By Ryan Pike
Don’t let the pundits fool you, Canadian federal politics has always been a coin flip. Ever since the first federal election in 1867– when 268,000 voters decided between John A. MacDonald’s Conservatives and George Brown’s Liberals– Canada has faced a two-horse race. One hundred-thirty-one years and 39 elections later, the choice is still the same,… Continue reading The failure of Canada’s New Left
When first-year engineering student Chris Bell gets up on stage in the Libin Theater on March 28 to sing a rendition of Michael Buble’s “Just Haven’t Met You Yet,” he will be fulfilling a lifetime hobby and passion. “I’ve sang for as long as I can remember,” Bell says. “I remember singing in kindergarten. There… Continue reading U of C singing contest back for seventh season
By Jon Roe
The Dinos had a fantastic 2009-10 season, capturing three Canadian Interuniversity Sport titles. It was the second best year in Dinos history, behind only 1989, a season in which they captured five national titles. The University of Calgary was tops in the country in swimming, both men’s and women’s, and men’s volleyball. Following a Canada… Continue reading Year in review: banner year for the Dinos
By Jon Roe
Game 1, Dinos versus Capers OTTAWA — The Dinos men’s basketball team ended the Cape Breton University Capers hoop dreams Friday. In the opening game of the quarterfinals of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport Championships at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa, the seventh-seeded Dinos won 82-74 over the second-seeded Capers. The win matched them up again against… Continue reading Dinos fall in national semi-finals again
By Jon Roe
OTTAWA- The Dinos men’s basketball team ended the Cape Breton University Capers hoop dreams Friday.In the opening game of the quarterfinals of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport Championships at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa, the seventh-seeded Dinos won 82-74 over the second-seeded Capers. The win matches them up again against the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds Saturday… Continue reading Dinos advance to CIS semis
By Jon Roe
The Dinos men’s basketball team is back at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport Final 8 tournament and will be looking to improve on their semi-final loss from last year. The Final 8 again takes place at Scotiabank Place just outside of Ottawa, hosted by the Carleton University Ravens. The Ravens have won this tournament, and the… Continue reading Dinos in fight for CIS title in Ottawa
By Jon Roe
While everyone else vacates Vancouver post-Olympics, the Dinos men’s basketball team fly into the city for the end of the conference post-season. The Canada West final four between the Dinos, the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds, the University of Saskatchewan Huskies and the Simon Fraser University Clan begins Friday with semi-final games between the Clan… Continue reading Men’s b-ball travel to UBC for CanWest final four
While countless fans were glued to their seats–and the pages of the Gauntlet–throughout the past semester, many students hit the books and missed out on the sporting achievements of the Dinos. Here’s what the studious around campus missed. Tollestrup is silver lining to Dinos’ dismal season The Dinos football team faced tough competition in 2006,… Continue reading The exciting fall semester of the Dinos
By Jon Roe
Win, win, win The Dinos women’s hockey team must’ve taken a cue from the chant used to inspire the evil Hawks in the classic Disney movie the Mighty Ducks, and picked up their fourth win of the season Sun., Nov. 26. The Dinos were led by stellar rookie goaltender Vanessa Frederick, who stopped 34 of… Continue reading The brief world of sports