Calgary Food Bank hits busy season
Organization grapples with increase of clients Holly Triebwasser News Editor It’s that time of year again — a time when the Calgary Food Bank receives 70 per cent of its donations. ...
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‘It’s a girl’: world’s 3 deadliest words
Leacock Theatre screens documentary exposing the problem of gendercide Leah Fink Contributor In the time it will take you to read this article, around 125 girls will be killed. Female infanticide...
Railroading a road warrior
USADA misses the bigger picture of Lance Armstrong Todd Colin Vaughan Sports Editor Even the greatest can fall from grace. In the particular case of Lance Armstrong, who was metaphorically snagged...
For Pita’s sake, put down that burger
Biblos takes on chain restaurants with home-inspired cooking Kaity Brown Contributor As a life-long passionate baker, Sal Daklala, owner of the Biblos Mediterranean Fare restaurant at Mount Royal University, is breaking into...
MRU graduate returns to receive award
Emily Nachtigall Guest Columnist On Sept. 20, I, along with other students, faculty and staff, got the honour of hearing Colleen Abdoulah speak about her time at Mount Royal and her life journeys...
Live ‘hawkcam’ focused on red-tailed hawk’s nest
The University of Wisconsin – Madison’s Space Science & Engineering Center (in conjunction with the Department of Atmospheric Science, of course) has a series of cameras they normally use to monitor weather patterns. ...
Lions share of themselves
Victoria band Acres of Lions tell the ‘Flec what it’s like being almost famous Vanessa Gillard Arts Editor Embarking on yet another Canadian tour this month, and a stop in Calgary, Victoria...
‘You just write what moves you’
Award-winning author Ivan Coyote speaks at Mount Royal University Holly Triebwasser Staff Writer People packed into a crowded Moot Court to hear writer Ivan Coyote tell stories on Jan. 26. Coyote had...
Sex Column: The 12 days of XXX-mas
Vanessa Redux Sex Columnist This Christmas I’ve decided to do you all a favour. When you’re shoved into some gawd awful mall, waddling behind a family who think they’re at a theme park...
Calgary arts take centre stage
Vanessa Gillard Arts Editor The city’s festival circuit was incredibly vibrant this summer, though Calgarians saw the loss of the much-beloved Jazz Festival. From traditional ethnic from all over the world, indie upstarts and...
