AltWeeklies Wire
Number of University of Victoria 100k Earners Jumps 40 Percent Since 2005new
While the unionized staff at the University of Victoria Student Union Building continue their strike in pursuit of better wages, it's clear from this year's schedule of remuneration that plenty of the university's 4,000-plus workforce are eking out a rather comfortable existence.
Monday Magazine |
Jason Youmans |
09-18-2008 |
Education
As Canadian Progressives, Can We Save Ourselves from Our Party Leaders?new
Welcome to our new progressive reality -- the leaderless election. In fact, if we look to leadership at all, we are doomed to another Harper government -- not just here in Canada but also on the world stage.
NOW Magazine |
Alice Klein |
09-15-2008 |
Commentary
Clayton Roueche, the Last King of Potlandnew
In the typically futile annals of the War on Drugs, the takedown of a Canadian scrap dealer's son was a major score.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
09-15-2008 |
Drugs
Where's the Beef Tax?new
Eating meat is like driving a Hummer, but no pol has the guts to push a carbon tax on it.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
09-15-2008 |
Food+Drink
Canada's Afghan Pullout Bluesnew
The prime minister's promised 2011 exit is in jeopardy from a shifting U.S. geo-strategy.
NOW Magazine |
Paul Weinberg |
09-08-2008 |
War
Ex-Tory PM Condemns Canadian Arts Cutsnew
Former prime minister Joe Clark is calling the federal government's decision to cut a prominent arts program "a big mistake."
Fast Forward Weekly |
Jeremy Klaszus and Adrian Morrow |
09-04-2008 |
Economy
From Fort Mac to Downtown Calgary -- by Bicyclenew
Activists cycle nearly 1000 kilometers to deliver water collected downstream from the Athabasca oilsand to oil companies' head offices in Calgary.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Adrian Morrow |
09-04-2008 |
Environment
Arts Axed: Canada Hacks into Arts Funding
With $45 million to be removed from the Canadian government's arts funding, where does this leave various arts organizations?
Monday Magazine |
Amanda Farrell |
09-03-2008 |
Policy Issues
Belugas Charm in Manitoba's Churchill Rivernew
There's only one place in the world where you can watch hundreds of beluga whales cavort in the wild, their gleaming white bodies arching above the surface of the water.
The Georgia Straight |
Lauren Kramer |
08-29-2008 |
Travel
The YoungCuts Film Fest Pulls Together Consistantly Good Shortsnew
Chalk it up to the digital revolution or well-funded film schools or the willingness to take on credit card debt, but the festival films' production values are impressively high, all told.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
08-18-2008 |
Movies
Canada's Most Picturesque Province is Also the Center of an Underground Pot Explosionnew
Prince Edward Island is still largely a bastion of clean-cut, yesteryear values. A number of island communities remain defiantly dry. But it is also home to a thriving cottage industry that includes both indoor hydroponic pot production, and a more daring coterie of growers who take advantage of the island's perfect summer climate and endless fields of spuds, soybeans, and corn to pursue small-scale cultivation en plein air.
Boston Phoenix |
Alan R. Earls |
08-14-2008 |
Drugs
Who's Who of Toronto's Microbreweriesnew
With an ever-increasing number of microbreweries cropping up on the smoggy horizon, Hogtown is well on its way to becoming Hoptown, and it’s not just the pigs who think this is good news.
NOW Magazine |
Graham Duncan |
08-08-2008 |
Food+Drink
Halifax's Ocean Entertainment Tastes Success with Popular "Food-porn" TV Programsnew
It all started in 1997, when Michael Smith was running the kitchen at the Inn at Bay Fortune on PEI. In the garden overlooking the sea, gathering herbs for an evening's service, the chef suddenly thought to himself, "this is so goddam perfect, we should make a television show."
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Jessica Linzey |
08-08-2008 |
Food+Drink
When are Halifax Politicians Going to Commit to Transit?new
Every politician supports better mass transit - just ask them. But will candidates for regional council commit to real action to create a transit-friendly city?
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Tim Bousquet |
08-08-2008 |
Transportation
Lien Chao's 'The Chinese Knot' Offers Unique Perspectivenew
All these stories are told from the point of view of single Chinese-Canadian women, who make up an intriguing demographic. Many of them came to Canada in the 80s and 90s only to experience painful family conflict – usually ending in divorce – once they got here.
NOW Magazine |
Staff |
08-04-2008 |
Fiction
