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Ignatieff speaks at WLU
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Michael Ignatieff, leader of the Liberal Party, visited Wilfrid Laurier University on Sept. 19 for a rally hosted by the Young Liberals. Ignatieff addressed the involvement of youth in politics and the need to introduce a more positive vision of politics to Canadians that the current government, he believes, is lacking. “When the choice is…
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Tories survive first confidence vote of the fall
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OTTAWA (CUP) — So will there be an election this fall? Not just yet, if the NDP and the Bloc Quebecois have anything to say about it. In the first confidence vote of the fall, both parties supported the Conservatives in passing a motion that will implement several tax breaks and provisions that were originally…
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CASA brings student unemployment to Liberals’ attention
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OTTAWA (CUP) – With an election looming right around the corner, political parties are beginning to consider possible platforms and campaign strategies –and one student group in particular has taken this opportunity to bend the federal Liberal party’s ear. Representatives from the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA) met with Liberal MP Justin Trudeau on…
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Canada in brief: Sept. 16, 2009
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Political ad campaigns invade TV screens ST. CATHERINES, Ont. (CUP) – While Parliament resumed this week, federal political parties didn’t hold back from releasing advertising campaigns prior to its start, raising speculation of an election on the horizon. Michael Ignatieff speaks little of his competitor, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, but more about his party’s general…
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OSAP applications up 18 per cent
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This August, student unemployment reached a staggering 16.4 per cent according to Statistics Canada. In direct correlation to this, applications to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) for the fall semester have reportedly increased by 18 per cent from last year. “This is clearly a signal that more and more students are in need of…
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Economic recovery not on the horizon yet
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After meeting with the G20 finance ministers and Central Bank governors in London, United Kingdom from Sept. 4 to 5, Canada’s Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty provided an outlook on the current state of the global economy. Flaherty stated in a Sept. 5 conference call with Canadian media that progress has been made in improving…
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Not your average animal shelter
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MONTREAL (CUP) – By hosting awareness fundraisers like a ‘Pussy Party’ for stray cats and a ‘Hip-Hop’ for rabbit rescues, a new animal rescue group is hoping to help save animals by engaging young people. Eleven Eleven Animal Rescue, founded by 20-year-old Caroline Ross, grew out of her life-long love of animals. “It was always…
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Vancouver opens innovative rail line
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Vancouver is officially the first Canadian city to make a direct transit link to a major airport. The SkyTrain just unveiled their new “Canada Line.” The cost of the project was $2 billion and was spread between all three levels of government, with Ottawa pumping in the most funds. It was designed with Vancouver’s hosting…
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Summer of unemployment
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“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 repercussions of the recession on the student job market this summer. Student jobs scarce Statistics Canada reported a 21 per cent student unemployment…
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SFU joins NCAA
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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 ambitious vision would come true. It’s not the Rose Bowl, but Shrum would be proud to know that SFU will be playing in the National…
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