By Sara Hanson
When choosing a career path, money doesn’t always buy happiness. According to a survey released by RSM Richter–one of Canada’s largest independent accounting firms–high salaries are less of a career draw for those entering the workforce today compared with a generation ago. The survey was conducted for the firm by Decima Research to find out… Continue reading Study shows pay is less important to this generation
By Alex Khalifa
The provincial government stepped up initiatives to combat Alberta’s health care crisis with funding for more positions in the medical and nursing faculties at the University of Calgary. Last week the province announced it had allocated $4 million to increase the seating availability to medical doctors and nursing students, thus allowing the enrolment of 10… Continue reading Province donates money to create more MDs and nurses
The University of Calgary has introduced housing perks to recruit new faculty in order to remain competitive in the market for researchers and professors. New hiring packages traditionally include a negotiated starting salary, funds to set up an office and a lab and money for research. However, the competition of Calgary’s housing market has prompted… Continue reading U of C uses housing to lure profs
Lack of affordable housing takes a lot of the heat as homelessness continues its mercurial rise in Calgary. To educate the public about the causes, consequences and solutions of homelessness, Homeless Awareness Calgary launched Homeless Awareness Week Sep. 14-22. Since 1992, the City of Calgary has conducted a homeless count every two years, documenting the… Continue reading Calgary’s crumbling core community
By Kay She
In a society where politics is often perceived as a man’s game, numerous Canadians are looking for more female players to help draw up the game plan. The Alberta Liberals publicly released a campaign to promote more involvement from women in provincial politics early September. The Take Our Place campaign was created to level out… Continue reading Ladies in legislature
By Mittens
Since publication of last week’s edition of a series of tubes, a large development on the subject of Net neutrality has emerged in the United States. Despite massive lobbying and online petitions, the hopes and dreams of Net neutrality advocates in the U.S. were horribly shattered Thu., Sep. 6 when the Department of Justice ruled… Continue reading Neighbours nix Net neutrality
A week ago, Gregory Kopiloff of Seattle, Washington was caught using peer-to-peer programs in a very shocking way-and it wasn’t downloading bestiality porn. On Wed., Sep. 5, a new enemy of P2P programs was revealed. LimeWire and Soulseek were reportedly used to download sensitive financial information from people who had poorly configured the sharing options… Continue reading Ninja looter caught stealing identities
By Amanda Hu
Ultimate frisbee is the sport for nearly everyone. Membership ranges from those who played sports in high school but didn’t make the cut for the university varsity teams, former college players who want to give a new sport a try and to those who just want to get involved in a new extracurricular activity and… Continue reading Frisbee: the ultimate form of fun
By Amanda Hu
The Canadian Olympic men’s gymnastics team returned with mixed feelings from the gymnastics World Championships in Germany Sep. 10. The team finished in 11th place in the Beijing 2008 qualifier, guaranteeing them a spot in the upcoming Olympic games, despite missing team leader and gold medalist Kyle Shewfelt. “Everybody on the team did a good… Continue reading Canadian gymnasts qualify for Olympics