Digging out of the hole: Why Alberta’s gopher museum is struggling to stay afloat
World-famous museum’s relocation highlights the struggles of small-town attractions
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UCP Student Aid Change
UCP made sudden changes, here is how it affects you | Manveet Kaur Waraich, Staff Writer | As we head into a new academic year, students gear up for pricey tuition costs with heavy...
Post-secondary and Budget 2021: decreased funding, no new increases, MRU infrastructure upgrades
By Noel Harper, News Editor Budget 2021 presented Alberta’s United Conservative government with a number of difficult challenges. Last year around this time, the party doubled down on its initial campaign promise to balance...
How MRU got involved with Bell Let’s Talk Day away from campus
By Noel Harper, News Editor Jan. 28 marked this year’s Bell Let’s Talk Day, the telecommunications company’s annual initiative to raise money for mental health efforts through online interactions within social media and text messaging....
Why are penguins popping up across Alberta’s major cities?
By Noel Harper, News Editor Alberta’s post-secondary students are no strangers to publicly airing their grievances with the provincial government. This includes participating in gatherings of demonstration — gatherings that are restricted due to the...
Persons Case scholarship returns to Alberta, Women in STEM award introduced
By Noel Harper, News Editor The province has initiated applications for a new scholarship program aimed at Albertans who are helping to work towards gender parity and reduce gender-based discrimination. The Leaders in Equality Award...
Province holds student town hall for Alberta 2030 university revamp
By Noel Harper, News Editor The Advanced Education Minister of Alberta, Demetrios Nicolaides, is taking his plan to overhaul the province’s post-secondary system on a virtual town hall tour to hear from key stakeholder groups,...
Economic outlook during COVID-19 pandemic revealed across all levels of government
By Noel Harper, News Editor As the second wave of COVID-19 continues to drastically affect all levels of government in Canada, November granted Calgarians a peek at how their municipal, provincial and federal leaders...
Mixed response for performance-based post-secondary funding
By Nathan Woolridge, News Editor The Government of Alberta introduced a new outcomes-based post-secondary funding approach on Jan. 20, as it looks to “increase transparency and accountability and help build a modern and diverse workforce for the future.” The transformation of post-secondary...
