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Canada in brief
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Missing man found dead The body of Tim Bosma, an Ancaster, Ontario man who was reported missing May 6, was found by police on May 14. Hamilton police reported that his remains had been burned. Bosma, a 32-year-old man, went missing after taking two men for a test drive in a truck he had posted…
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Social media use climbs in Canada
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Not surprisingly, Canadians are increasingly tuned into social media. A recent report issued by the Media Technology Monitor, which involved the participation of over 4,000 Anglophone Canadians, has shown that two in three Canadians do not go a single day without checking into their social media feeds. This represents a six per cent increase in…
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Local MPPs, OUSA respond to Ontario budget
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With the Ontario budget tabled and set to be scrutinized, its attempts to address student concerns will come under serious consideration by constituents and political opponents over the coming weeks. This year’s budget contains a number of measures directed toward youth and students, including a $295 million fund to continue the employment and the maintenance…
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Budget may limit student priorities
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If the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) could have it their way, positive change would be in store for the province’s post-secondary students. The advocacy group, which represents the interests of over 150,000 undergraduate students in Ontario, issued a series of policy recommendations to the provincial government last week in the hopes of influencing this…
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Canada in brief
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Cancer patients receive diluted drugs Patients at hospitals in Oshawa, Windsor, Peterborough and London have received a series of chemotherapy cocktails that were found to be water downed. 1,776 patients were given cyclophosphamide, a drug that is administered to cancer patients. The vice president of clinical operations at Cancer Care Ontario, Dr. Carol Sawka, explained…
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Looking back: major headlines of the last year
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Quebec student protests continue When the Quebec student protests escalated in the spring of 2012, many students from Quebec, as well as the Confederation of Students (CFS) in Ontario, urged their Ontario counterparts to protest their tuition costs. Quebec was contesting a broken promise of a tuition freeze and rise in costs, whereas most students…
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Tuition hike drops down to 3%
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The Ontario government has lowered the cap on tuition is to three per cent annually for the next four years, which is a decrease from the previous five per cent standard. The new three per cent cap pertains to undergraduates, while graduate programs face increases of an average of five per cent, which brings them…
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Canada in brief
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Abandoned bear cubs rescued Three bear cubs were discovered in a snowbank on a roadside ouside of Fredericton. A blanket and basket was also discovered near the cubs, leading provincial officials to believe that they may have been dropped off there. A couple discovered the cubs, two male and one female, while driving to…
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Federal budget comes up short
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OTTAWA (CUP) — Wearing brand new budget shoes, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced the Economic Action Plan 2013 on March 21. Titled “Jobs, Growth, and Economic Prosperity,” the budget introduces market-oriented skills training, job creation measures and aims to balance the books by 2015. However, the opposition is not optimistic the Tories can keep their…
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Senate under fire
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There has been considerable news coverage on the performance and credibility of Canadian Senators as of late. Senator Patrick Brazeau recently came under fire for legal indiscretions, while Senator Mike Duffy was found to be claiming a residence allowance for a province he wasn’t living in. Criticism of the Upper Chamber and its members is…
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