Reading Time: 2 minutesOttawa divided on new employment issue Illustration: Marta Kierkus A recently surfaced video showing a rat dragging a piece of pizza down a set of stairs on a New York City subway platform has ignited a new debate in the animal rights movement. Activists are demanding for the right to work to apply to rats too, …
Reading Time: 3 minutesCorkum is among 18 scientists from around the world chosen by Thomson Reuters as possible Nobel Prize winners.
Reading Time: 2 minutesJudge electoral candidates on policy instead of youthful folly Illustration: Reine Tejares The latest scandal to grip Canadian politics is the story of an individual who has proven himself utterly unfit to hold public office, by urinating in a cup. In somebody else’s cup, which he washed out with water. Several other Canadians have also shown …
Reading Time: 2 minutesPersonal play focuses on coming to terms with the past Photo: Courtesy of Craig Conoley People often compare themselves to animals that they believe they resemble in some way. Dogs are one animal that people gravitate to for their loyalty. Others choose the fox, for its sly nature, or the lion, for its pride and …
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWednesday’s new inductions included CBC personalities Rick Mercer and Eleanor Wachtel, actress and filmmaker Sarah Polley, singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk and a collection of the country’s most prevalent jurists, scientists, historians, surgeons and more.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Gee-Gees won last year’s Panda Game—well at least 59 minutes of it.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMillennial voters, of which students are a large part, represent over 20 per cent of the population. Every vote is important, especially since this election is shaping up to be one of the closest in recent history.
Reading Time: 3 minutesSex on the first date. Bedding your best friend. Playing for the other team. These are some of the issues dominating today’s sexual politics. Coincidentally, these are also the topics of this week’s Dear Di.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter losing two consecutive games in their first week of preseason action, the women’s hockey team said ‘no more’. Hungry for a win, the team amped up their performance, resulting in two colossal victories.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“We have 600,000 Francophones in Ontario, and meeting their needs is important,” said Rock. “We’re a major part of responding to those needs, and we’re very proud of that.”
Reading Time: 2 minutes“All opinion polls show a close race,” he said. “Historically close races have increased youth voter turnout rate for all demographics. This is the closest race ever.”
Reading Time: 2 minutes“We use existing technologies, specifically mobile platforms like iPads and Androids, to deliver speech, language, cognition, and physiotherapies, all from the patient’s bed,” —Dr. Dar Dowlatshahi
Reading Time: 2 minutesU of O’s new dining hall offers a much better selection Photo: Eric Davidson A new school year is upon us, and along with it a new cafeteria. For those who haven’t had the chance to explore the “all-you-can-eat” affair compared to the old dining hall—picture a flip phone to smartphone scale upgrade. Our shiny, new, …
Reading Time: 2 minutesiPolitics (CUP)—With a dismal voter turnout rate, young Canadians get stereotyped as being apathetic towards politics, but new research from Samara Canada busts that myth. The report, released Sept. 9, found Canadians aged 18 to 29 were on average 11 per cent more likely than those 30 and older to be engaged in 18 different …
Reading Time: 3 minutesLast year, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down the law that made doctor-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients illegal, something that has already been legal in countries like the Netherlands since 2000. In recent years, European countries including the Netherlands have also made doctor-assisted suicide available for people suffering from mental illnesses as well …
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe key this year for the Gee-Gees team is to improve their goal scoring as well as number of shots-per-game. Their schedule won’t get easier with regular matchups against the Martlets and Carabins, but that just means they need to prepare themselves as best as they can before the real action starts.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“We’ve become accustomed to paying attention to our physical health,” he said, but “we need to get to the point where we pay just as much attention to our mental health.”
Reading Time: 7 minutesThe battle between Uber and Ottawa cab drivers is far from over and, in order for a victor to emerge, at least one party has to be willing to compromise.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“They have to vote if they care at all about the future,” he said. “What they do or do not do will reverberate through your entire lives.”
Reading Time: 2 minutes“It’s the most recognized financial research database,” said Safi. “It will prepare you for a job on Wall Street, Bay Street, and in the financial world in general.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesIncluded in this expansion are new facilities for the University of Ottawa’s theatre department. The facilities will include a new 120-seat black box theatre, which is typically a simple performance space often used at universities for it’s versatility, as well as four studio-style classrooms.
Reading Time: 3 minutesAccording to Di Daniels, anal isn’t just a sex issue for women and gay men. Straight guys can get in on the fun too.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOntario (CUP)—Alongside the typical promises of a high-energy time to help first-years adjust to student life at Laurier Brantford, this year campus administration is setting forth initiatives to ensure that students are aware of the university’s growing commitment to sexual assault awareness. “We want to let everyone know that we’re making conversations about consent and …
Reading Time: 3 minutesDespite the steep margin of victory, it still doesn’t do justice to the Gees’ performance as they came out firing on all cylinders and didn’t ease up until the fourth quarter.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis quick and delicious quinoa salad recipe combines flavours from Greece to Morocco.
