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<p>A Field of Dreams quote sums up the impact baseball has had on the last century: “America has rolled on like an army of steamrollers. It’s been erased by a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time.” The 100-year span of baseball’s popularity sealed its place as America’s pastime. But today, mainstream sports [&hellip;]</p>

<p>On June 27, the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) will choose a new leader at their leadership convention in Toronto. This comes after Andrew Scheer, current leader of the CPC announced he would step down as leader after he led his party to an electoral loss to Justin Trudeau, and amid a scandal involving an [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The World Junior Hockey Championships have become a bigger Canadian celebration than Boxing Day for hockey fans. Even though the tournament was in the Czech Republic this year, the seats of the arenas are still a sea of Canadians dressed in red from head to toe. This year, a new star made a name for [&hellip;]</p>

<p>On Jan. 8, almost 200 passengers and crew died on UIA Flight PS752, including 57 Canadian citizens and 29 permanent residents. Innocent people are dead because they got caught in a crossfire that could have never happened and had nothing to do with them.  While Iran and the United States have had a tense relationship [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Montreal Canadians are the most successful team in hockey history with 24 Stanley Cup wins. As a hockey-rich community, they produced some of the game’s greatest players, from Maurice Richard to Guy Lafleur. The Montreal fan base has grown accustomed to winning for over 100 years. Now, those days are a distant memory, as [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In our world today, there&#8217;s a lot going on in every corner of the globe — from the Hong Kong protests, to Brexit and the upcoming UK election, to the United States&#8217; impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump, along with civil unrest across the globe. We New Brunswickers, as Billy Joel once put it, didn’t start [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When the Washington Nationals didn’t re-sign their superstar Bryce Harper, they were projected to fail. Instead, they upset the Houston Astros, the baseball team with the top record of 107-55, to win their first World Series. How did the Nationals drop their best player and become a champion? Can the Toronto Raptors do the same after [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A disclaimer to all that for the sake of simplicity, I will be making some broad simplifications and generalizations in this explainer. This Halloween, the United States House of Representatives, led by speaker Nancy Pelosi, voted 232-196 in favour of starting a formal impeachment inquiry into United States President Donald Trump. Sure, that sounds significant, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Let’s first respectfully acknowledge that St. Thomas University, and The Aquinian are situated on the traditional, unceeded Territory of the Maliseet/Wəlastəkwiyik peoples. A disclaimer to readers, that I am a white man with no Indigenous heritage. The purpose of this article is to give you an overview of what the federal parties are promising to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Winning a championship in pro sports is like being on top of the world. The perks are endless. From citywide parades to talk shows, champions live like rock stars. One of the highest honours of all is visiting the White House and meeting the president of the United States. Now, things are different. Today, it’s [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Federal Minister of Public Safety Ralph Goodale tweeted an old video of Andrew Scheer on Aug. 22. The video showed the now Conservative Party of Canada leader speaking against marriage equality for the LGBTQ+ community in 2005. He was a member of Parliament in the House of Commons at the time. Since he took over [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Earlier this spring, superstar baseball player Mike Trout signed the largest contract in North American sports worth $432 million. That’s $36 million per year, for 12 years. A half billion dollar contract was fair, considering he’s one of the best players in baseball and compared to other superstar contracts such as Bryce Harper and Manny Machado, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The FIBA World Cup is underway in China. The United States are 4-0 and once again, are tournament favourites.  The United States has the advantage of NBA stars joining their ranks for the tournament, but this trend halted this summer. James Harden, Anthony Davis and Damian Lillard, along with other stars, all dropped out of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The National Football League season is just beginning and there are plenty of hot topics. Will players be fined for kneeling during the national anthem? Will Nike recover from the backlash of using Kaepernick as their new face? Who will win the Super Bowl? Kneeling Well, first there&#8217;s an issue off the field. NFL players [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Making hard decisions in our everyday lives can be frightening, and the 2018 provincial election is no exception. As vice-president education for the St. Thomas University Students&#8217; Union, I advocate regularly in the political sphere. Because of this, I am often reminded how important it is that students get involved. I wanted to learn more about [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The night of Sept. 2 was a night of horror for Brazilians, especially those from Rio de Janeiro. Brazil is known for being a warm country with exotic sights and happy people. Aside from its beauty, it is also a country of danger and corruption for Brazilians. Brazil has been dealing with an internal crisis for [&hellip;]</p>