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<p>A compilation of the Liberals&#8217; post-secondary promises&nbsp; OTTAWA (CUP) — Post-secondary announcements from the Liberal Party of Canada will be tracked here throughout the campaign. Non-repayable student assistance On March 29, Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff unveiled a portion of his party&#8217;s post-secondary education-related platform on day four of the campaign. The Liberals are promising to dedicate [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A compilation of the Greens&#8217; post-secondary promises&nbsp; OTTAWA (CUP) — Post-secondary announcements from the Green Party of Canada will be tracked here throughout the campaign. Financial assistance The Green Party of Canada released their complete platform on April 7. Included was one particular budget line labeled &#8220;increase post-secondary education bursaries,&#8221; which suggested the Greens would dedicate [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A compilation of the Conservatives&#8217; post-secondary promises OTTAWA (CUP) — Post-secondary announcements from the Conservative Party of Canada will be tracked here throughout the campaign. Jobs for youth In their platform released April 8, the Conservatives pledged to &#8220;extend support&#8221; for the Canada Youth Business Foundation, which offers mentoring and loans to young entrepreneurs. Financial [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A compilation of the Bloc&#8217;s post-secondary promises OTTAWA (CUP) — Post-secondary announcements from the Bloc Québécois will be tracked here throughout the campaign. Post-secondary funding and tuition fees In their 2011 Policy Statement, the Bloc indicated they support increased post-secondary education transfers. More specifically, in their platform, the Bloc noted they will continue to ask [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Confused about voting? Still not sure who you will vote for? Do you have questions about voting as a student? Visit this Elections Canada page to find answers. Not sure the positions of the major parties? Here are the party websites followed by the Fredericton candidates and their websites: Conservative Party of Canada &#8211; Keith Ashfield [&hellip;]</p>

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<p>The scheduled network shutdown is now off according to the STUITS twitter feed. @STUITS Network Outage tonight canceled. Labs open until 10:00 tonight, campus wireless will stay up. Labs open tomorrow (Wednesday) at 7. 5:07 p.m. April 12 via web More information will be posted when available.</p>

<p>The campus network will go down starting 9 P.M. on Tuesday. In an email sent on Monday Dan Hurley, Director of IT Services, wrote that work is being done to the network which should be finished within an hour, but could take up to three. The outage should not impact residence internet. Wireless internet service, printing, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Harrington Hall prez wants house reputation to change Harrington Hall president Bobby Gaudet has spent much of his year trying to transform the image of Harrington into more than just a party house. “If you walk the halls of Harrington Hall, you will meet some of the kindest and smartest people at this university. I [&hellip;]</p>

<p>UNB just won the game against McGill. They are the new CIS champions. More information from our reporters in the morning.</p>

<p>Student leaders concerned about access to post-secondary education FREDERICTON (CUP) — The president of the New Brunswick Student Alliance is concerned that the government&#8217;s plan to reintroduce parental contributions in student loan assessments will make university less accessible. Samuel Gregg-Wallace said in an interview Friday that basing loans on what a student&#8217;s family earns assumes [&hellip;]</p>

<p>McGill wins Pool B doubling up on Alberta in 6–3 victory FREDERICTON (CUP) — A pair of goals by Maxime Langelier-Parent helped the McGill Redmen finally earn their shot at a national championship, as the nation’s second-seeded squad downed the Alberta Golden Bears 6–3 on Saturday. “I’ve been working a lot on shooting to score [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Former Tommie Matt Robertson reflects on facing his former team on the other side of the court I entered the gym, sat down on the bench and laced up the shoes. In front of me, green and yellow jerseys are flying around in their lay-up line and guys are slapping fives. It all just seemed [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Last week I took a trip back to my childhood. Our annual visit to the Metro Centre to watch the Atlantic University Sport Men’s Basketball Championships is something I always looked forward to. I managed to get there for this year’s final game between Acadia University and Dalhousie University. Dal prevailed on the strength of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Local organization spreads awareness about Afghan women Conditions for women are getting worse not only in Afghanistan but here in New Brunswick as well. The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan is out to make you aware of that. RAWA, an international women’s right organization, held their fifth annual variety show benefit Saturday night [&hellip;]</p>

<p>&nbsp; It was 2 a.m. on a quiet, normal Friday. I was up later than usual and decided to check news on the internet one more time before I went to bed. Then I saw it – breaking news, a huge earthquake hit Miyagi prefecture. At that point, it was magnitude 7.9. Later, it was [&hellip;]</p>

<p>“Where are you from?” This question comes out of nowhere but I’m never surprised. When you are mixed you get used to people trying to pin down your ethnic background. Usually they are too embarrassed to ask directly so instead they back into it with a less offensive question. As kids, my sister and I [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Students form relief group to raise money for victims in Japan Michelle Twomney was driving down to Massachusetts with her boyfriend Michael Manning during March break when they heard about the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. After hearing the news, Manning decided the St. Thomas community should do something to assist those in Japan and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University’s women’s basketball team didn’t come home from national championships in Niagara Falls with medals in hand. But they did notch their first ever national victory and carved out a place for the team among the best in the country, head coach Fred Connors said. “We put St. Thomas on the map nationally.” [&hellip;]</p>

<p>TORONTO (CUP) — A recent study at Ryerson University debunked the common assumption that playing violent video games desensitize against violence, but only for the young adult crew of gamers. Andrew Durham, a third-year child and youth care student, has been playing violent video games since he was in elementary school. And while he’s playing, [&hellip;]</p>