This Magazine articles from May 2002

This Magazine archives from May 2002

Can a food bank change? (Under The Hood).(Brief Article)(Editorial)
May 1, 2002... FOOD BANKS BRING SURPLUS FOOD AND HUNGRY PEOPLE TOGETHER, BUT like so many win-win situations, some people win more than others. Food banks don't just provide sustenance to struggling families, they save money for the food industry, the soul of...

Socialism for no money down! (Salvo).(Brief Article)(Editorial)
May 1, 2002... "I'M A FISCAL CONSERVATIVE BUT A SOCIAL liberal," explained the handsome doctor on the couch beside me. He was chatting up a young woman, and doing quite well it looked like. It was the second time that week I'd heard the phrase used as a...

Censorship 101. (Red-Handed).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... CURIOUS BUSINESS AFOOT IN ONE OF OUR CAPITAL'S IVORY TOWERS. New rules on the use of the student centre at the University of Ottawa contains a peculiar list of prohibitions. Among the no-nos? Activities, which, in the opinion of the university...

Feed the world. (How-To).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... HUMANITARIAN AID ALWAYS SOUNDS LIKE a good idea. If you're going to bomb civilian houses and crop fields, you should at least provide tents and powdered food. But all aid is not created equal. Condemning the U.S. food drops in Afghanistan as...

Kiss my assets. (Context).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... FOR LARRY BROWN, DODGING TEAR GAS canisters at the Summit of the Americas last spring was the richest of ironies. "I was in the street getting teargassed. Meanwhile the companies getting our members' money were inside the fence advocating...

Hard to swallow. (Chart).
May 1, 2002... "FOOD SAFETY AND YOU," A PAMPHLET DISTRIBUTED BY THE CANADIAN Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), is full of helpful advice. It urges Canadians to clean their hands thoroughly before eating, refrigerate leftovers, and keep their food preparation...

She's no Judge Judy. (Up Next).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... WHEN CLAIRE L'HEUREUX-DUBE CUTS HER 75th birthday cake this fall, it promises to be a day of celebration for gay bashers, fathers' rights activists, and people who mistake rape for romance. That's because it's the day L'Heureux-Dube hits the...

Missing the point. (Letters).
May 1, 2002... With regard to Bronwyn Drainie's article "Dissent should be tax-deductible" (Mar/ Apr 2002), I suggest that instead of considering whether to allow charities to fund political parties, we should be directing the debate to whether or not we...

Another Vue. (Letters).
May 1, 2002... While Hal Niedzviecki's piece on the death of Vancouver's Terminal City (Mar/Apr 2002) conveys how difficult it is for a truly alternative weekly paper to survive in Canada, he makes several disparaging--and mistaken--blanket statements about...

Shallow Hal. (Letters).
May 1, 2002... Hal Niedzviecki exhibits precisely the phenomenon he laments in his article on nostalgia ("Sentimental illness" Jan/Feb 2002). First, by arguing for a good nostalgia he empties nostalgia of meaning. Hal makes it mean all types of historical...

Freudian slips. (Letters).
May 1, 2002... I generally loved your issue on psychiatry and hope that all psychiatrists read it (Jan/Feb 2002). I do have some thoughts about two points though. First, in the brilliantly astute DSM article ("DSM 911" by Kim Pittaway), diagnoses #2 and...

Tragically flip. (Letters).
May 1, 2002... Thanks for your issue on psychiatry. Politically progressive people are often tragically clueless about this massive arena of capitalist oppression and obfuscation. But no thanks for the way you chose to end the feature. In his final...

Singalong with Hal: a wannabe crooner explores why a bunch of off-key school kids rock harder than the Rolling Stones, and why one real Corpusse is better than a million parodies. (Culture).
May 1, 2002... "I WAS YOUNG WHEN I LEFT HOME," BOB DYLAN drawls on his 2001 recording, Love and Theft. Recorded in 1961 and previously unreleased, his reluctant take on this folk classic lodges in my head. I hear it as I cook dinner, lose a pass in my skates,...

dThe big stink: Canadian hog farmers are finding that, more and more, they have to go big or go out of business. Big barns may mean big profits, but they also mean big fights with the locals. Elliott Anderson reports that in communities from coast to coast, citizen opposition is making factory farms unfeasible. But will this lead to a change in farming methods, or just send production someplace else?
May 1, 2002... BENEATH LISA BECHTHOLD'S POLITE EXTERIOR IS A no-nonsense confidence that is apparent when you talk to her about the things she cares about. Until about three years ago, she cared most about her two children, the volleyball team she coached,...

