I’m being told tonight that Monday’s issue of *The Varsity *“will be big” and that there are multiple articles that will be of interest to all of us campus political junkies. I tried to get more out of my source, but they would not give any details.…
The Toronto Star is reporting [http://www.thestar.com/FederalElection/article/498968] on a fascinating dimension of the race; the narrowing gap between the NDP and Liberals. Polls are fun to speculate over, especially this early in the race when there isn’t much else worth discussing. Polls also influence…
United Steelworkers members reject latest offer [http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=99fa8553-958a-4b63-9b31-476b0036961b]…
Admit it, you’re like me and cannot resist watching hurricane coverage to see a reporter go flying or fall on their ass. A regular reporter, no big deal. Geraldo – that’s entertainment! [http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/wp-admin/] [http://foxnews1.a.mms.mavenapps.net/mms/rt/1/site/foxnews1-foxnews-pub01-live/…
The University of Calgary Graduate Students’ Association is the latest students’ union to consider leaving the Canadian Federation of Students. According a report [http://gauntlet.ucalgary.ca/story/12649] in the The Gauntlet , the GSA is collecting signatures to force a vote on their membership in the CFS. “Our members…
CBC News is reporting [http://news.aol.ca/article/bc-uvic-student-strike/339596/] that both parties in the University of Victoria Students’ Union strike [http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2008/09/05/solidarity-forever/] will be meeting tomorrow.…
Back in July, I travelled to Montreal to take in the American Society of Civil Engineers [http://www.asce.org/asce.cfm] National Concrete Canoe Competition [http://content.asce.org/conferences/nccc2008/index.html]. A few years ago, an engineering friend told me about this sport; Concrete Canoing. I called…
I don’t know if I could be this strong [http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jENbgNh6-ridxbE8ou3OCtNU8xGw]: > Davis, whose son died when his light armoured vehicle rolled over during a patrol in Kandahar in March 2006, said Thursday he had accepted Sparrow’s apology.“Ryan called me to apologize and I…