Reading Time: 8 minutesThe Fulcrum sat down and talked with a number of local content creators to document their journey and success on the popular video sharing website.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter all, there are other drugs in Canada that can cause long-term harm, yet remain largely ingrained in our culture—perhaps the best example is alcohol.
Reading Time: 2 minutesStudents returning to school this September will be welcomed by a familiar sight—campus construction. And this time, some of it is here to stay for an extended period.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe most recent Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) Board of Administration (BOA) meeting focused on the SFUO’s financial situation for the 2016-17 year.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe can all picture the perfect summer bar—a place with a nice patio, available seats, and a drink menu that boasts a long list of summery selections. Waller Street Brewing doesn’t have a patio, but it does create a unique summer atmosphere all its own.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA large sinkhole has formed in the Sussex-Rideau intersection, just east of the Rideau Centre, causing evacuations of the surrounding area, power outages, and a gas leak
Reading Time: 3 minutesA safe, introductory health-care service, where users have the freedom to explore their options without fear of being charged, is desperately needed in Ottawa. By allowing addicts to use drugs in a space where they are surrounded by health-care professionals and treatment pamphlets, seeking addiction treatment becomes a step that’s much less dramatic and scary.
Reading Time: 3 minutesHere are ten fitness activities you can take advantage of in either location this summer!
Reading Time: 2 minutes“On the post-secondary side there’s money for research, there’s money for infrastructure, and there’s a commitment, which I think could be really important to try and set up the 2017 budget on an innovation agenda,” he said. “You cannot build an innovation agenda without being connected to places of higher learning like the University of Ottawa,” he said.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe book will be split into two parts, with the first focusing on the travel, culture, and community aspect of Ottawa, and the second offering essays from Ottawa locals that encompass and relate to the city. Ebere and Muse are hoping that this will represent more people’s view of the city, giving a deeper inside perspective of what it means to live in Canada’s capital.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Gees may have been the favourite heading into the gold medal match on their home floor, but instead it ended in a 66-60 upset.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe university’s website calls the Sports Complex ‘the university’s state-of-the-art sports facility’, which may have been so 15 years ago, but is no longer true.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn a packed and deafening Montpetit Hall, the Gees were able to vanquish the Gryphons in a hard-fought affair.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“We have to get in the gym and get ready for Final Four. We’re not going home yet.”—Mike L’Africain, Gee-Gees point guard.
Reading Time: 2 minutesProfessor opens doors to family in transition to permanent Ottawa housing During the Christmas season, professor Luise Flotow of the University of Ottawa’s translation department welcomed three Syrian refugees, a mother, Anya Noofoori, and her two daughters, Luna and Isis, into her home for six weeks. Flotow was told about the opportunity by her daughter, …
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Gee-Gees spread the ball out incredibly efficiently, as four of their starters scored in double figures. As always, Caleb Agada and Mike L’Africain were the leaders for the team in the 74-49 win.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA tough full-court defensive effort and high shooting percentage was the key to Gees’ victory. Julia Soriano scored the team high for the night with 21 points, shooting seven of nine from three.
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.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAudrey Prayal-Brown payed off big time for the Gees as she shattered an OUA record on her way to a gold medal in the 100m backstroke with a time of 1:09.62.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFour dead following school shooting in small Saskatchewan town In the small northern community of La Loche Saskatchewan, a shooting which took place at two locations, a local high school and a nearby city block, has left four people dead and several others wounded. The shooting took place on Friday, Jan.. 22. Shots were fired …
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you’re looking to help out a fellow human being during the holidays, the Fulcrum highlights different charitable enterprises in the Ottawa area.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThey fought hard but couldn’t come away with the win when they really needed it, so began the year for the Gee-Gees.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMauril Bélanger, Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ottawa-Vanier region, which the University of Ottawa is located, has been diagnosed with the incurable amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Bélanger told the Citizen he plans to continue to serve as an MP.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMore choice but could come at a cost, says U of O prof Beer will be sold in select grocery stores across Ontario, starting this December. Before this, only the Beer Store and LCBO were allowed to sell beer in Ontario. Thirteen chains were selected by the province to sell beer through a competitive bidding …
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) is at the centre of a social media firestorm resulting from the suspension of an on-campus yoga program.