Food fighters.
May 1, 2002... Fifty years ago, people thought there wasn't enough food to feed the world. Today, we have a highly efficient global food system that produces more than enough--but only for the highest bidder. As a result, a new kind of food insecurity has...

Eat (with) me: maybe we are what we eat, but food is more than just a matter of taste.
May 1, 2002... A GOOD FRIEND IS TALKING HERSELF INTO A LONG overdue breakup and I'm being as supportive as I can. "And in the whole two years we've been together, he never once ate Chinese with me. Even when I cook at home..." "Okay, stop right...

Good PR is growing: Ottawa is spending millions getting Canadians to shut up and eat their genetically modified veggies. Lyle Stewart follows the money--and dishes the dirt.
May 1, 2002... IF YOU'VE WATCHED TELEVISION OR READ A NEWSPAPER in the past couple years, you're likely familiar with the biotechnology industry's "Good Ideas Are Growing" ads, broadcast repeatedly whenever the controversy over genetically engineered foods...

Boys in pieces: winner of the best new writer prize for creative non-fiction.(Short Story)
May 1, 2002... Out on probation, the Kid had a criminal record as long as his arm: theft under, uttering, assault, etc. We were going for attempted murder but the court wasn't. Two months off his 18th birthday--still a juvie, shitty for us. I live...

The lemon stories. (Fiction).(Short Story)
May 1, 2002... MRS. LEMON mined her husband's life. He retaliated by turning her house inside-out in the middle of the night. She was awakened by a spring breeze lifting her nightgown and the sound of the neighbours criticizing her taste in wallpaper. Mrs....

The problem of heart failure. (Poetry).(Poem)
May 1, 2002... Murphy's Law is wrong--what can go wrong usually goes right. But then one day a few of the bad little choices come together... "--William Langewiesche, The Lessons of Valujet 592 A cardiac event in living colour on the laptop of a man...

Under the sun. (Poetry).(Poem)
May 1, 2002... Rain is the merging of cool air with warm under general conditions of humidity. Try to remember it has nothing to do with love or grief. This is the consolation of philosophy: it's out of our hands. The business of bars ...

Cultural worker: a random review of alternative culture. (Web).(Brief Article)(Critical Essay)
May 1, 2002... They aren't nominated for Genies, and are more likely to be titled Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter than Jesus de Montreal. They are the straight-to-video, home-grown, low-budget bombs gathering dust in the reduced-to-clear bin at your local video...

Tim's Party Store in small town Michigan sells Keno tickets, Colt 45 and good, old-fashioned American spirit. (Art).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Tim's Party Store in small town Michigan sells Keno tickets, Colt 45 and good, old-fashioned American spirit. Boasting a sign out front that reads, "Beer, Wine, Lotto and God Bless America," Tim is not to be outdone by his neighbour Lyle....

From mixed-race troupes in apartheid-era South Africa to anti-Pinochet theatre in Chile, performance is a time-honoured means of pushing for social change. (Stage).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... From mixed-race troupes in apartheid-era South Africa to anti-Pinochet theatre in Chile, performance is a time-honoured means of pushing for social change. Across Canada, several companies have made popular theatre an essential part of their...

Disorderly People: Law and the Politics of Exclusion in Ontario. (Books).
May 1, 2002... Love him or hate him, former Ontario premier Mike Harris's policies will keep academics publishing for years to come. When Ontario's Safe Streets Act came into effect on January 31, 2000 legal experts, political activists and social analysts...

Deep dishes. (Artifact).(food and culture)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... MAY, 1999. SUZHOU, CHINA: MY TRAVELLING COMPANIONS and I wander the streets of this very unfamiliar, very strange and disorienting city, seeking our next meal. We turn a corner and see a giant, flashing sign that reads, Western Food: Pizza &...