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Examines the problem of wild boar, escaped from surrounding farms, that have made their home in Edmonton's river valley, the longest stretch of urban parkland in North America. Dangers for city dwellers; Confrontation accounts; Response of police; Comments from Alberta swine expert George Foxcroft; Progenitors of the wild boar; Its features, including intelligence, tusk and nose; Alberta swine expert Geroge Foxcroft; Issues for their feral survival; Procreation in the wild. INSET: A tasty solution to the wild boar..

Reports on the decision to remove the name of the scholar John MacEachran from the Universities of Alberta's records because of his involvement with the Alberta Eugenics Board. MacEachran's contributions to the University; Embarrassment of the university by the association with eugenics programs. INSET: A lesson unlearned..

Discusses education in Edmonton, Alberta in 1997. The Edmonton Public Schools and the choices they offer for education; A comparison of the James Gibbons Elementary School and the McArthur Elementary School; The type of public school that garners the most support from parents; How parental involvement affects the schools.

Examines the assault of a female student by her male classmate in Edmonton, Alberta at the Harry Ainlay High School. The lack of sympathy for the victim as one effect of gender equality; The lack of intervention by onlookers; Comments from school principal Michael Demaine.

Reports on a seminar given by self-help author John Bradshaw, attended by 140 people in Edmonton, Alberta. Bradshaw as promoting an immature cult of self worship; Comparisons to Freud's view of family life; Bradshaw's annual income; His childhood; Criticism from Mark Kingwell, philosophy professor at the University of Toronto, Ontario; The proclivity of people in the 20th century to attempt to purchase cures for spiritual ills.

Remarks on the fifth annual International No Diet Day, held on May 6, 1997 at the University of Alberta. Groups supporting the event including nutritionists, feminists and lesbian activists; Comments from organizer Jacqui Gingras and from philosophy professor Mark Kingwell; Statistics which show the dangers of too much fat in one's diet.