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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2004

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Different drummer

Industry outsider knew almost nothing about being a record executive four years ago when he started MapleMusic.com, which is perhaps the secret behind how his online distribution company has come to challenge an industry raised on robbery, helping some of the country’s top indie bands assert their independence By Bruce Gillespie [Read more]

Collective souls

Co-operative values are catching on among Canadian bands, spawning large ensemble acts of 10 or more members who share the spotlight as well as sharing royalties and responsibility. For some, it’s a political statement, a musical manifesto setting out equal roles and equal rights, but for others, like the break-out success Broken Social Scene, bigger is just better By Liisa Ladouceur [Read more]

Killer cop

Jocelyn Hotte used his elite RCMP training to stalk and kill his ex-girlfriend. Why did police ignore her call for help? And why have they done nothing to address the secret shame of conjugal violence amoung cops in the years since the attack? What will it take for the hidden abuse to finally hit home? By Alex Roslin [Read more]

The right thing to do

By Patricia D’Souza


THIS & THAT

The road less travelled Bern Grush’s smart driving system could be the incentive people need to carpool, skip rush hour or decide to take transit instead By Craig Saunders

The truth about aid Ottawa Report by Aaron Freeman

Fifties flashback By Jenn Hardy

Burn, baby, burn Why Yukon forest management companies can’t see the forest fire for the trees By Rebecca Addelman

You be the reporter Tired of media concentration? Take a lesson from South Korea By Arthur Johnson

Shopping mall thrall By Annette Bourdeau

Bay daze By Julia Williams

Your logo here How corporate advertising gets Canada Post’s stamp of approval By Annette Bourdeau

Holy smokes! By Julia Williams

Bush league By Evan Munday

THE GREAT CANADIAN LITERARY HUNT

Fiction 1st place Dream Vacation By Terence Young

Poetry 1st place Department Store By Sadiqa De Meijer

Fiction 2nd place The Science in Loving Art By Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay

Poetry 2nd place Jane By Shannon Stewart

Fiction 3rd place The Itches By André Rodrigues

Poetry 3rd place Holes in the backdrop By Kelly-Rose Pflug

ARTS & IDEAS

Moving target By Audrey Gagnon

Let’s rant and roll Now, more than ever, we need music with a message By Lisa Whittington-Hill

Oil and vinegar By Sue McCluskey

Read This: The best of Canadian small press Venous Hum, by Suzette Mayr, review by Adam Lewis Schroeder
Hello, I’m Special: How Individuality Became the New Conformity, by Hal Niedzviecki, review by Andrew Potter
Cities, Culture and Granite, by Edmund P. Fowler, review by Christopher Sorenson

Get the ball rolling By Arianne Robinson

Hear This: off the beaten track Apostle of Hustle, Folkloric Feel (Arts & Crafts)
Royal City, Little Heart’s Ease (Three Gut) A. C. Newman, The Slow Wonder (Blue Curtain)
Reviews by Lisa Whittington-Hill

Public art therapy How Dyan Marie uses creativity to awaken community pride Interview by Andre Mayer



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