Calgary comic book artist Fiona Staples has recently received international acclaim for her artwork in the comic book series Saga — a joint effort with writer Brian K. Vaughan, who has written for popular works such as the television series Lost.

Staples says that everything to do with Saga has happened on a much larger scale than what she has worked on in the past. Having never worked with a writer like Vaughan before, Staples admits that she didn’t know what to expect.

Current research done by paleontologists at the University of Calgary and Montana State University has led to a new understanding of how some dinosaurs cared for their eggs. 


While dinosaur eggs can be preserved in much the same way as other fossils, complete nests are more difficult to find. 


“The nests of dinosaurs are very rarely preserved — it is usually just the eggs,” said U of C paleontologist Darla Zelenitsky. “Because of that, it has been very difficult to tell how dinosaurs incubated their eggs.”


Friends and family gathered on Friday, May 10 in the Jack Simpson Gym to grieve the loss of Daniel Lamola, a Dinos football player and University of Calgary student who died on May 1. Lamola, who was 19-years-old, was a second-year arts student and played defensive line for the Dinos during their 2012 Hardy Cup championship season.


Concerned students, parents and community activists gathered at the Janice McTighe Centre on May 10 to voice their worries about the recent suspension of Mount Royal University’s disability studies program. The program was suspended because of the recent $146 million Alberta post-secondary operational budget cut, which left MRU with a projected $14-million deficit for next year.