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JAN 28 - FEB 10 2010
VOLUME 8 · ISSUE 12
JACK LAYTON
Jack Layton glides into Atlantis Café, thumb-typing into a BlackBerry and 15 minutes late for our interview. That was half expected, as his Regina visit is understandably whirl-windy, his schedule packed to bursting. Already this morning he’s been on CBC and breakfasted with Sasquatch magazine. And after our interview? He’s on a plane out of town.
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| Cover image By Paul klassen |
NEWSFRONT
MONKEY BUSINESS
Back in grade twelve biology class, I spent the entire semester studying photosynthesis, cell respiration and meiosis and mitosis — just like every other high school biology student, I’d assume. Towards the end of the semester, our teacher handed out a sheet briefly outlining Darwin’s On the Origin of Species and the concept of evolution — but refused to explain it. Instead, after telling us evolution wasn’t consistent with his religious beliefs, he simply told us to take a look at it if we felt so inclined.
read more »BIKING THROUGH THE B-R-R-R!
“I want to ride my bicycle... In a winter wonderland?”
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CITYLIVING
LIFE/STYLE
After spending most of her adult life in Vancouver, Christina Shah moved to Saskatoon a year ago in search of new opportunities — a great move, she says, as she’s found some wonderful opportunities as a writer here, meeting some really interesting people.
read more »RENOVATED — AND STILL TOP-RATED
It can be easy to overlook St. Tropez Bistro, as their little storefront on 2nd Ave. is a quiet, unassuming place from the outside — but they’ve been around for a long time, so they’re clearly doing something right.
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URBAN SCENE
COMING UP ROSES
Heart-on-the-sleeve-style electro-pop music certainly isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when discussing Alberta. Tarnished by right-wing politics, embarrassing environmental debacles and an ongoing commitment to bleed the land dry of oil, our western neighbours aren’t generally known for seeing the arts as a high priority.
read more »SCREAMING FOR VENGEANCE
Rising from the influence of New Wave Of British Heavy Metal bands like Judas Priest and Iron Maiden, thrash metal hit its heyday in the early- to mid-‘80s. The genre never really went away, but definitely went back underground after its credibility was somewhat damaged in the ‘90s, when pioneering bands (like Metallica, Megadeth and Testament) abandoned their trademark punch-in-the-face intensity for radio-friendly pop influences.
read more » CONCERT FOR THE CORE
Though it’s been in the works for about 10 years, Station 20 West only really hit the news about three years back — when the newly-elected Sask. Party government yanked $8 million in funding from the project. Now, after redesigning the project, it’s crunch time for Station 20 in terms of construction — and to help, the Grosvenor Park United Church is holding a major fundraiser, in hopes of having shovels in the ground by the summer.
read more » GENRE BUSTERS
Once in a while, a film that absolutely refuses to have anything to do with accepted Hollywood formula sneaks into theatres, ready to push audiences out of their comfort zones. Two of these freaks of nature reach town this week — and both are far superior to any marquee flick currently on screen: the scary-as-hell documentary Collapse and the hilarious drug meltdown Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.
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