AltWeeklies Wire
Petro-Giants Will Accept a Carbon Taxnew
Canada's oil industry explicitly backs the introduction of a carbon tax as the best way to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
The Georgia Straight |
Matthew Burrows |
12-10-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
'Tableland' Documents Sustainable Farming Successesnew
Tableland shows how local, seasonal food is being produced on a small scale in diverse places like Salt Spring Island, rural Quebec, and inner-city Chicago.
The Georgia Straight |
Carolyn Ali |
11-30-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Craig Noble, Tableland
Daniel Craig on 'The Golden Compass'new
James Bond is making it easier for Daniel Craig to build a career. Of course, it doesn't always work that way.
The Georgia Straight |
Ian Caddell |
11-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Chris Weitz, The Golden Compass
The Hiply Unhip Trans-Siberian Orchestranew
As guitarist Al Pitrelli admits over the phone before heading to a sound check in Fresno, California, the success of his decidedly unhip ensemble, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, goes against all odds.
The Georgia Straight |
Steve Newton |
11-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Spice Girls: Feminist Saviorsnew
Compared to the starlets of today -- bitch-slapping each other over Good Charlotte's Joel Madden, fighting with coke addiction, flashing their pubeless cooters to generate press -- the Spice Girls seem positively radical.
The Georgia Straight |
Elaine Corden |
11-30-2007 |
Concerts
Tags: The Spice Girls, concerts
Gizmo Gifts for Gearheadsnew
The holiday gift-giving season is a great excuse for Techno Logic to test-drive electronic gear on your behalf. Your appreciation is thanks enough.
The Georgia Straight |
Blaine Kyllo |
11-30-2007 |
Shopping
Tags: shopping
EcoDensity Won't Cut House Pricesnew
EcoDensity has been billed as supplying more housing through densification–laneway homes, condos on top of stores, rezoning sprawling house-oriented neighborhoods to accommodate low-rise apartments–and prices would drop into the affordable zone.
The Georgia Straight |
Pieta Woolley |
11-30-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
The Drive for Clean Energy Sparks a British Columbia Gold Rushnew
No longer just an issue pushed by environmentalists, clean energy is becoming a money-making business.
The Georgia Straight |
Jeannine Mitchell |
11-30-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Recipe: Game Birdsnew
If you'd rather not see another big bird until next October, there are plenty of delicious options like quail, pheasant, and partridge.
The Georgia Straight |
Mat Loup |
11-19-2007 |
Food+Drink
8 Wine Treats for the Holiday Seasonnew
If there's any pliancy remaining in your seasonal budget, come along and look at a few new treats and treasures.
The Georgia Straight |
Jurgen Gothe |
11-19-2007 |
Food+Drink
Documenting Proof of Darwin's Natural Selectionnew
While Darwin explained how the "natural" world worked in theory, no one had been able to fully and methodically document and describe having actually seen it work that way in practice. Until Peter and Rosemary Grant came along, that is.
The Georgia Straight |
Terry Glavin |
11-19-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
'The Rape of Nanking' Finally Set to Filmnew
When U.S. author Iris Chang wrote The Rape of Nanking in 1997, she lifted a cloak of silence from one of the most violent events in modern history.
The Georgia Straight |
Jenny Uechi |
11-19-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Freddie Highmore on 'August Rush'new
Highmore's own gift, which has led to winning several child-acting awards, will not be on view much longer, he says. The actor has continually told reporters that he will not attempt to be an adult actor, preferring to find other ways to make a living when he gets older.
The Georgia Straight |
Ian Caddell |
11-19-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: August Rush, Kirsten Sheridan
Mike Newell on 'Love in the Time of Cholera'new
"Would I have had the confidence to make this movie if I hadn't done a Harry Potter?," Newell asked. "Absolutely. But the money is a whole other matter."
The Georgia Straight |
Ken Eisner |
11-19-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Jon Spencer Knows Heavy Trash is Confusingnew
Taking their inspiration -- and title -- from the 1926 autobiography of itinerant petty crook Jack Black, the men of Heavy Trash go for strip-club grind and analog-tape manipulation, allowing Spencer to deliver a hilarious but spooky sermon on post-9/11 America.
The Georgia Straight |
Adrian Mack |
11-19-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
