Issue 1983, Dec 22, 2005

Arts

A little help from her friends
Gore warms my heart; Harper warms my planet
Straight writers and artists recognized, pt. II
Volume 41 Number 2015 August 3 - August 10/2006

Music

Model of modesty

Travel

Stubbies and sand make "Chrissie" in Sydney

Theatre

A Twisted Christmas Carol
Where the Wild Things Are
Brigadoon

Music Arts

Anne-Sophie Mutter Mozart

Visual Arts

David Burdeny: Shorelines
Christos Dikeakos: Domicile/drift

Arts Notes

Curtain closes on council acts
Funding alert
Public art on hold
Grand prix

Arts Choices

Christmas cheer
A cracking-good 'cracker
'tis the seasons

Arts Time Out

Comedy

Letters

Opposing views on the Burrard Bridge controversy
"Older" voter takes young whippersnappers to task
Movie critics need to drop double standard
Do Kool overpriced shoes make the woman?

News and Views

Bridge experiment nixed
Harper's same-sex gambit
Is Conservative Leader Stephen Harper's opposition to same-sex marriage going to be his Achilles' heel?

Straight Talk

Bush avoids charges
Cyclists deride new bike path
Debt issue raised
Legal beagle heads local business group
Clarification on Success Realty buildings in East Van
Champion for the poor dies in bicycle accident
Just like old times
Multinationals thrash consumers in court
Rally planned for Lebanon
Clifford Olson - parole denied
Vancouver Olympics more expensive than Turin's Games
City racks up more legal bills
Whale lovers threaten court action
City of Richmond prepares to avoid the fate of New Orleans
Kettlewell fights for adopted granny Krawczyk
June Critical Mass smashes records
Commuter paper fined for confusing ads with editorial
Watts opposes Port Mann bridge twinning 'in isolation'
Do any politicians pay attention to what's happening in the North American convention industry?
Premier's office killed Ballem's lab-reform initiative
GVRD board receives update on Camp Howdy
CanWest paper still closed

Commentary

Native leaders spurn right-wing hard-liners

Victoria Secrets

NDP decries Liberal secrets

Sports

Hay makes sun shine on Memorial Cup

Savage Love

Virginity horror stories
Dan Savage's anti-Santorum feud continues...

Health

Sampling safe sex's new stocking-stuffers

Health Features

Canada: The world's non-smoking magical kingdom

Health Notes

Shared yoga mats might carry nasty germs
Shocking discovery: watching TV decreases levels of physical activity!
What's a potato stick?
McNuggets are healthy?
You are what you eat - so eat well

Dot Comment

Time tech predictions weren't of the essence

Geek of the Week

MemoWare

Features

Fire and ice
Journey of the Magi

Outside

Minnekhada still offers quick retreat from city

Fashion Plate

We come bearing last-minute gift ideas

Style Watch

A gothic, galactic Christmas: an evening with renaissance woman Sanne Lambert and friends

Kool Thing

Brass-and-glass chandelier earrings

Chic of the Week

Delicately different pendants

Best Eating

Goods in the 'hoods
Union Gospel chef takes on big bird dinner

Uncorked

Argentina is home to the Malbec revolution

Food of the Week

Presto Panini

Drink of the Week

Gunn Oak Aged Beer

Straight Goods

Cut and paste
Talking turkey
Raise the curtain
Christmas scramble
Eat for charity
Shell out

Books

Stanley Park's Secret / By Jean Barman
White Stone Day / By John MacLachlan Gray
26a / By Diana Evans

Movies

That's life
Broderick bites into Bloom
Reiner kills political rumour
Jordan's "Pluto" takes odyssey into violence
Representing the rainbow

Movie Notes

No quotas, no cry
Lion set to rumble
If CanCon can't save us, maybe the UN can

Movie Reviews

Munich
The Producers
Breakfast on Pluto
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Saint-Cyr
Fun with Dick and Jane
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Wolf Creek

Television

Home Screen

Offbeat

Collective not just for nerds

Local Motion

Brown not the kind to sing his own praises

Concert Reviews

Riders on the Storm

Who Are You?

Amorita Bastaja

Music Notes

Lamplighter sparks feud
Head of the heads

Music Choices

Snailhouse
The Hermit

Payback Time

The deep-red hissing of the cat whips

Clubs

Hot List
Know your history - Metropole Pub
Ask Your Bartender
Tried & Tested
DJ Lowdown - Luke McKeehan

Time Out Events

Take Action
Benefits
Fashion
Et Cetera
Kids’ Stuff
Out Of Town

Cartoons

Arnould
Ernie Pook's Comeek
Red Meat
Tar Paper Town
Van Stralen

City Singles

City Single of the Week - Rossanna
Singles of the Week - Michelle | Skidge

Careers

Advertising Sales Associate
Web Programmer
Retail Advertising Sales Associate

Blogs

Joining the Web, version 2.0
Welcome to the Views Blog

Straight.com

About the Straight
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Blog - Sports

NHL draft: bargaining with the devil
Floyd Landis - alpine high
The incredible shrinking team
Hasta Luego, Bertuzzi
Big Bert's move bad news for circulation directors

Blog - Politics

Assembly of First Nations responds to Stephen Harper's call for a judicial inquiry into "racially divided fishery"
Chief Graham's world is changing
Emerson's leaving quite a legacy
NPA council jams with the best of them
Historian says EU would find our snow attractive; maybe so, but are we having fun being snowed?
Stephen Harper, clubbed seals, and the West End Girls (together again)
Harper woos animal lovers
Clinton transcript on peak oil
Gordo grudge match II
Gordo grudge match!
Cadman charges chump change compared to Carline's income
Harper clones Premier Campbell's winning formula

Blog - Movies

Mistress spices up Hollywood cliche
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