London calling
On Oct. 27, the Jacksonville Jaguars played at home against the reigning NFC champions, the San Francisco 49ers. “Home” being a hollow term. Despite being…
international affairs
It’s official!
China has received approval from the World Health Organization (WHO) for a live attenuated vaccine against Japanese encephalitis (JE), a viral brain infection transferred by…
John Greyson and Tarek Loubani: home at last
After seven weeks in an Egyptian prison, Tarek Loubani and John Greyson have returned home to Canada to find themselves once again under fire. Reporters…
The cellular post office
Earlier this month, the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institutet announced the winners of the 2013 Nobel Prizes. The prize in Physiology or Medicine was…
Controversial stem cell therapy refused clinical trials in Italy
Italy’s minister of health has announced that the Italian government will not permit human clinical trials of a controversial stem cell therapy. The Stamina Foundation,…
Freeze!
Conflict between Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) and Greenpeace International has been escalating over the past week, following environmental activism occurring in the Arctic. What…
G20 public engagement at the U of M
Earlier this year, the University of Manitoba sent a delegation of students and faculty to the G20 Youth Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia. Last week,…
National news briefs
CFS no more? More than 15 student associations from colleges and universities across Canada have created a petition to leave the Canadian Federation of Students…
Syrian conflict continues to escalate
According to the United Nations Human Rights Office, the two-year-old ongoing conflict in Syria has killed more than 100,000 people. The recent allegations that Syrian…
Foreign intervention in Syria a mistake
It seems things have deteriorated to a point in the Syrian civil war that chemical weapons have been used against civilians. As with much in…