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Funds announced for U of M ag research Over $700,000 in funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CsomethingFI) will be allocated to three researchers…
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Remembering Jack
On August 22, 2011, Jack Layton, leader of the NDP and official Opposition, died after a long battle with cancer. Following his death, there was…
Step-by-step recipe
You will need a mashing device, a mixing device, a measuring cup, a bowl or two, a 9×5 pan, an oven and the following ingredients:…
One Day
One Day is a story of the attraction of opposites. Emma, played by Anne Hathaway (Ella Enchanted, Love and Other Drugs) is a hardworking girl…
RNA reactors
Modern scientists have determined that life originated from single celled organisms. They also believe that over millions of years these cells grew in complexity, eventually…
Practice and preach fraternity
In 2005, I was in Tehran, the capital city of Iran. While waiting for my bus in the beautiful weather, I saw some kids entering…
Sure I’ll work . . . but for free?
I have been slave to many an academic institution over the course of my (nearly) 22 years of life. Since entering school at the age…
Communication overrated
I have often found myself regarded with scepticism by male friends and colleagues as I explain my distaste for the current trendiness of yoga tights…
Israel and Canada
Throughout the Middle East and Arab world, people are rising up against dictatorship and tyranny. They are fighting for their human rights and their human…
The forest never sleeps
It was like any other Saturday night: the plans were to go to the bar, have drinks, dance, chat with friends and go home. But…