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Week of July 24, 2008, Issue #666

COVER

The Devil you know

Lucifer. Beelzebub. The Dark Lord. Satan. Whatever you want to call him, the Devil has been a powerful force in the Western world since Christianity’s inception. The tempter of souls, he’s been a useful figure, whether it’s inspiring the fear of God or just pissing off your elders. And though he may not be the prime evil any more, he still has a special place in the collective conscious. read more...

FRONT

Provinces take the lead

A new report by the David Suzuki Foundation says that recent climate change policies implemented by provincial and territorial governments are making up for inaction at the federal level, but it warns that the provinces with the highest levels of emissions—Alberta and Saskatchewan—are lagging behind and jeopardizing national progress on significantly reducing Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions. read more...

Labour mobility pact ‘a smokescreen,’ won’t ease labour crunch, say critics

SCOTT HARRIS / scott@vueweekly.com (with files from BRYAN SAUNDERS)

Vuepoint - Some justice in Genoa

SCOTT HARRIS / scott@vueweekly.com

Letters to the Editor

Vue Readers

‘Nice’ but not enough

Changes to AISH will do little - SCOTT HARRIS / scott@vueweekly.com

Issues - WTO negotiations: the view from North and South

The raw deal on services - WALDEN BELLO / focusweb.org

Issues - WTO negotiations: the view from North and South

The free trade nightmare - DYLAN PENNER / canadians.org

Well, Well, Well - The treatment and the damage done

CONNIE HOWARD / health@vueweekly.com

Dyer Straight - War we can believe in

Obama’s new focus on Afghanistan - GWYNNE DYER / gwynne@vueweekly.com

Infinite Lives - Fun with overlays

DARREN ZENKO / infinitelives@vueweekly.com

Queermonton - You are a gay bar

TED KERR / ted@vueweekly.com

DISH

A Taste of Edmonton

It seems to me that A Taste of Edmonton must have been eating its vegetables for the past couple of years: my has it grown! This year, the festival features a whopping 38 restaurants and 23 new menu items. There’s also A Taste of Wine, A Taste of Beer and even some live music on the Taste Stage. read more...

Head above water

Bottled water is big business, but can we even tell the difference? - CHRISTOPHER THRALL / christopher@vueweekly.com

Nice Legs - Toro! Toro! Toro!

JAMES LYLE / nicelegs@vueweekly.com

ARTS

Leonard Cohen International Festival

Call him a dabbler, call him a dilettante, but Leonard Cohen’s worn a lot of hats throughout his artistic career. Novelist, pop star, playwright, poet, painter, Buddhist monk. In honour of the Leonard Cohen International Festival this weekend, Vue asked some of the artists involved how they first fell for Cohen’s work—and how they prefer their Cohen. read more...

Spamalot

Are you suggesting coconuts migrate? - PAUL BLINOV / blinov@vueweekly.com

The Home Show

Energy and diversity characterize The Home Show at Nina Haggerty - MARY CHRISTA O'KEEFE / marychrista@vueweekly.com

Notebook #6 Launch Party

Notes from the Underground - AMY FUNG / amy@vueweekly.com

Prairie Artsters - A year on the Prairie

AMY FUNG / amy@vueweekly.com

FILM

The Dark Knight

Emerging from the ruins of a severely scarred Gotham City, the Batman we watch flee into shadow at the end of Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight, the follow-up to his revisionist Batman Begins, is one reborn of grave resolve, haunted, hunted, even hated. It’s a striking, broodingly operatic ending to an often thrilling, wildly bleak movie in which crime escalates to catastrophic heights, madness and corruption permeate every corner and nobody enjoys what you’d call a happy ending. It also produced the biggest box office smash of the year. So much for crowd-pleasers. Vue critics David Berry and Josef Braun discuss their responses to the summer’s most heavily anticipated movie. read more...

No-cock rock

Dual documentaries examine tragedy and triumph for women rockers - BRYAN BIRTLES / bryan@vueweekly.com

DVDetective - Winter of our discontent

JOSEF BRAUN / josef@vueweekly.com

Film Capsules - Before the Rains

Opening This Week - MATTHEW HALLIDAY / matthew@vueweekly.com

Film Capsules - Just Buried

Opening This Week - OMAR MOUALLEM / omar@vueweekly.com

Film Capsules - Steven Spielberg Double Bill

Opening This Week - JOSEF BRAUN / josef@vueweekly.com

Film Capsules - What Is It?

Opening This Week - JONATHAN BUSCH / jonathan@vueweekly.com