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Women’s organizations bracing for budget

OTTAWA (CUP) — Women’s groups are concerned that impending tax cuts could hurt lower-income women. Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has announced the federal budget will be released on Monday March 19. Flaherty has said cuts to income tax are planned for this budget. “It’s not that lower income women don’t want tax cuts —… Read more »

Canadian Fedwatch! News Across the Nation

Mount Royal Granting Nursing Degrees Athabasca University has successfully helped another college to begin delivering full degree programs. This week, the Honourable Doug Horner, Minister of Advanced Education and Technology for Alberta, announced that Mount Royal College has been granted the ability to award four year nursing degrees (1). Previously, Mount Royal did not have… Read more »

We Love to Hear From You!

We love to hear from you! Send your questions and comments to voice@ausu.org, and please indicate if we may publish your letter. To AU Students Microsoft Office 2007 will be officially released by Microsoft January 31, 2007, and has been available for download from Microsoft for a while. While AU staff will eventually be using… Read more »

From Where I Sit – Valentine’s Day Variation

It’s Valentine’s Day as I write this. Multi-course meals in darkened restaurant dining rooms, long-stemmed red roses, gold jewelry, and decadent chocolate are tradition. Some men will enter the potential minefield of buying their women lingerie. Experts say underestimate the size of panties and over-estimate the bra size. The theory being big boobs are better… Read more »

Sun Signs – Pisces: February 19 – March 20

Pisces February 19 – March 20 The glyph (written symbol) for Pisces is two crescent moons connected by a band, much like an ornate capital H. Pisces is the twelfth and last sign of the zodiac. It is a feminine, water sign ruled by the planet Neptune, ancient God of the sea. The symbol for… Read more »