Farewell to a fashion giant André Leon Talley
By Keoputhy Bunny, News Editor André Leon Talley, former creative director of Vogue, has been announced dead at age 73 from a heart attack on Jan.18. He had an illustrious career, ranging from being...
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GoFundMe for anti-vaccine mandate raises over a million dollars
By Matthew Hillier, Staff Writer A GoFundMe page called the Freedom Convoy, made in response to vaccine mandates imposed on Canadian truckers, has started to gain attention with more than $2.6 million raised at...
MRU lets go of politically divisive professor
By Keoputhy Bunny, News Editor Frances Widdowson has been let go from her tenured position as an associate professor at Mount Royal University (MRU). Widdowson made waves in 2020 by criticizing the growing Black...
Kazakhstan’s Future is Uncertain Amid Violent Demonstrations and Mass Arrests
By Matthew Hillier, Staff Writer After months of steadily increasing tension in Kazakhstan, last week has seen a rapid explosion of both political and social unrest as the Central Asian nation unravels into massive...
New COVID-19 wave crashes into Calgary; campus moves online until Jan. 24
By Keoputhy Bunny, News Editor Healthcare systems are overwhelmed, new COVID-19 measures are in place and schools are closing. The fifth wave is here. At the time of writing, the World Health Organization (WHO)...
The Russian military worries eastern Europe on mass troop activity over contested borders
By Matthew Hillier, Staff Writer News organizations were quick to cover the Russian Federation this week as troop activity over the frequently contested Crimean-Ukraine border has massively increased since November. According to a document...
New Office of Safe Disclosure opens at MRU
By Keoputhy Bunny, News Editor The new Office of Safe Disclosure has officially opened for Mount Royal University (MRU). This new office, headed by the Safe Disclosure Advisor Feden Abeda, a social work graduate...
Canada votes to ban conversion therapy
By Keoputhy Bunny, News Editor Bill C-4 has passed in parliament. The bill was passed on Dec. 1 by unanimous decision by the House of Commons, effectively outlawing any attempt at forcing someone to...
WHO: ‘Omicron has a higher risk of reinfection’
By Keoputhy Bunny, News Editor Originally labeled a COVID-19 variant of concern by World Health Organization (WHO) in late November, variant B.1.1.529 or more commonly known as the Omicron variant has taken the world...
Our State of Local Emergency is gone – but is that a good thing?
By Alex Luong, Staff Writer On Dec. 2, the City of Calgary let the State of Local Emergency (SOLE) expire as they deem the powers afforded under the SOLE no longer necessary. These extra...
