AltWeeklies Wire
Ecoholic: Plants and Mowers for a Hotter Climatenew
Suggestions for drought-resistant flowers and shrubs and eco-friendly lawnmowers.
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
06-04-2007 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Alt.Health: Damming the Monthly Flownew
Periods may be a drag, but anti-bleeding pills are a mass experiment.
NOW Magazine |
Elizabeth Bromstein |
06-04-2007 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
'Skin' Tightnew
Set aside an afternoon and read this novel in one sitting -- you won't be able to stop once you've started.
NOW Magazine |
Zoe Whittall |
06-04-2007 |
Fiction
Perry Farrell Fancies Himself an Intergalactic Prophetnew
But the music on Ultra Payloaded sounds more like the work of a hippie magpie with a penchant for chaos and excess.
NOW Magazine |
Sarah Liss |
06-04-2007 |
Reviews
Dalton McGuinty's Arnie Actnew
Why is it easier for a California Republican to be green than a Liberal premier?
NOW Magazine |
Andrew Cash |
06-04-2007 |
Politics
Professor Griff's Freaky Frequencynew
The former minister of information for Public Enemy says satanic messages are embedded in hip-hop grooves.
NOW Magazine |
Sigcino Moyo |
06-04-2007 |
Music
The Fishing Industry's Whale of a Dilemmanew
The minimum measures needed to prevent ecocide in the oceans would cause major short-term disruption and throw millions out of work, so they probably won't be taken.
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
06-04-2007 |
Animal Issues
Panhandling Panic in Torontonew
City's plan to assess "passive" panhandlers is one big suck-up to bellyaching retailers.
NOW Magazine |
Mike Smith |
06-04-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
What's Eating Kitty?new
Beyond the tainted eats that have been in the news recently, pet food corporations turn cats into diabetes-prone carb fiends.
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
06-04-2007 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
CBC Yanks Disability Docsnew
After a decade on the air, the CBC announced recently that it will axe its weekly disabilities documentary TV show, Moving On.
NOW Magazine |
Jenny Yuen |
06-04-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Don't Believe the Food Technew
Enviros choke on pseudo-natural foods aimed at time-starved eco-consumers.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
06-04-2007 |
Food+Drink
Alt.Health: Bust Bacteria Without Drugsnew
Reduce antibiotic use with goldenseal and mullein.
NOW Magazine |
Elizabeth Bromstein |
05-25-2007 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Cellphone Providers Mock Usnew
A heavy cellphone user in Canada who uses around 1,200 minutes a month pays 56 percent more than the same user in the U.S.
NOW Magazine |
David Silverberg |
05-25-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Border Clashesnew
Don't be dumb when dealing with customs.
NOW Magazine |
Al Kirk |
05-25-2007 |
Travel
Tags: travel
'New Moon' Shinesnew
Fusing the politics of foreign aid and debt with elements of magic realism, Hopkinson locates the narrator in a nation undergoing its own reconciliation with the past.
NOW Magazine |
Emma McKenna |
05-25-2007 |
Fiction
