By Ken Clarke
Month: July 2009
British study links tanning beds with cancer
Earlier this week a British medical journal dealt a potentially catastrophic blow to the fashion sense of junior high and high school kids across Prince Edward Island. Lancet Oncology released a study indicating that artificial tanning beds and sun lamps have a definite carcinogenic effect on humans. This information prompted the World Health Organization to… Continue reading British study links tanning beds with cancer
Serendipity greets Justin Rutledge
By Kate Marlow
The Canadian music circuit can, on occasion, be a small world after all. For Justin Rutledge, attending this year’s Folk Fest was a weird full-circle for him. Rutledge sat down with Gauntlet writer Kate Marlow and explained his past with singer-songwriter-activist Sarah Harmer, his experience at the festival and the new record he has on… Continue reading Serendipity greets Justin Rutledge
A lil’ bit of Nancy White
By Kate Marlow
G: You had your daughter on stage playing piano for you. What is being part of a mother-daughter team like? NW: My daughter’s name is Suzy Wilde. She’s been singing backup for me for quite awhile; both of my daughters did when they were younger, but she hasn’t been my piano player before. We did… Continue reading A lil’ bit of Nancy White
Ambassadors keep ramblin’ on and on
By Ryan Pike
The Calgary Folk Music Festival annually features artists from many countries, many languages and many walks of life. While many of the 64 artists fly into Calgary as part of continuing multi-province or multi-country tours, the Ramblin’ Ambassadors arrive in a different manner. Like most audience members, they take time off work and head down… Continue reading Ambassadors keep ramblin’ on and on
After legal woes, Steven Page goes solo
By Ryan Pike
Steven Page has been through some big changes over the last couple years. He separated from his wife of 13 years in 2007, dealt with drug charges throughout 2008 and parted ways with the Barenaked Ladies in early 2009. The Gauntlet’s Ryan Pike sat down with Page in-between performances at the Calgary Folk Music Festival… Continue reading After legal woes, Steven Page goes solo
City hall goes open source
By Daniel Pagan
City hall will be more transparent after council passed a notice of motion opening up the city’s data to the public last Monday. The notice instructs city bureaucrats to draft a report on how to make all data collected by the City of Calgary, from traffic statistics to census numbers, more accessible to Calgarians in… Continue reading City hall goes open source
Visa requirements create student stress
By Noah Miller
Some international students at the University of Calgary will have to jump one more hurdle in order to attend here. Citizenship and Immigration Canada announced mid-July that Czech Republic and Mexican nationals must now have visas to travel to Canada. The requirements mean students, who already need a Study Permit, must get a Temporary Resident… Continue reading Visa requirements create student stress
Conservatives accused of setting up campus front groups
By Daniel Pagan
A series of alarming revelations has student leaders looking over their shoulders in Ontario. An anonymous source posted several audio files, photos and transcripts to the website Wikileaks in mid-March, spilling the beans on an Ontario Progressive Conservative Campus Association’s workshop at the University of Waterloo last February. Conservative MP Peter Braid and his campaign… Continue reading Conservatives accused of setting up campus front groups
Website offers students chance to buy time
Most students have been there – fighting to finish a paper at the last minute. A new website’s offering students a new “solution” to this problem by letting them buy, literally, more time through use of corrupted computer files. Corrupted-Files.com allows students to purchase a corrupted file for $4.95 that they can submit to professors.… Continue reading Website offers students chance to buy time