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Saturday Night, one of Canada’s oldest and most storied magazines, announced recently they are moving from publishing 12 issues per year to a weekly format. The magazine explains the move on their web-site by stating, "the new Saturday Night weekly will be the most exciting and innovative thing to happen in the magazine publishing industry… Continue reading Print media obsolescent
By Rob South
On Jan. 7 of this year, Beverly McLaughlin was sworn in as the first female Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Well respected in the legal community for her independent mind and strong defences of the rights of the accused, McLaughlin is most famous for her 1991 decision striking down the so-called "rape… Continue reading Judicial review
Students expecting to start their morning with a coffee from the campus Tim Hortons are in for a rude awakening. Despite months of negotiations between Tim Hortons management and Food Services, the University of Calgary owned franchise permanently closed April 17 due to a mutual decision to allow the contract to lapse. U of C… Continue reading Roll up the rim, no more Tim
By Еvan Osentоn
With the onset of summer temperatures comes increasing tensions in the Calgary Herald labour dispute, now approaching its 200th day. On May 5, Herald management locked out approximately 105 members of the Graphic Communications International Union Local 34m. The press operators joined roughly 150 Herald newsroom and distribution centre employees already on strike since Nov.… Continue reading Herald strike goes blue collar
Provincial legislators in Edmonton recently passed Bill 11, which critics say is the start of a two-tiered health care system in Canada. But, while Alberta maybe the birthplace of increased privatization in the health-care sphere, Ontario may be Canada’s leader in a similar system for education, according to student groups. On April 28, Ontario Minister… Continue reading Ontario approves private universities
By Rob South
The federal riding of Calgary-West, which includes the University of Calgary, will see $176,000 less spent on Summer Career Placement positions than was recommended by Human Resources Development Canada. Calgary-West MP Rob Anders rejected 83 positions out of the over $496,000 worth recommended for the HRDC-run SCP program. The program is designed to create opportunities… Continue reading Jobs no longer available
By Natalie Sit
The University of Calgary Students’ Union didn’t win the $366 million jackpot in last week’s U.S. lottery, but instead secured a $10 million dollar loan. The SU received the news April 17 from the Royal Bank, which means the long-awaited expansion of MacEwan Hall will begin in July. According to SU President Toby White, the… Continue reading SU gets $10M expansion loan
By Rhia Perkins
McQ’s, the MacEwan Student Centre convenience store, will soon be under new management. In February of this year, the current owner, Chung Cho, received a letter informing him his lease would not be renewed. Cho has run a convenience store on campus since 1985 and moved into the present location in 1988. "I worked here… Continue reading McQ’s becomes McSU’s
By David Kenney
Last year at the Seventh Note Club in San Francisco, Elliott Smith looked on the edge. After a rough show and year, he’s reached that edge. On Figure 8, Smith counters with a record that sounds bittersweet-but-getting-over-it. Here, he buys into a dawdling piano and clutching electric guitar melodies. Still sad as ever, Smith grieves… Continue reading Elliot Smith — Figure 8
By Nicole Kobie
Apparently, it’s not mission impossible to make a decent soundtrack. Music from and Inspired by M:I2, Hollywood’s latest contribution, sounds more like a compilation than soundtrack. The famous Mission: Impossible theme gets the Limp Bizkit treatment, who create a fresh sound from an old favourite. Another excellent cover is Pink Floyd’s "Have a Cigar," courtesy… Continue reading Mission Impossible Soundtrack