By Kyle Francis
Pastel colours, attached garages, two diminutive trees per lot. Low speed limit, plenty of crosswalks, terraces manicured by background-checked city officials. Children play, parents drive to work and the sun always shines. No one talks to anyone else. Welcome to the suburbs. “Over 90 per cent of North Americans live in the suburbs,” says Gary… Continue reading The radiant Gary Burns
“What happens in the black market is worth examining because of the way fortunes are made there, lives are ruined there and the vicissitudes of the law can deem one man a gangster or a chief executive (or both). If the market does indeed embody the sum of all human wishes, then the secret ones… Continue reading Selling sex
By Nano-Ellen
When the brass decided the Gauntlet‘s budget wasn’t big enough to sustain separate Advice and Time-Travel Divisions, we fought tooth and nail for you, our readers. To think: a professional newspaper running without advice or time-travel; ludicrous! But it was for naught–budget restraints caused by the so-called “digital revolution” are forcing every rag to lose… Continue reading The Ancient Chinese Art of Advice
By Jon Roe
The Dinos women’s soccer team has a lot to live up to for the coming year. Last year, despite finishing fourth and claming the last playoff spot in their conference, the team emerged as Canada West champions and received a trip to Edmonton for the nationals, where they lost in the bronze medal match 1-0… Continue reading Women’s soccer preview
By Jon Roe
The female soccersaurs opened up their season with a two game set this past weekend. The Dinos started their trip in Saskatoon at the University of Saskatchewan Huskies. Rookie Dinos keeper Courtney Hefferman was untested throughout most of the match, facing only eight shots in total with three on target. The Dinos managed 17 shots… Continue reading Dinos open season with even record
By Jon Roe
The University of Alberta Golden Bears spoiled the University of Calgary’s 40th anniversary kick-off by stealing a two point victory from the Dinos football team with four seconds left, beating them 17-15 on Sat., Sept. 9 at McMahon Stadium. The celebration drew 6,445 fans for the Battle of Alberta, the bulk of them wearing red… Continue reading Bears steal Dinos’ picnic basket
By Jon Roe
The men’s soccer team fared better than expected last year. With 13 rookies on the active roster, no one was expecting any miracles, but they still made the playoffs, losing to the University of Alberta Golden Bears in a 3-2 victory in the bronze medal match. “I’m concerned that we may have overachieved and it’s… Continue reading Men’s soccer preview
By Jon Roe
After 28 minutes, the Dinos held a two to nil advantage on the University of Saskatchewan Huskies Fri., Sept. 8, but they did much more to open their season with the 4-0 win. The game against the Huskies in Saskatoon was the first of two on the road to begin the season for the Dinos… Continue reading Soccersaurs split weekend road trip
By Jon Roe
Canada has done it again. Even though we’ve elected a socially conservative government, and despite the fact we may re-open the same-sex marriage issue once fall parliamentary sessions open, we can’t seem to please anybody. Pope Benedict recently attacked us saying Canada’s low birth-rate was a result of godlessness, blaming it on the “pervasive effects… Continue reading If the Catholics do it, you should too!
By Ryan Pike
Six years ago, television producer Mark Burnett brought a remake of Swedish reality show Expedition: Robinson into our homes. Dubbed Survivor, the show’s premise asked “What would happen if people had to survive against each other and the elements?” and pitted 16 ordinary Americans against each other in a quest for a cool million. Audiences… Continue reading Survival of the racists?