News
City moves to ban pesticides by 2011
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Adrian Morrow
Homelessness rises among families
Aldermen call for focus on housing, not shelters
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Adrian Morrow
Neo-nazi brawls with anti-racists
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Adrian Morrow
Province will spend $4 billion to fight global warming
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Adrian Morrow
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City
Redevelopment starts in downtown east end
Gentrification proceeds without replacing affordable housing
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Adrian Morrow
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Letters |
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Viewpoint
Hitchcock, Harper and the war on cliché
From Hollywood to Harper, the cost of sloppy thinking
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David Bright
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International
Last exit for the Holocene
Avoiding the end of a human-friendly global era
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Gwynne Dyer
Risky business
Talisman’s Iraq gamble may become its next human rights nightmare
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Trevor Howell
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Bookends
Celebrating Calgary’s publishing community
Blow-Out! features readings, sound poetry, books and more
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Bronwyn Haslam
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Books
Mutant mates and irradiated edibles
Your guide to post-apocalyptic survival strategies
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Sean Marchetto
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Food
Chicks in the city
Calgarians making the case for urban chickens by Julie Van Rosendaal This ain’t your momma’s Keg! New patio space is innovative, but how about a menu to match? by Tara MacKinnon |
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Health |
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My Messy Bedroom |
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Horoscopes |
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Joystuck |
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Visual Arts
Bike brigade takes it to the streets
by Anthea Black O’ Kanata, our home and native land Jackson 2bears video and sound collage at The New Gallery by Anthea Black |
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CD Reviews
Albert Hammond Jr. - Como Te Llama?
Red Ink by Elizabeth Chorney-Booth Ayla Brook - After the Morning After Saved By Radio by Jason Lewis Heather Blush & The Uppercuts - Vice Independent by Bruce Pollock Misery Signals - Controller Ferret Music by Christine Leonard Ponytail - Ice Cream Spiritual We Are Free by Garth Paulson The Dutchess and The Duke - She's the Dutches, He's the Duke Hardly Art by Peter Hemminger The Jolts - Haute Voltage Haute Voltage Records by Jason Lewis |
Music Previews
Another manic Thursday
Week gets off to an indecision-inducing start by Peter Hemminger Barbarians at the gate Singer-songwriter Fred Eaglesmith can’t always choose his audience by Patrick Boyle Old at heart Banjo-playing songwriter Old Man Luedecke finds Proof of Love by Mary-Lynn Wardle |
Film Features |
Film Reviews
Pretty pictures, pretty stupid
Del Toro’s Hellboy II forgets to put a script behind its lush imagery by Jeff Kubik The Unknown Woman by Adrian Morrow |