Story chasing in Northern Ontario
When March break arrives, many students flock to the south. Many travel to Florida, the Caribbean, or just stay inside and keep warm. For myself, […]
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A scary future for Ontario’s turtles
Turtle species across Ontario are under threat, and it’s up to us to save them Turtle species across Ontario are facing multiple threats to their […]
What To Do In A Drought
With last winter’s lack of snow last winter and the lack of rain so far, we are in a drought. A drought is caused by […]
British Grocer bring Easter Joy to kids and Parents
Despite many of us currently having to stay at home and flattening the curve during this COVID-19 pandemic, the Easter bunny was at least listed […]
Student Unions respond to pandemic: advocacy in isolation
COVID-19 has changed society as we know it. Most students in Canada have returned home and, for the most part, on-campus staff have been instructed […]
Administrations, student unions give varied response to SCI ruling
On Nov. 21, the Ontario Divisional Court deemed the Ford government’s Student Choice Initiative unlawful and the reaction has varied from sending the optional fees website offline to […]
How the government is relieving COVID-19’s impact on the economy
By Tommy Desormeaux and Raymond Cabbab Stay home advisories and work stoppages have brought many businesses to a grinding halt in Canada. Many information-based office […]
Finding your place far far away
Georgie was crying. Her dad wanted her to reconsider. “I knew I was in this thing now though,” she says. “I had to give it […]
‘It’s made school a joke’: A parent as the teacher strikes continue
Thousands of teachers and education workers marched at the Ontario Legislature as Ontario’s four major teachers’ unions held provincewide coordinated strikes on Friday, Feb. 21. […]
Toxic or Not? Student Union Culture in Ontario
Imagine if half of all elected officials in the government resigned on the same day. Imagine how wayward that would make our political landscape. We […]
COVID-19 and me
I’ve been working at Shoppers Drug Mart for over a year. I don’t work in the pharmacy department, but people still ask me medical questions […]
Fake news and the coronavirus
The coronavirus was discovered in December of 2019 in Wuhan, China and has been declared a public health emergency by the World Health Organization. There […]