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Rwandan genocide, Canadian complacency

By Kimberly Richards

Two weeks ago, Leon Mugesera — a Rwandan man charged with inciting the 1994 Rwandan genocide — was deported after spending 19 years of refuge in Canada. Mugesera is the poster child for genocide suspects hiding in Western countries. Mugesera’s trial is highly anticipated, as he will be the first genocidaire tried by Rwanda’s judicial… Continue reading Rwandan genocide, Canadian complacency

Canadian protest course offered this fall

By Kimberly Richards

This fall, history professor Paul Stortz will offer a course that focuses on understanding how activism and protest occupies our daily living. History 493.47 will examine contemporary activism and protest in Canada, while also taking a historical perspective. “We look at the whole idea of activism and protest. We try to understand how these movements… Continue reading Canadian protest course offered this fall

Spun: Russian Futurists

By Matthew Richards

The name is deceiving — out of the solid Toronto scene rise the Russian Futurists. The Weight’s on the Wheels is their first full album since 2005, but picks up exactly where they left off with their trademark synth-driven, indie-pop sound. The album starts with a blast in “Hoeing Weeds, Sowing Seeds,” setting a pace… Continue reading Spun: Russian Futurists

Fantasy come true

By Ian Richards

Annoyed by having to watch local "personalities," Carter Brown and Angela Kokot blunder their way through the introductions to the press screening of 20 Dates, I expected the worst from this unheralded, low-budget film the Buzz editors had thrown at my feet like unwanted slaughterhouse remnants. Was I ever wrong. 20 Dates is one of… Continue reading Fantasy come true

Head-to-head: Canada’s Olympic hockey roster

By Suneil Sachdeva

When Team Canada general manager Steve Yzerman sits down to finalize his team’s roster for the Winter Olympics in Sochi, he will be faced with an embarrassment of riches. While players like Sidney Crosby and Shea Weber lead a list of shoo-ins, there are some interesting decisions that must be made to fill out the… Continue reading Head-to-head: Canada’s Olympic hockey roster

Northern Sprites: The real problem with women in tech

By Sean Willett

Women are vastly underrepresented in the tech industry, making up only about 25 per cent of the information and communications technology employees in Canada — even though over half of the country’s workforce are women. This disparity has been noted by The Chic Geek, a new Calgarian organization that aims to increase the number of… Continue reading Northern Sprites: The real problem with women in tech

Editorial: Vote splitting dooms Calgary Centre

By Gauntlet Editorial Board

By 10:45 p.m. on Nov. 26, a palpable sense of profound disappointment was setting in at the Liberal headquarters of the Calgary Centre by-election. Calgary Centre, a riding that has been conservative for almost half a century, will be blue once again. Conservative candidate Joan Crockatt won the by-election with 36.9 per cent of the… Continue reading Editorial: Vote splitting dooms Calgary Centre

Conservatives win Calgary Centre

By Riley Hill

Conservative candidate Joan Crockatt won the Calgary Centre by-election on Nov. 26, defeating Liberal candidate Harvey Locke by just over a thousand votes. The win was a close, three-way race between the Conservative, Liberal and Green candidates in a district that has consistently voted conservative since its creation in 1966. 
 Crockatt received 36.9 per… Continue reading Conservatives win Calgary Centre