A country’s degradation

By Chris Pedersen

O Canada! Our lost and forlorn land. True foreign owned. Under all the world’s command. In the last several years, large Canadian businesses such as Fairmont Hotels and Resorts and the Hudson’s Bay Company have been bought out by foreign businesses. Today when you walk around Lake Louise and look back at the beautiful Chateau,… Continue reading A country’s degradation

The incorrect response to HPV: jeopardizing the health of young girls

By Kristina Waldmann

If you had the chance to save a young woman from dying from cancer, what would stop you? The Calgary Catholic School District recently passed a motion refusing to offer the human papillomavirus vaccine to young girls in their schools. The trustees voted six to one to opt out, claiming they feel it would unintentionally… Continue reading The incorrect response to HPV: jeopardizing the health of young girls

Sleeping bears aren’t meant to be poked

By Tyler Wolfe

When one encounters a potentially dangerous wild animal, it goes without saying the animal should be given due respect– you should not poke it with a stick or enrage it in any other fashion. With the recent re-emergence from hibernation of the Russian Bear, this is advice that much of the West, and the United… Continue reading Sleeping bears aren’t meant to be poked

Playing around with loneliness

By Jordyn Marcellus

It’s pretty unbelievable what people will do to look different from one another. With the recent release of The Dark Knight, there’s a whole legion of people donning the cracked white makeup of Heath Ledger’s Joker in an attempt to differentiate from their other, partying peers. At first blush, it’s beyond ridiculous– a bunch of… Continue reading Playing around with loneliness

It’s a Google world, we’re just living in it

By Ryan Pike

As late as the early part of the 20th century, the world was dominated by states. States shaped laws. States shaped behaviours. States shaped economies. Much in the same way states defined the century before, recent years have seen the world dominated by corporations. As England, the United States and the Soviet Union stretched their… Continue reading It’s a Google world, we’re just living in it

Averting an epidemic: market solutions for Canada’s food safety

By Jesse G. Hamonic

Towards the end of the summer, 38 people were infected by listeriosis, 18 of whom died. This horrific epidemic gives rise to the serious question of how this could have happened. Some have been quick to blame free markets, others, the government. Perhaps the real cause of this sad event is simply the existence of… Continue reading Averting an epidemic: market solutions for Canada’s food safety

Fall flicks hit the silver screen

By Hoang-Mai Hong

The early fall season is sort of a thankless time for movies, being wedged in between summer blockbuster season and the award-worthy movie season in December. Like January, early fall is the time when a lot of studio afterthoughts are put out, and a time where low-quality fare might actually get some notice and make… Continue reading Fall flicks hit the silver screen