Student coverage of Canadian Music Week

Posted on 11. Mar, 2010 by Archivist in A&E, Events

Photography student Amanda Lowe and radio broadcast student Gracie Saqui are covering Canadian Music Week in Toronto.

View Amanda Lowe’s photo slideshow

Premier Danny Williams must explain his medical tourism

Posted on 10. Mar, 2010 by Archivist in Editorial

“It’s my heart, my choice.”
This was the explanation given by Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams on why he opted to go to Florida for a heart procedure, rather than have it done in his home province.
Few would argue the premier has the right to choose what he does to his body. But as a political leader he is accountable to his province and owes them, and the rest of the country, an explanation.
The symbolic meaning of his decision is undeniable.
As the premier, Williams is privy to a great deal of information about the ins and… [Continue reading]

Accountable government can not work without your vote

Posted on 10. Mar, 2010 by Archivist in Editorial

A year ago, HSF Executive Director Ercole Perrone told the Et Cetera that candidates for the HSF executive have a bad habit of making campaign promises they can not deliver on.
The candidates, he said, tend to promote projects that fall outside the scope of what the federation can accomplish.

In the past, candidates have promised heated bus stops, windmills and to increase the frequency of public transit to the school, to name a few. But as reporter Jon Hembrey found out, plans like these can easily fall through.
It is not all bad news though. The 2009-2010… [Continue reading]

Separated parents’ new partners bring fear, conflict

Posted on 10. Mar, 2010 by Archivist in Opinion

TANISHA DU VERNEY
SENIOR REPORTER

Introducing someone to your child can be as hard on your ex
as it can be on the child and should be done with consideration

Divorce and separation can be a difficult situation for anyone. Beginning a new relationship or getting re-married can be hard to deal with not only for your ex but for your children too.
Recently I have been put in this situation. My child’s father and I broke up and he moved on to continue a new relationship with someone else.
I was enraged that he had… [Continue reading]

Toronto’s future requires TTC to become an essential service

Posted on 03. Mar, 2010 by Archivist in Editorial

Last week Toronto MPP David Caplan put forward a private member’s bill to declare the TTC an essential service – a move that would make strike action illegal. The bill was supported 39 to 7 by a vote in legislature , but provincial transportation minister Kathleen Wynne  blocked it.  Wynne said the province should not interfere with the union without a formal request from the City of Toronto.
City council voted on this very issue in October 2008, and the proposal to make the request of the province was defeated by a single vote, 23 to 22.
The potentially higher… [Continue reading]

Keep pride alive for Paralympians

Posted on 03. Mar, 2010 by Archivist in Editorial

Our national pride run rampant during Vancouver’s Olympic Games. Chants of ‘Go Canada, Go!’ and impromptu performances of  O Canada were frequent as our televisions stayed tuned to coverage of the Games. For 17 days and 26 medals, we were transfixed. Bursting with pride  we waved our flags and red mitten-clad hands.
Now in the wave of post-Olympic glory, we should not let our excitement of being Canadian wash away as easily as those temporary Maple Leaf tattoos. The Paralympics are just around the corner. Let’s keep this party—and our national pride—going.
The 55 athletes representing Canada at this year’s… [Continue reading]

Talking does the body good

Posted on 24. Feb, 2010 by Archivist in Opinion

Students should take advantage of therapy on campus [Continue reading]

Exercising the right to fire abusive customers

Posted on 24. Feb, 2010 by Archivist in Opinion

KATELYN MCCALLION
SENIOR REPORTER

The popular breakfast chain Tim Horton’s has recently done what every fast-food chain, retail or any customer service based business has dreamed of; they have banned a complaining customer.  A man named Jimmy Craig, a paramedic and a volunteer firefighter from New Brunswick, has been banned from two stores for his constant complaining about the chain’s decaffeinated coffee.
Craig had complained on several occasions that the coffee tasted burnt, according to the Toronto Star. The owner of the two stores banned Craig for life after he allegedly became aggressive with the staff.  Craig is currently… [Continue reading]

Games unify country regardless of outcome

Posted on 24. Feb, 2010 by Archivist in Opinion

HOLLY WEST
SPORTS EDITOR

With glowing hearts we see thee rise, The True North strong and free! – Oh Canada, I love thee so.
Walking down the streets of Vancouver during the beginning days of the Olympic Games made me feel more than a kinship with my fellow countrymen, clad in varying shades of red and white; I felt the Canadian swagger.  We want to win.
This is the Olympics. In our country. In our North American sized rinks. We have all the makings of “Owning the Podium” – and yet we don’t. There has been a lot of… [Continue reading]

Students must increase their political awareness

Posted on 24. Feb, 2010 by Archivist in Editorial

We are an apathetic generation – at least when it comes to politics.
Perhaps what is happening south of the border – with their numerous wars, villains and terrorists, and a president that is revered like a rock star – is more intriguing to follow.  Canadian politics often seems dry and cumbersome in comparison.  Case in point, one of the highlights of the candidates debate in the last federal election was Jack Layton’s snipe at Stephen Harper’s sweater.
Sure, with their lacklustre speeches and ever-failing promises, politicians may be partly to blame, but the level of public apathy is genuinely… [Continue reading]