Canada in brief: Sept. 7, 2009
Student groups, universities singing “big five” blues QUEBEC (CUP) – The presidents of five of Canada’s top universities have spent the summer calling for a greater share...
Summer of unemployment
“I was out of a job then for over a month,” said Sven Nyman, a second-year arts student at Wilfrid Laurier University Nyman is one of many students who has felt the...
The dark side of Canadian history
SASKATOON (CUP) – Yves Engler has laid out a difficult task for himself Although most Canadians believe Canada’s foreign policy is built on peacekeeping and resolving...
SFU joins NCAA
BURNABY (CUP) – When Simon Fraser University opened in 1965, Chancellor Dr Gordon Shrum fanaticized about the school competing for the Rose Bowl and lived for the day when his...
Canada in Brief: July 22, 2009
Phone list questioned ONTARIO – The "do-not-call list" that many Canadians have registered for has backfired on the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission...
Education investments
In January 2009, the federal government released its short-term economic stimulus package, which included a $2 billion Knowledge Infrastructure Program The program, which invests...
Opposable and innovative thinking to revolutionize education
In a constantly changing global market, innovation is needed now more than ever for individuals to adapt and succeed Keynote speaker Larry Smith, professor of economics at the...
Canadian fiscal problems minor: professor
On May 26, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced that the federal deficit for the 2009-2010 fiscal year will be $50 billion, up $16 billion from the original forecast presented...
Canda in Brief: June 24, 2009
NDP government elected NOVA SCOTIA — The New Democrat Party, with leader Darrell Dexter, won for the first time in history in Nova Scotia's provincial election on June 9 Their...
Breaking down Canadian politics
Conservative Party Chloe Arbutina, president of the Laurier Campus Conservatives, discussed the current Conservative government’s policies and initiatives The Campus...