Library renos may start soon
Budget provides first funding for school’s capital priority BAJ Visser Staff Writer The provincial budget released by the Alberta government on Mar. 7 was not kind to post-secondary institutions, with a cut...
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Open your wallet (again)
Once again, Alberta’s universities are feeling the fiscal pinch. Mount Royal University, for example, is staring down the barrel of a $5.4-million shortfall in 2013-14, and it’s expected to be even worse the year...
Alberta announces ‘externship’ for grads to get work experience abroad
Just graduated and can’t decide between an internship and travelling abroad? An “externship” might be the perfect solution. The Alberta government has announced a new initiative starting this fall in which they will...
Budget cuts mean fewer first-year classes
by Miriam Ostermann Post-secondary institutions across the province had to bite the bullet when the Alberta government, faced with a $4.7-billion deficit, announced a freeze on funding. For Mount Royal University, the freeze came...
Rainy-day fund
by Miriam Ostermann The 2010 budget freeze was not an issue university students across the province were willing to let go easily. While still working on proposals, students from 12 post-secondary institutions across Alberta shed...
Civic speed-date event moved
by Catherine Szabo If politics were a potential suitor, it would be a stand-up sort of fellow — the kind who lets you know that plans have changed. An on-campus mayoral candidate event, where students...
Governments grant $40M to build MRC Conservatory
The Alberta government has pledged $20 million towards the construction of the $60 million “state-of-the-art” Mount Royal Conservatory of Music and the federal government is willing to kick in the same amount if the...
