun
Finding music, drinks and good times off the Stampede grounds
By Adrian Morrow

The booze and the buzz
Energy drink highballs potentially dangerous
By Dean Seguin

Routes for late-night munching
By Tara MacKinnon

Poor man’s night on the town
Finding nightlife fun that won’t empty your slender wallet
By Adrian Morrow

MUSIC

The West Coast experiment
Psychedelic pop stars They Shoot Horses Don’t They? A real three-ring circus
By Christine Leonard

Good moon rising
New CD releases and a night of CCR covers
By Alvy Singer

Bad Religion
L.A. punks keep challenging the status quo
By Keith Carman

You can’t ignore Gallows
U.K. punks vow to hang softcore by the neck until dead
By Keith Carman

Determined not to fake it
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus busy with new video and Warped Tour
By Laura Glick

Florida punks evolve
Anberlin started with teenage poetry and ended up with theatrical screamo
By Laura Glick

FESTIVAL

First Sled Island rocks 6,000
Local acts and international stars bring down the house at indie rock fest
By Alan Cho

CD REVIEWS

Annie Clark’s magnetic voice a show-stealer
CD Reviews:
St. Vincent’s Marry Me
reviewed by Shawn Hoult
Amber Pacific’s Truth in Sincerity
reviewed by Sean Marchetto
An Angle’s The Truth is That You Are Alive
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Cedric Gervais’s Yoshitoshi Miami
reviewed by Kyle Francis
The Ghost is Dancing’s The Darkest Spark
reviewed by Sean Marchetto
Jason Isbell’s Sirens of the Ditch
reviewed by Nathan Atnikov
Pentangle’s The Time Has Come 1967-1973
reviewed by Bob Keelaghan
T-Pain’s Epiphany
reviewed by Kallen Law

VISUAL ARTS

The great cultural hoedown
Calgary Stampede inspires artists and exhibitions
By Janelle Dubeau

Building the new cityscape
John Hartman and Nelson Hendricks present the city as organism
By Jessica McCarrel

THEATRE

The Bard is back
Shakespeare in the Park launches new season
By Jeff Kubik

FILM

Red Roads less travelled
Dogma film like Inland Empire with a plot
By Timothy Heck

Dynamite light
Another tepid movie about lovestruck dorks
By Joanne Huffa

More than meets the eye
Director Michael Bay loves a big, big show
By Andrew Aitkenhead

Yippy-Ki-… well, you know
Impossible to kill – Bruce Willis jumps back into the fray as John McClane
By Andrew Aitkenhead

Six up!
Cool screenings, camps and jobs help keep summer heat at bay
By Jane McCullough

VIDEO VULTURE

Tacky movie giveaways
Don’t forget your monkey hat!
By John Tebbutt

Werewolves! Monsters! Strippers!
This summer, pick up the newest version of your favourite movie
By Jason Lewis

JOYSTUCK

Developers compete for cash and resources
Great Canadian Video Game Competition mid-term report
By Blaine Kyllo

MY MESSY BEDROOM

Hard act to swallow
The milkshake of life? I don’t think so
By Josey Vogels