Reading Time: 3 minutesIt always begins with having to mention to your friends that you have celiac disease, and can’t eat wheat, and therefore cannot eat at most restaurants. There are only so many times you can make your group of friends go for Thai food or all-you-can-eat sushi before you develop a guilt complex. So you say, “It’s OK, I’m sure they have salads,” which is even worse because you end up at a restaurant with nothing to eat but lettuce.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA new campus organization hopes to bring style back to the capital.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWith the City of Saskatoon’s lockout of transit workers now in its third week, it has brought with it mounting frustration and no sign that buses will be returning to the road anytime soon.
Reading Time: 3 minutesLocal food also seems to always pack a flavourful punch incomparable to the imported and GMO products we find at grocery stores. Perhaps it’s merely a psychological effect, but consuming local food usually leaves me more satisfied and full, not to mention with a heightened sense of moral contentment.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Fulcrum editorial board explains why they love the fall.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe 2014 municipal election ballot will list eight names—a much smaller ballot than in 2010, when 20 candidates were vying for the post of Mayor of Ottawa.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe University of Ottawa remains one of the worst Canadian universities when it comes to the protection of free speech, according to a constitutional law organization’s annual rankings.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Ottawa Police are looking for a 19-year-old University of Ottawa student who has been missing since Monday evening, 580 CFRA News Talk Radio has reported.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThree years and over a million Netflix customers later, Rogers and Shaw are trying to get into the online streaming game. Their new service, Shomi launches in November. It looks like Netflix without the red, provides similar programming, and will initially be available only to existing Rogers and Shaw customers for $8.99 a month.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCandidates from Ward 12, Ottawa-Vanier debate issues for the area before the Oct. 27 elections.
Reading Time: 3 minutesCash-strapped Ontario universities are turning to the private sector for financial support, but at what price?
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor the past few weeks, students have been going around the campuses of George Brown College collecting signatures for the naming of the school’s first residence.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Gees now have a 3-2 record going into the final three games of the regular season.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMuslims across the world will soon be celebrating Eid-al-dha, one of the major holidays of the Islamic calendar, but Muslim students at the University of Ottawa are frustrated by a lack of prayer rooms on campus.
Reading Time: 14 minutesA 2013 survey by the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada found that 48 per cent of government scientists have seen information withheld, causing the public to be misinformed; 86 per cent said they could not report actions that might harm the public without fear of censure; and 50 per cent said that public health or safety has been compromised by political interference in science.
Reading Time: 4 minutesSolutions to the ongoing dearth of student housing on and near the U of O campus will be at the forefront of the election as several candidates intend to pursue a housing strategy.
Reading Time: 4 minutesFor the first time in my life I could run in comfort and ease, and not worry about a thing.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPit bulls, the first and foremost on a blacklist of dogs that have become victims of our irrational fears and ill-placed judgments, have certainly earned a reputation they don’t deserve.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Our defence is getting better and our forwards are clicking, and definitely winning helps the team morale,” said Francki.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn a press conference, Mayor Jim Watson confirmed speculation that the Poop Fairy, a long-time City of Ottawa employee, is finally retiring.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt was time for the second annual concert, E.L.E Fest, where the audience demanded it’s first encore.
Reading Time: 2 minutesStarting Monday, the traditional question-and-answer format of Question Period will be replaced by a question-and-question format.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“It’s such a big deal to get to wear the red and white, to get to put a maple leaf on your oars, to hear ‘go Canada!’ as you race down the course,” said Pelham.
Reading Time: 2 minutesRemember when Natalie Portman shaved her head? This is the film. We take a look back at V for Vendetta.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe grill heats up one last time for Ottawa’s Ribtoberfest.
