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For columns by Joseph Planta from 1999 to the present, click here.

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  • "An awarding experience: The 2006 Gemini Awards," Tuesday, 07 November 2006
  • "Healthy eating? How about chocolate-filled wonton shells? - Eat! Vancouver 2006," Wednesday, 07 June 2006
  • "A Car Modifier's Wet Dream: Sport Compact Nights 2006," Tuesday, 16 April 2006
  • "Cobras, Camaros, and Caymans, oh my! - The 2006 Vancouver International Auto Show," Tuesday, 04 April 2006
  • "Canadian 720s his way to gold - Slam City Jam 2005," Thursday, 01 September 2005
  • "Hot import models and cool cars: Driven To Perform 2005," Friday, 01 July 2005
  • "Car Modification 101 - Sport Compact Nights 2005, Vancouver," Thursday, 19 May 2005
  • "'Muskox tastes like . . .' Eat! Vancouver 2005," Monday, 25 April 2005
  • "Driving Away with Style - The 85th Annual Pacific International Auto Show," Sunday, 10 April 2005
  • "An amazing championship run: Jeopardy! superstar, Ken Jennings," Sunday, 27 June 2004
  • "The Muscle Cars of the Future? Sport Compact Nights - Vancouver," Tuesday, 18 May 2004
  • "Time to Get Rad! Slam City Jam 2004!," Thursday, 06 May 2004
  • "Add duck fat or drink dairy-free, soy-free milk? Eat! Vancouver," Thursday, 29 April 2004
  • "Zoom Zoom Zoom! The 2004 Pacific International Auto Show," Wednesday, 31 March 2004
  • "Wabbits, Weptiles and Winston The Poo: The Pet Expo," Thursday, 18 March 2004
  • "More than just smut: A review of Generation S.L.U.T.," Friday, 13 February 2004
  • "Dining Out in Vancouver," Sunday, 08 February 2004
  • "Y2K, the end of the world?," August 09, 1999

    • Babak Khorram

  • "Iran's nuclear problem," Friday, 19 August 2005
  • "Yasser Arafat: The man behind the myth," Thursday, 11 November 2004
  • "Cuba: Hasta la Victoria Siempre (Always until Victory)," Tuesday, 20 July 2004
  • "Euro 2004 will be a classic," Friday, 11 June 2004
  • "Uncle Sam and the Green Belt," Friday, 21 May 2004
  • "'Super Bugs': The Rise of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria," Wednesday, 10 December, 2003
  • "Hopes for a cure crushed," Wednesday, 19 November, 2003
  • "Gores of the gridiron: Violence in the NFL," Thursday, 25 September, 2003

    • Margaret Tse, Margaret's Corner

  • "Easy Butter Tarts," Margaret's Corner - Monday, 12 July 2004
  • "Simple Summer Pasta Salad," Margaret's Corner - Monday, 28 June 2004

    • Dhiren Mahiban

  • "Lions defense steps up in fifth consecutive win," Thursday, 26 August 2004
  • ". . . And then there were two," Tuesday, 25 May 2004

    • Marlon Richmond

  • "Improving the NBA," Monday, 29 May 2006
  • "One documentary and one critic who are neither super," Saturday, 24 December 2005
  • "Marlon Richmond reviews State of Fear, sort of," Monday, 28 February 2005
  • "A hallucinogenic romp toward the upcoming television season," Monday, 06 September 2004
  • "The Stanley Cup for nerds," Thursday, 01 July 2004
  • "John Stossel's Give Me a Break," Monday, 03 May 2004
  • "Looking down at the establishment," Tuesday, 30 December, 2003
  • "A conservative on cable," Thursday, 20 November, 2003
  • "Nothing unbelievable," Thursday, 2 October, 2003
  • "The Fall 2003 TV Preview," Thursday, 18 September, 2003

    • Brian Nguyen

  • "Brian interviews the Penis Puppeteers," Thursday, 18 May 2006
  • "Hands off That Penis! [Or: What the Penis Puppeteers Want You to Do With Your Penis]," Thursday, 18 May 2006
  • "Everything you always wanted to know about the Sex Party, but were too afraid to ask," Monday, 16 May 2005
  • "Shakespeare: reinventing the myth," Wednesday, 08 December 2004
  • "Brian goes to see Doctor Robert at Richard's on Richards," Tuesday, 07 September 2004
  • "Press Release by Brian Nguyen, former editor of thecommentary.ca," Sunday, 04 April 2004
  • "State of the Union: An April Fools Edition," Thursday, 01 April 2004
  • "Brian goes to the Wellness Show: A trivial blend of creative writing and superficial reporting," Tuesday, 24 February 2004

    • Daniel Chai

  • "Idol aspirations in Vancouver ," Friday, 14 May 2004

    • Brendan Newton

  • "Desperation," Thursday, 08 June 2006
  • "Can you hear me now? - Cell by Stephen King," Wednesday, 24 May 2006
  • "The end of a long road: Stephen King's Dark Tower," Thursday, 02 February 2006
  • "Acquired tastes from around the world: Previewing the Vancouver Film Festival," Tuesday, 04 October 2005
  • "Brendan's World," Friday, 14 November, 2003

    • Helen Wang

  • "Manhunter and Red Dragon: Comparing good and evil," Sunday, 20 February 2005
  • "Once upon a time in the West," Friday, 30 January 2004

    • Guest Contributors:

    Marty Beckerman:

  • "An Interview with Stephen Chbosky," Thursday, 06 January 2005

    • Maggie Yau:

  • "Driven to Perform," Thursday, 08 July 2004

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