By Joel Klettke
Despite the apparent controversy, profiling of DNA within the country has lead to a quadrupling of crimes solved through using this DNA technology.Nobody likes to be watched or monitored all the time, and if the issue was 24,000 miniature webcams to be installed in the bathrooms of the public, the controversy would be understandable, but… Continue reading Tony Blair is watching your children
By James Keller
If you left The Blair Witch Project wobbling around, clutching your stomach and looking for somewhere to let your motion sickness release itself, you are in for a pleasant surprise in Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows. Instead of being shot on a Hi-8 camcorder, the directors have graduated to full-fledged Hollywood filmmaking. Along with… Continue reading Blair Witch sequel not shaky or scary
At first glance, Crazy Town: The Rob Ford Story is posed to incite two extremely divergent reactions from potential readers. For Toronto citizens entrenched as Ford Nation, the book will be dismissed as yet another attempt at mudslinging from a headline-hungry opportunist willing to do anything to make a name for herself. For the rest… Continue reading Book review: Crazy Town: The Rob Ford Story
By Fabian Mayer
Imagine a 1.3 kilogram ball coming at you with a speed of over 50 kilometres per hour. You must defend a nine-metre wide net and can block the ball with any part of your body. And one more thing — you can’t see anything. Welcome to the sport of goalball. Going down stairs without the… Continue reading Blind athletes chase Paralympic dreams
This week’s feature is the second in a four part series on food security. The first part looked at a Canadian perspective on food security, and this week looks at organic farms in New Orleans. Stay tuned for how to reduce and recycle food waste in the next two weeks. Most urban dwellers in… Continue reading Keepin’ it fresh in New Orleans
Just as many people decide to get married, many later decide that they made the wrong choice. About 50 per cent of married couples end up getting divorced, and since the Canada Divorce Act, couples haven’t required a reason to get a divorce — they merely need to show that they have been living apart… Continue reading No-fault divorce should be standard
Vulcan Fest was the music festival that almost didn’t happen. Electric energy was reverberating through the bodies of anxious fans on Saturday, July 23, after the beloved day-long local indie festival was cancelled less than 24 hours before it was set to begin.However, the coming hours were to prove that there are some incredibly determined… Continue reading Vulcan Fest
When you hear how involved Paige Woodbury is in Calgary music, you can’t help but wonder how this girl gets any sleep.With a strong love for Calgary music and the city itself, the acoustic artist, who first made a name for herself by taking photographs of local bands, is now an ambitious, devoted woman taking… Continue reading Paige Woodbury
In 1997, as vice-president of the Citizens’ National Coalition, Stephen Harper delivered a speech belittling the divided and regionalistic Canadian political system and implicitly fawning over the two-party system of the United States. Harper’s views have hardly changed since then – he spent the first week of the election laying out a choice between a… Continue reading This election is not a two-way race
Competition for CW men’s hockey playoff spots is going to be tight down the stretch with six teams vying for just four spots. The Dinos are one step closer after sweeping the Manitoba Bisons this weekend, picking up some all-important points in the process. The Dinos went into the weekend series ranked fourth behind the… Continue reading Dinos move into third with pair of wins