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Transit fares to increase
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Transit users could be paying for the second leg of the city’s rapid transit corridor with a new bus fare increase of 25 cents.
Cash transit fares will increase by five cents on Jan. 1,...
Up to speed
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The team of European scientists who reported evidence of neutrinos moving faster than light in September have tentatively confirmed the result in another experiment. The tests began after members of the team expressed trepidation...
Battle of wits
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What will the wars of the future look like? That’s the question posed by a recent issue of the journal Synesis, centred on the theme of “Neurotechnology in National Security.” The issue assembles seven...
Rapid HIV testing clinics continue at UBC
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VANCOUVER (CUP) — Rapid HIV testing clinics on the University of British Columbia campus are making it possible for students to find out their status in just 60 seconds, dramatically quicker than the one-...
Youth wasted on the fruit flies
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Death. It is the single most poignant similarity between us all. Regardless of how one lives their life, safe and secure, reckless and adventurous, we are always subconsciously aware that the light at the...
HIV breakthrough
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A South African husband and wife team have won the first-ever Olusegun Obasanjo Prize for their work on a microbicide gel that significantly reduces the risk of contracting HIV and genital herpes. Quarraisha and...
international news briefs
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Over 1000 Afghans protest possible pact to keep US troops in Afghanistan
More than 1,000 university students blocked a main highway in eastern Afghanistan on Nov. 20 to protest any agreement that would allow U.S....
