At Home: Call for boycott on 2008 Beijing Olympics Washington correspondent Bob Woodruff told CTV Newsnet’s Kate Wheeler last week that in order to support the protests of the monks in Burma, Canada and other countries need to ban arms sales to the country and start boycotting the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Monks in the South… Read more »
I love movies of all kinds; old, new, Bond, horror, historical fiction, genre films, art house films–all of it. It can be an extremely enjoyable experience to see a story come to life before you. Posters One of the more interesting things surrounding the making of films can sometimes be the advertising; specifically, movie posters…. Read more »
Five members expected to attempt defederation this year WOLFVILLE (CUP) — The membership of the Canadian Federation of Students may drop significantly in the next year. Three students’ unions have initiated the defederation process and several others are examining their options. CFS National Chairperson Amanda Aziz has confirmed that her office has received requests for… Read more »
At Home: Canada Revenue Agency obtains list of sellers from EBay The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has won the right to obtain information from EBay Canada concerning those EBay members who have managed to make a living from their online businesses. After a legal battle based on a very weak criticism of the collection of… Read more »
It’s harvest time and Thanksgiving and Halloween approach, so thoughts of many a soul turn to bringing in the crops and raking in the sugar on the 31st. The latter may just be a treat, an extra, but the basic truth of the matter is that if we don’t eat, we don’t live. Food might… Read more »
The distances–virtual and physical–around the world seem to get smaller and faster to navigate by the day. To reflect this, university programs must sharpen their international focus–and according to a recent survey, they’re meeting that challenge. In a 2006 survey conducted by the Association of Universities and Colleges in Canada (AUCC), the past six years… Read more »
This seems to be a week for sharing financial good news (check out the exciting announcement in the AUSU This Month column!) and council’s Special General Meeting on September 24 did just that. After a thorough search, council approved the appointment of the firm of Kingston Ross Pasnak as the AUSU auditors for the 2007/08… Read more »
At Home: Loonie trades on par and higher than U.S. dollar I don’t know how many of you deal in foreign currency, but I often make exchanges from U.S. dollars to my Canadian account and today was one of those days. Usually I enjoy being paid in American dollars; no matter what the original amount… Read more »
One of the great capacities of the human creature is the expansiveness of our imaginations; not only what we invent with our ceaseless ocean of creativity, but also what uses we put those inventions to. Toys are by no means free from imaginative use; and, in the case of LEGO, it seems that there is… Read more »
You gotta get there, right? You might be getting there by foot, air, rail, water, or road, but you’re getting there . . . or maybe you’re just playing at it. World’s Largest Railway Model This makes me want to set up my own choo-choos. Yes, as a matter of fact, I do have choo-choos!… Read more »