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Left-Wing Activists Plan Vancouver Coalitionnew
A group of Vancouver-based activists are taking steps to form a new membership-based coalition that organizers say will offer a progressive voice as an alternative to positions being taken by elected civic officials who have left-wing credentials.
The Georgia Straight |
Carlito Pablo |
02-09-2009 |
Politics
Pipeline Would Bring Tankers Into B.C. Inletsnew
Although governments prefer to dance around the prickly question of an oil-tanker ban on the British Columbia coast, conservation groups, many First Nations, and other critics say the reasons for a moratorium still stand: simply that tanker traffic and oil spills pose a serious threat.
The Georgia Straight |
Andrew Findlay |
02-09-2009 |
Animal Issues
Woodpigeon Adds Subtle Twists to the Truthnew
Although Woodpigeon's two new discs vary wildly in sound — Treasury Library Canada is lushly orchestrated dream-pop, while Houndstooth Europa is essentially an acoustic home recording — a sense of immediacy is one aesthetic constant.
The Georgia Straight |
Alexander Varty |
02-09-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Push' Has Solid Premise But Not Much Elsenew
What Push's heroes need is super-Prozac. Instead they get one chase scene after another, as McGuigan plasters over the many plot holes with quick cuts, flashbacks, changes of film stock, and disturbing glimpses of Fanning’s milky upper thighs. It’s entertaining, in a nervous, just-ate-ten-boxes-of-Nerds kind of way.
The Georgia Straight |
Ron Yamauchi |
02-09-2009 |
Reviews
Clive Owen Creates a Secret Agent All His Own in 'The International'new
Clive Owen was not chosen to play James Bond, even after years of speculation that the 007 role was a natural fit. Yet in The International he does get to play a character who somewhat resembles Bond, and with a plot in which the secret agent would feel at home.
The Georgia Straight |
Ian Caddell |
02-09-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
The African Diaspora and Its Beautiful Discontentsnew
The puzzlingly punctuated title of Nurse.Fighter.Boy is a tip-off that characters here are to be taken with several grains of mythopoeic salt.
The Georgia Straight |
Ken Eisner |
02-09-2009 |
Reviews
Seriously Funny Parody Rules Graham Rawle's 'Woman's World'new
Graham Rawle's Woman's World is an astonishing concept novel that's not only about the powers of obsession but also, it seems, a product of them. It looks like a book-length ransom note. But it's far more than an elaborate stunt: as soon becomes clear to the reader, Woman's World is a first-rate piece of comedic art.
The Georgia Straight |
Brian Lynch |
02-09-2009 |
Fiction
David Newby Hopes to Lead Labor's Comebacknew
Wisconsin State AFL-CIO President David Newby has felt despair over the past three decades of plant closings, wage cuts and union-busting. But he's convinced the labor movement has the potential to rebound.
Isthmus |
Roger Bybee |
02-09-2009 |
Business & Labor
Canadian Artists Are Getting Poorernew
A new study indicates that Canadian artists are poorer now than they were over a decade ago.
The Georgia Straight |
Jessica Werb |
02-09-2009 |
Economy
Puppeteer Ronnie Burkett's World Has Strings Attachednew
Subjects from strippers to booze mean Ronnie Burkett's acclaimed marionette production isn't exactly The Muppet Show.
The Georgia Straight |
Jessica Werb |
02-09-2009 |
Performance
Purple Tunnel Stress Disordernew
Columnist Judith Levine was one of the unlucky purple ticket-holders who were locked out of the inauguration. But she's not bitter. Heh.
Seven Days |
Judith Levine |
02-09-2009 |
Commentary
Tags: Obama inauguration
News From Waaay Outside the Mainstream: 'How's Your News?'new
How's Your News? is certainly groundbreaking: there's never been a program on TV hosted by people with disabilities.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
02-09-2009 |
TV
Robin Romm Goes Raw With Loss in 'The Mercy Papers'new
Robin Romm faces her mother's death with such clear-eyed ferocity that it cheapens her stunning, small book to try to say whether it’s good, or whether it might give solace to a grieving reader.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
02-06-2009 |
Nonfiction
Halifax's Cardboard Economynew
A collapse in world paper markets produces a fundamental shift in how Halifax recycles.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Tim Bousquet |
02-06-2009 |
Environment
Can Lionel Hollins Turn the Memphis Grizzlies Around?new
When Lionel Hollins' hire was made official, it was greeted with a mix of confusion and derision by all but the coach's most ardent local supporters. But if Hollins seemed (or seems) like a bad hire, the Grizzlies organization has only itself to blame for that perception.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
02-06-2009 |
Sports
