By Karina Zapata, Publishing Editor For the first time since its creation in 1912, the Calgary Stampede is being cancelled this year due to COVID-19. However, it was announced this week that in lieu of...
By Riggs Zyrille Vergara, Layout Editor In the words of Courtney Walcott, a teacher at Western Canada High School, “grief” is what prompted the initiative to create a petition calling for a school-based anti-racism...
By Karina Zapata & Riggs Zyrille Vergara, Publishing Editor & Layout Editor George Floyd. Breonna Taylor. Trayvon Martin. Eric Garner. Michael Brown. These are only a handful of names being chanted across the globe...
By Karina Zapata, Publishing Editor Classes in the Fall 2020 semester will be delivered primarily through alternative formats, such as online, according to an early announcement by Mount Royal University’s President, Tim Rahilly, on...
By Daniel Gonzalez, Staff Writer With the COVID-19 pandemic hitting Calgary, all classes at MRU have switched to online deliveries where students are wrapping up their semesters from home. Despite the seeming ease of...
By Noel Harper, Staff Writer The COVID-19 pandemic has required post-secondary students throughout Calgary to quickly adjust to an entirely new system of learning, in the middle of an ongoing semester. Despite this drastic...
By Christian Kindrachuk, Staff Writer Graduating students looking to convocate in June will have to wait — MRU has postponed this year’s spring convocation until fall due to COVID-19. While the decision to postpone...
By Christian Kindrachuk, Staff Writer On March 3, 2020, Alberta courts found that the case of Matthew Brown, a former MRU student charged with assault and breaking and entering, to be acquitted of the...
By Nathan Woolridge, News Editor Roberta Lexier resigned from her position on the board of governors at MRU after the board voted to increase tuition by seven per cent for students in the midst...
By Noel Harper, Staff Writer The numbers and information used in this article were accurate as of March 17, but continue to change over time. Visit the Government of Alberta’s COVID-19 webpage for the most...
