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MAY 08 - MAY 21 2008
VOLUME 6 · ISSUE 19
TRAILER TRASHED
Holy $12 dollar pop and popcorn, Batman, it’s a Planet S summer movie preview. Yee-haw!
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| Cover image By Myron Campbell |
NEWSFRONT
NO SEX PLEASE, WE’RE SASKIES
“We’ve never presented ourselves as a family-oriented channel.”
read more »MAIL FRAUD?
As flak-jacketed RCMP officers raid their party headquarters, it might not be a good idea for the Conservative Party to remind people that they’re running afoul of Elections Canada guidelines.
read more » SHOW AND TELL
Since the Saskatchewan Party government scrapped the Department of Culture, Youth & Recreation and replaced it with the Ministry of Tourism, Parks, Culture & Sport, the arts sector has picked up some strange bedfellows.
read more » CONDO-NUNDRUM
With a vacancy rate teetering around 0.6 per cent and with condominium conversions happening at a rate seven times higher than a mere two years ago, Saskatoon's housing crunch has had a particularly harsh effect on renters.
read more » MEDIA SCOOPED
“We are right to be concerned about the concentration of media ownership today, and to look to independent sources to supplement or subvert what counts as mainstream news.” Len Findlay, U of S
read more » CAUGHT IN THE RUMOUR MILL
Talk about trying to turn a silk purse into a sow’s ear.
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CITYLIVING
BEER AND A SHOT — ALL IN ONE
A shot of bourbon with a beer chaser is a common bar order — just ask Hillary Clinton. But rather than having one after the other, how about combining the two? Sound less than palatable? You’d think so, perhaps, but two brothers from Scotland would disagree — and after tasting their beer, it’s hard to argue with them.
read more »BUFFET — THE RIGHT WAY
On Mother’s Day — or any Sunday this year — visit the Garden Court at the Bessborough for a brunch second to none.
read more » LIFE/STYLE
After moving out of the small town of Coronach, Saskatchewan at the age of 16, Heather’s life has constantly been on the go. For the past three and a half years she’s kept herself busy working as a hair stylist — but as someone who’s always up for a new challenge, she jumped at the chance to try out piercing when she was offered a job in December of 2007.
read more » THE RICHES OF SPAMALOT
Evidently, I’m a very wealthy man — at least, I’m being told that over and over again in a non-stop parade of emails. Yet, I still buy my coffee at Tim Horton’s and worry about the high cost of balogna, like every Canadian of modest income. Sadly, all this money that’s supposedly mine continues to stay just out of reach — at least, for the moment.
read more » URBAN NIGHTMARE
Hartman has made all these cities seem alive, moving and vaguely unsavoury. Even his depiction of Halifax has bridges and roads that appear more like tongues, as though the city is expanding, consuming all in its path and feeding the urban maw — I mean, sprawl.
read more » CLIMBING THE LADDER
“As an actor I feel like I can hop into almost any play, any genre and find my way. [But] as I director, I’m like — nah, it’s gotta be the right play.”
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URBAN SCENE
LONDON CALLING
About a hundred years after Julius Caesar’s two unsuccessful attempts to invade Britain, Roman Emperor Claudius sent another army in, hoping to finally whoop some Celtic arse. The third time was indeed the charm, and England fell under Roman rule for hundreds of years, leaving a lasting impression on both the landscape and British culture as a whole.
read more »AN ALT-FOLK APIARY
Pretty much everything about Halifax’s Ghost Bees is unusual — running a narrow gamut from merely unconventional to downright bizarre. Founded by twin sisters Romy and Sari Lightman, even the manner in which they were discovered and signed to a recording contract, for example, is just a teensy bit unique.
read more » BEE-BOY BREAKOUT
Let’s talk for a minute about that peculiar phenomenon known as the ‘boy band’ (Hey — get back here!). Comprised of boys (aha! I’m starting to get it!) who play crowd-pleasing pop music, they’re usually deliciously dressed and sexy enough to make the front page of magazines with names like “Teen Beat” gooey with sweat.
read more » SORRY — NO BEE PUNS HERE!
Since releasing her first album at the age of 19, Sarah Slean has been wowing audiences across Canada with her face-meltingly talented piano playing — and doe eyes that could stop a speeding truck.
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