By Riley Hill
Calgary’s newest downtown bookstore has managed to thrive without selling bath salts, Harlequin romance, or Kobos. They stuck with the novel idea of selling great books. Sitting beside Central Memorial Park, Shelf Life Books is an independent bookstore that puts literature first. The store is quiet, the staff is knowledgeable and the books are chosen… Continue reading Shelf Life Books focuses on literature, not kitsch
By Liv Ingram
With headliners like The Jesus and Mary Chain, Explosions in the Sky, Swans and Joel Plaskett, the 2013 Sled Island Music & Arts Festival was slated to be huge. But two days into the festival, the whole event was brought to a halt after flooding paralyzed Calgary. Facing initial losses of over $200,000, the future… Continue reading Nobody rains on Sled Island’s parade
By Chris Adams
Students’ Union vice-president external Levi Nilson has drafted plans for a new external advocacy committee. The Advocacy Issues Task Force (AITF) will lobby on student issues that the province’s main post-secondary lobby group — the Council for Alberta University Students — doesn’t touch at the provincial level. Four members of Student Legislative Council will sit… Continue reading SU forms new off-campus advocacy committee
The Engineering Students Society (ESS) is trying to get 1,000 pokes, and not the kind you send that cutie who just added you on Facebook. The ESS hopes to get 1,000 people out for blood tests that Canadian Blood Services (CBS) has organized for September. The event, A Thousand Pokes, will complement the blood donation… Continue reading ESS asks students for their blood and DNA
By Chris Adams
After months of movement and confusion, University of Calgary Muslim students may have a permanent prayer space. But they will have to wait for it. The Students’ Union and university administration are considering moving the prayer space to a room below the Dining Centre that used to house the U of C International Space. SU… Continue reading Muslims wait on permanent prayer space
By Chris Adams
Alberta’s ruling provincial party is in the midst of a leadership race following Alison Redford’s resignation. Jim Prentice — former member of parliament for Calgary Centre-North — is in the running to become Alberta’s next leader. And, according to most, he’s the candidate to watch. Prentice served nearly seven years in the Harper government, 18… Continue reading Premier front-runner talks pipelines
The University of Calgary plans to show new students a video on how to react if a gunman opens fire on campus. The video — which was made by the Campus Alberta Risk and Assurance committee (CARA) — will be shown to new students this fall. The original video, titled “Shooter on Campus: Know You… Continue reading O-week to include school shooting video
By Chris Adams
The University of Calgary received two unprecedented donations Tuesday as a local investor and the Alberta government gave a total of $200 million to the faculty of medicine. U of C president Elizabeth Cannon announced Geoffrey Cumming’s $100 million donation to a crowded room at the U of C’s Foothills Campus. The faculty of medicine… Continue reading Businessman donates $100 million to U of C
Watching the University of Calgary’s new video on how to survive a campus shooting feels more like a military indoctrination than an educational video. The U of C will include a safety video on school shootings during fall orientation this year. I watched the video, and it’s a waste of time that doesn’t address the… Continue reading Choosing fear over information
Calgary’s new semi-pro soccer outfit, the Calgary Foothills U23s, managed a 2–1 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps U23s in a marquee exhibition match on Sunday at Shouldice park. Natneil Tecle and Johnny Wheeldon scored for Calgary. Current Dinos players Dominic Zator, Dominic Russo, James Gourlay and Kieran Hay were a part of the Calgary squad.… Continue reading Foothills stomp Whitecaps at Shouldice park