Issue 1986, Jan 12, 2006

Arts

Man in Motion
Winter arts events
Tune in, turn on, chill out
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

INXS A new reality

Theatre

Catch the good kind of Fever
Women at Play(s)

Dance

Dance rises with the dawn

Music Arts

Mozart wins with great triple play

Arts Choices

George RR Martin

Multimedia

Pious Chun Yi both martial and artless

Arts Time Out

Comedy

Letters

It's fun to save the planet and dodge apocalypse
Vote positively and fill tiny parties' coffers
Can't wait for all those heavenly orgasms
Video-game mayhem is a sorry sign of the times
Soundclash review read like the critic was spurned

News and Views

Home ownership eludes most
We create a huge footprint
Promises and fast facts
How do you plan to address climate change?
Aboriginal youth force VPD to change ways

Straight Talk

Ex-cop challenges VPD
Conservatives boost Fogarassy
Canada line cars won't run on Skytrain
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

Victoria Secrets

Audit examines leave time

Savage Love

Soldier-on-Soldier action
Dan Savage's anti-Santorum feud continues...

Health

Device gives hope to sleep-deprived shifters

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

Looming blue-laser DVD war leaves us cold
The sweet siren song of high-end earphones

Geek of the Week

Mean Kitty

Trigger Happy

Violent game play may empower kids

Features

Reinventing diplomacy

Outside

Local mountains offer a blizzard of activities

Fashion Plate

New year requires a new style strategy

Style Watch

Guys, just say no to the Man-Snood
Our model bundles up for the public skate

Kool Thing

Hand-knit chain-link necklace

Chic of the Week

The Lucky Shopping Manual

Best Eating

For many local foodies, Dine Out is on the menu

Uncorked

Wine fest and auction bid for world fame

Food of the Week

Blood oranges

Drink of the Week

The second of the best-of-2005 brews

Straight Goods

Selling sauerkraut
Scarlet temptation rav
Double decade deals
Buon mangia
Fish on
Boffo bill

Books

Blood Sports / By Eden Robinson
The World is a Heartbreaker / By Sherwin Tjia
Funny You Don't Look Like One / Traplines
Monkey Beach

Movies

Masters helm locally lensed horror show
True North films strong but rarely screened

Movie Notes

Chill Out in Cozy Theatres
NFB shows Vancouver on drugs

Movie Reviews

The White Countess
Tristan & Isolde
Transamerica
Hoodwinked
Grandmas's Boy

Television

Home Screen

Offbeat

Koto virtuoso goes virtual

Local Motion

Lisa Miller explores grey areas with Q

Concert Reviews

Wild Gorilla Museum upstages clever Chiefs

Recordings

The Darkness / One Way Ticket To Hell ... And Back
Mew / And the Glass Handed Kites
Hurdy-Gurdy / Prototyp

Music Notes

Club news round up

Payback Time

Bruce Mckiel vs. Mike Usinger

Club Guide

Clubs

Time Out Events

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

Cartoons

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

City Singles

Single of the Week - Mike
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
Advertise at the Straight - Web Advertising

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

Video Game Reviews

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
The Suffering: Ties That Bind

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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