Inside the NDP’s first leadership debate
Sophie Botheras, Contributor After the 2025 general election left the NDP at a meagre seven seats in the House of Commons and saw them lose official party status, a bruised party seems in dire...
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Five candidates and one debate: Mayoral candidates gather to debate at Werklund Centre
Mayoral candidates gather to debate at Jack Singer Concert Hall
OPINION: A conversation on privilege and cultural exchange
Emma Marshall, Publishing Editor I grew up with a scraped knee. I was riding my bike with my friends around the cul-de-sac, high on sun-drunk summertime. One minute I’m flying, the next I’m...
OPINION: Genr(uh)?: Beyoncé and country music
Ava Free, Contributor | When most people hear genre, they think of “a category of artistic composition” that is “characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.” Often discussed by media and artists alike...
MRU’s reading week
By Liam Rockliffe, Staff Writer Mount Royal University (MRU) hosts its reading week over Canadian Thanksgiving weekend. MRU was the first Albertan institution to have a reading week, with SAMRU petitioning for it since...
SAMRU election debate causes some confrontation online
By Nathan Woolridge, News Editor On March 28, SAMRU was set to host a Calgary-Elbow debate between the ridings’ candidates. But, the event sparked a bit of discussion online when Alberta Party candidate, Greg...
Faith Column: Re-opening the abortion debate in Canada
Right-wing Christianity, politics and women James Wilt Faith Columnist Until September, I’d somehow managed to process the devolution of American politics into religious propaganda with a sense of detached bemusement. Sure,...
MRU hosts first campus debate on religion
If religion is harmful it’s because humans are harmful, says associate professor Holly Triebwasser Staff Writer For such a controversial topic, there were still many empty seats in the Jenkins Theatre on...
Women ignored
Your formal sexual education need not end after learning about STIs in high school. A psychology class on human sexuality at Northwestern University near Chicago viewed an “absurd” and “clinical” video about female orgasm...
Legacy of marvels and merry-making
by Zoey Duncan Half-naked and sweating copiously, Gregg Gillis is buoyant, bounding up and down, over and over, behind his plastic-wrapped laptop in Wyckham House. On stage, he’s surrounded by dozens of ebulliently dancing...
