Sex trade violence.
As the Pickerton trial continues in B.C., Calgary prostitutes face harassment.
By Adrian Morrow

Chuckwagon racing hell on horses.
Animal rights activists want sport banned from Stampede
By Amy Steele

News notes
By Amy Steele

LETTERS

"Wildlife needs more help."
By FFWD Reader

INTERNATIONAL

Leaving Iraq.
American withdrawl from Iraq is inevitable but will be messy.
By Gwynne Dyer

GOING GREEN

Tapping into the truth.
Bottled water is billed as pue but has a dirty environmental footprint.
By Adrienne Beattie

COVER

Saving Suffield.
Military base environmental officer is trying to protect native praire from oil and gas onslaught.
By Amy Steel

FOOD

Some enchanted evening.
Fresh summer eats at Cilantro.
By Tara MacKinnon

BOOKS

Dion, Diebel, and Alberta.
New book looks at Liberal leader.
By Drew Anderson.

Prolific poets and Magicians.
Chronicaling bpNichol and the end of Harry Potter.
By Mark Hopkins

TELEVISION

Alberta’s toxic shock syndrome.
Vice documentary Toxic Alberta examines province’s oilsands.
By Kyle Francis

LIFESTYLES

Eye of the shapely tiger.
Bikini Boot Camp’s intense fitness regimen will get you ready for the beach
By Tara Mackinnon

MUSIC

Small band, big deal.
Les.petits makes its influence almost unrecognizable.
By Jason Lewis.

Real for the first time.
Del drops the sci-fi and video games.
By Alan Cho.

Broadcasting from the road.
Winnipeggers Comeback Kid refuse to wave the hardcore flag.
By Keith Carman

And the band plays on.
In the Myspace age, a national tour is just a click away.
By Andrea Campbell.

Walking the line.
Grandfather Fire and the Holy Morning glow from duck till dawn.
By Christine Leonard.

CD REVIEWS

CD Reviews:
Interpol’s Our Love an admirable effort.
reviewed by Carla Ciccone
Arthur & Yu.’s In Camera
reviewed by Nathan Atnikov
Broadway Calls’s Broadway Calls and Sights & Sounds’s Sights & Sounds
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Nick Drake’s Family Tree
reviewed by Elizabeth Chorney-Booth
The Long Blondes’s Someone to Drive You Home
reviewed by Kyle Francis
The Actual’s In Stitches
reviewed by Jason Lewis

VISUAL ARTS

Captivating concepts.
Neil Goldberg exhibition charms.
By Janelle Dubeau

THEATRE

Forsooth!
Twelfth Night is a riotus midsummer night’s comedy.
By Melanie Little.

FILM

Hogwarts gets grim.
Phoenix provides a far more sombre and emotional version of Potter.
By Andrew Aitkenhead.

Huddled Masses.
Golden Door an imaginative tale of New World dreams.
By Jesse Locke.

All in a day’s work.
Film examines the man behind the noose.
By Nathan Atnikov

Mobster movie hits a bull’s-eye.
Alcoholism and professional murder make for a delightful romance.
By Danielle Suchet.

Low budget bliss.
Dark comedy is a return to direstor’s hard-hitting roots.
By Danielle Suchet.

Musical Comedy with heart and hair.
Remake of John Water’s classic says bigger is better.
By Danielle Suchet.

Too sweet for the cynics.
Dwights is smart, awkward and a little corny.
By Jesse Locke.

VIDEO VULTURE

Fire in the hole!
The hand grenade – a cinematic legacy.
By John Tebbutt

MY MESSY BEDROOM

Mommy is actually daddy
Transsexual parents still face stigma and discrimination
By Josey Vogels