Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter a successful season, the women’s hockey program is in a strong place and has benefited from increased attention being the only hockey team at the U of O.
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteCanada’s government has announced that Huguette Labelle, a former chancellor of the University of Ottawa, will lead the Independent Advisory Board on Senate Appointments, an advisory body that suggests Senate appointments to the prime minister. There are 22 spots that currently need to be filled, and the government has said they intend to fill them …
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Gee-Gees were more prepared to fight this year, and they finally slayed their dragon on one of the grandest stages.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe game ended with an emphatic score of 73-50 in favour of the Ravens, who dominated throughout the game—leaving the Gees looking unlikely to overturn the deficit at any point.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe fifth-year senior carved up the Gaels for 30 points, seven assists, seven rebounds, and five steals.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPoint guard Julia Soriano had the hot hand for the Gee-Gees, as she scored eight of Ottawa’s 12 overtime points, including a clutch three pointer with just 5.1 seconds left in OT.
Reading Time: 2 minutesKevin Page, Canada’s former and first Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO)—responsible for providing independant financial analysis to parliament—gave a talk to students on Nov. 23 at the Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS) building on his time as the PBO, and his hopes for Canada’s future and tell his story.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSelf driving cars are the way of the future, and an advance that could drive Ontario’s automotive sector. Last week, Ontario Transportation Minister Steven Del Duca announced that Ontario would become the first province to allow for testing of automated or self-driving cars.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDeepan Budlakoti, a stateless man who lives in Canada and is currently fighting deportation, was arrested by the Ottawa Provincial Police for stunt driving.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe StFX rugby team has four national championships to their name, the most recent coming last year. The match was a timely test for the two national powerhouses during their weeklong break from regular season action.
Reading Time: 6 minutes“The one thing I do, I always encourage students 18-24 to vote, no matter who they’re voting for, I think its primordial that they do.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesNDP to encourage calm discussion on citizenship dilemma iPolitics (CUP)—NDP Leader Tom Mulcair is urging tolerance and a calmer discussion about religious needs to wear face coverings when applying for Canadian citizenship. In a speech on Sept. 23, he said he backs a requirement that women show their faces at some point in the citizenship …
Reading Time: 2 minutesDespite a disappointing start to the game, the Gee-Gees are still one of the stronger teams in the country. Unfortunately, with the difficulty of their schedule, the team just couldn’t pull off a win.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“In handing down this institution there’s no shortage of big issues,” he said. “That’s why it’s really important for you folks to get engaged.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesComing into a massive game at home against then seventh-ranked Concordia, the Gees needed a statement win to prove they deserve a place among the nation’s elite.
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: 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 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: 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: < 1 minuteJeffrey James Shulman, a 53-year-old Canadian who has participated in many bank holdups and over 21 robberies, was caught by plainclothes police officers in Switzerland on Tuesday, Sept. 15. He was seen driving on a Geneva street and was then taken into custody after five years on the run. Jeffrey James Shulman, famously known as …
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe organization hosts surveys to determine which political issues matter to students, and to demonstrate which parties are most aligned on those issues.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“What we’re looking to encourage is critical thought and transparency in discourse about politics.” – Olivia Dorey
Reading Time: 2 minutes“In this case, which I think is a bit poetic, the first scholar we host is actually a human rights lawyer,” said John Packer
Reading Time: 3 minutesFive years ago basketball dethroned hockey as the most popular youth sport in the nation, due to these factors, and it should be no surprise.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe focus right now for Elections Canada is setting up to administer the election, sending some 80 trucks out to deliver 3,000 tonnes of election material to all of Canada’s ridings. Afterward, Mayrand plans to prepare a report on Canada’s first fixed-date election, noting rules that might need to be adjusted.
