Reading Time: 7 minutesBill 21 is not the great equalizer it claims to be. How could it be, when all people are not being affected equally by it? Worse, when it infringes on citizens’ guaranteed Canadian fundamental freedoms?
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Reading Time: 9 minutes“We’re leading consultations with the student body and with different stakeholders and will relay those comments to HRO. And I would be surprised that this was the last UOSU has to say on this file, given the nature of the document that was presented,” said UOSU president Tim Gulliver.
Reading Time: 4 minutesAre imposed curfews necessary to slow the spread of COVID-19? The Fulcrum takes a look at both sides of the argument.
Reading Time: 3 minutesLocal restaurants have been forced to adapt to a number of stringent regulations to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 as they reopen in stage two of Ontario’s reopening plan. For some though, these regulations seem exaggerated and restrictive as restaurants aren’t allowed to open their inside dining area and are thus dependent on the weather and cannot guarantee shifts to a number of their employees notably servers.
Reading Time: 3 minutesBorys Minger always knew he wanted to play basketball at a high level, and he knew that he would have to leave his hometown of Cayenne, French Guiana to do it.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTrack and field athletes from across Ontario and Quebec touched down in Louis Riel Dome for two days of competition at the University of Ottawa’s national invitational this past weekend.
Reading Time: 2 minutesInterested students have from Sept. 10 to 14 to apply for the third iteration of IPPSSA’s political internship program.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe need to take this opportunity as a society to look deeply and reconsider our own beliefs around freedom of religion. If freedom of religion means something more than talk in this country then we need to act on that belief and ensure that everyone has the same opportunities in our society, regardless of who they worship and how.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis kind of police spying attacks whistleblowers, and it only serves to maintain an indecent shroud of secrecy that ultimately makes a mockery of our society and the people that the police are supposed to serve.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWomen deserve the right to safe and calm abortions in Canada Imagine going to the clinic for surgery and feeling anxious, the only thing keeping you together is thinking about how all of this will be over in a few hours and how much better you’ll feel after it. As you approach the clinic, a …
Reading Time: 2 minutesRouge et Or no match for the Gees powerful attack Photo: Marta Kierkus After earning their first win in a massive blowout victory over Sherbrooke in their home opener, the Gee-Gees women’s rugby team had their first test against serious competition on Sept. 12. The Laval Rouge et Or are the only team in the …
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe City of Ottawa transit commission voted in favour of a 2.5 per cent hike in OC Transpo fares on Feb. 18. According to the Ottawa Citizen, savings in other areas will allow OC Transpo to add more buses to the schedule.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWith OC Transpo and my bicycle as my only means of transportation, I always thought Gatineau Park was way too far. I was also certain nothing could live up to my expectations of the beautiful mountains of Alberta. But this spring, I decided I had to make the trip out to Gatineau Park and cross it off the bucket list.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“My family will always be grateful to this country and town for entrenching the beliefs of religious tolerance and multiculturalism into fundamental rights for citizens,” said Jaameh. “It’s too bad Quebec didn’t agree to do the same.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesUniversity of Ottawa students and professors have expressed opposing opinions regarding the new Parti Québécois (PQ) charter of values and its ban on religious garments and symbols.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe legislation also seems to assume that people with religious convictions are bound to bring them into the workplace. Well, news flash: our attire does not change our ability to be neutral, nor will removing our religious symbols strip us from our religious beliefs.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt is no secret that we English Quebecers feel a certain disconnect with our own province. This disconnect explains why we turn the television off when Jean Charest or Pauline Marois come on and why we choose any activity over heading to a ballot box.
Reading Time: 2 minutesBefore I start this week’s column, I would be remiss to not say to the families of the Montreal election night shooting victims, our hearts go out to you
