Alyssa Mosher – The Aquinian – After six months of uncertainty, the Acadian Lines bus terminal has found a permanent home off Hanwell Drive on the newly development Woodside Lane. Last October, the bus station moved from its original location on the corner of Regent Street and King’s Street to a temporary location at 85 [...]
The fee increases for STU students are “normal” according to Lawrence Durling, Vice-President Finance and Administration. Last Friday, an email from Larry Batt, Dean of Students and Registrar, introduced the fees increases, including a $480 increase to international tuition. Since 2007-2008, there has been a domestic tuition freeze for all universities in the province. While [...]
Black bloc being blamed for rioting and vandalism in downtown Toronto Alexandra Posadzki — CUP Ontario Bureau Chief TORONTO (CUP) — Saturday’s anti-G20 protest culminated in over 500 arrests, after a mob numbering in the hundreds stormed downtown Toronto streets, smashed shop and bank windows and set police cruisers ablaze. The riots were largely led [...]
Around 1,000 march for Aboriginal rights in Toronto Emilio Comay del Junco — The McGill Daily (McGill University) – Waving flags and banners, singing and beating drums, marchers demanded better treatment for Canada’s Aboriginal peoples, investigation into the disappearance of more than 500 missing Aboriginal women and redress for past abuses, such as residential schools. [...]
Alyssa Mosher – The Aquinian – Tuition has gone up again for international students at STU. Despite their “guaranteed award” of $1,700, students not living in Canada pay almost three times the amount that Canadian residences pay to attend St. Thomas University. According to an email from Larry Batt, Dean of Students and Registrar, international tuition [...]
Here’s a look at what’s being discussed at the CASA Policy and Strategy conference 2010 in PEI. //
Stephanie Kelly – The Aquinian – It’s been nine years since one word changed the Walker’s lives forever. Cancer. Caroline and Julian Walker’s son, David, was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2001 at the age of 17. He saw an optometrist after experiencing headaches and visions problems. David was told he had pressure on his [...]
Karissa Donkin – The Aquinian – Two St. Thomas graduates are back on campus as part of a provincial plan to increase Aboriginal participation in post-secondary education. Christopher George, a 1999 graduate, works as Director of Aboriginal Education, while Doreen Saulis, who graduated from St. Thomas in 1980, serves as an Aboriginal Education consultant. The [...]
Tara Chislett – The Aquinian – $4,600 raised for cancer research All-nighters aren’t just for homework anymore. On March 27, between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m., the St. Thomas community came together for the annual Relay for Life, raising about $4,600 for the Canadian Cancer Society. That figure is less than half of the money [...]
Laura Brown – The Aquinian – City scores a C+ on report card The second report card on the state of homelessness in Fredericton was released Mar. 25. The results? According to the Community Action Group on Homelessness, Fredericton deserves a C+, based on 2009 statistics. The C+ indicates that Fredericton is about the same [...]
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