Campaign financing moves behind closed doors
By Amy Steele

Youth homelessness needs more attention and other stories
By Amy Steele

Lobbying for a living wage
Report finds that one in four Calgarians makes less than $10 an hour
By Amy Steele

LETTERS

Telus employee says union, not security, guilty of harassment
By Telus employee

Telus lockout article tells it like it is
By Jill Sarafin

Martin Morrow is a critic who cuts the crap
By Larry MacKillop

Food reviews should lead readers to those out-of-the-way places
By Amanda Koyama

WEB WATCH

Museum of hoaxes a cure for the gullible
By Courtney Thompson

VIEWPOINT

Ralph’s last coin toss
Prosperity bonus likely a final attempt to regain favour
By Gillian Steward

The everyman talks turkey
Forget scrapping health care premiums, let’s use the bonus for a vacation
By Erich Mende

CITY

War on graffiti meets resistance
City cracks down on businesses that open their walls to artists
By Jeremy Klaszus

Art or vandalism?
City-funded mural project raises questions about graffiti’s legitimacy
By Roberta McDonald

FOOD

The Casbah rocks
Wonderful new Moroccan restaurant serves a feast for the senses
By Danyael Halprin

FASHION

Suit yourself
A man’s guide to looking your best in traditional business garb
By Jeff Town

BOOKS

Punk as a positive force
Despite establishment credientials, Warren Kinsella still a Hot Nasty at heart
By Sean Marchetto

Mulroney unplugged
Most hated PM slings the dirt
By Amy Steele

BOOKENDS

Speaking out
New international collective to promote the oral tradition
By Bryn Evans

TELEVISION

Small-screen crap fest
Bad shows abound but good stuff exists ina disappointing fall TV season
By Stephen W. Smith

MUSIC

As amazed as we are
Internet hype band The Arcade Fire can’t believe their own luck
By Mark Hamilton

Wolf Parade versus the music biz
Lessons learned from the rise of Montreal’s other indie darlings
By Mark Hamilton

Rolling Black Dice
How to lose friends and alienate people
By Mark Hamilton

Thee Shams please themselves
It’s a new record, new label, but eth same old rock ‘n’ roll
By Joanne Huffa

Sister sirens get Mediaeval on your ass
By Christine Leonard

Real golden gravel road
Cam Penner makes some drastic changes and a brand new album
By Mary-Lynn Wardle

CD REVIEWS

The secret of the sellout soundtrack
CD Reviews:
Various Artists’ Veronica Mars Original Television soundtrack
reviewed by Kirsten Kosloski
The Deadly Snakes’ Porcella
reviewed by Joanne Huffa
Bruce Cockburn’s Speechless
reviewed by Jeremy Klaszus
Pocket Dwellers’ PD-Atrics
reviewed by Jason Lewis

VISUAL ARTS

Out of Saskatchewan
Show surveys artists who found inspiration at Emma Lake workshop
By Wes LaFortune

THEATRE

Lively Amadeus, lifeless Stage Struck
ATP has fun with Wolfgang, but Vertigo fires blanks in comedy-thriller
By Martin Morrow

Taking theatre to the movies
Stage meets cinema with exciting results in Mob Hit’s stylized Reckless
By Jeff Kubik

DANCE

You gotta move
Choreographer Michele Moss explores what makes dancers dance
By Jocelyn Grosse

FILM FESTIVAL

A lesson in survival
You think reading Beowulf is tough, try making the movie
By Jason Anderson

Slaying the dragon
New metal documentary is truly a Headbanger’s Journey
By Jason Anderson

More movies, more often
As film fest goes into its second weekend, there are tough choices to make
Capsule reviews by FFWD writers

FILM

Getting closer all the time
David Cronenberg brings intimacy to his latest film, A History of Violence
By Jason Anderson

You do the math
Proof uses numbers to explore family dynamics
By Rachel Deahl

Sunken treasure all wet
Into the Blue a pretty film that is pretty dull
By Andrew Aitkenhead

Fore the love of the game
The Greatest Game Ever Played putters around, but saves itself in the final round
By Jason Armstrong

Here’s the Twist
Polanski brings his past to Dickens classic
By Rachel Deahl

VIDEO VULTURE

Chatty animals speak up in Creature Comforts
by John Tebbutt

MY MESSY BEDROOM

He shoots…
Dave Bidini brings sex and hockey together
By Josey Vogels