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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2005

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THIS & THAT

Balance the BooksJoanna Chapman keeps her local government honestBy Anya Wassenberg

Situation Normal, All FNUCed UpInfighting threatens the future of Saskatoon’s First Nations University campusBy Stephen LaRose

Seizing Savage HarbourP.E.I. mussel farmers suffer as feds give free pass to underwater invadersBy Robin Gillingham

This Is Your Fish on DrugsHow the life aquatic is affected by household products that rinse down the drainBy Christine Davidson

Out WestThe other rodeo in CalgaryBy Ryan R. Schmidt

A New Kind of WarAerial assault as a peacekeeping tool: Israel’s lesson to Canada at Exercise Maple Flag?By Jon Elmer

What’s the Frequency, CanCon?Selling our soul to satellite radioBy Terence Dick

Let Them Eat PieThe economy may be growing, but not everyone’s getting a bigger sliceBy Ellen Russell

FICTION & POETRY

Hum and Drone By Joanne Huffa

6 poems by Jason Heroux Winter vista
The dog woke up
Odd-Sized Screws Kept In A Drawer
Flower shop
The Sea Never Drowns
Postcard from a parking lot

Playing Poker With Robert BlyStuart Ross Interviews Jason Heroux

ARTS & IDEAS

Off the MapAntonia Hirsch charts her own artistic courseBy Alex Aylett

Read This: The Latest in Canadian Small Press The Empire of Mind: Digital Piracy and the Anti-Capitalist, by Michael Strangelove, review by Kelly McCarthy-Maine
American Standard/Canada Dry, by Stephen Cain, review by Jennifer LoveGrove

Dyke TypeAnne Fleming ponders the Ins of Out writingBy Zoe Whittall

Hear This: True North Beats and Rhymes Sweatshop Union, United We Fall (Battleaxe/EMI)
The Quartertones, Hidden In Plain Sight (URBNet Records)
Reviews by Matt Semansky

It’s A Rap!Sixtoo’s Ninja star is on the riseBy Mason Wright

Question AuthorityFear and Self-Loathing in Manitobal’Atelier national du Manitoba founders rescue Winnipeg culture from the cinematic scrap heapInterview by Paul Corupe