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Canadian hip-hop icon Shad starts anew with first album in four years
When hip-hop artist Shad was an undergrad studying business at Wilfred Laurier University in the early 2000s, he attended a guest lecture by Rodrigo Bascunan and Christian Pearce. Read More
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Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces retirement
Rep. Nancy Pelosi is calling it quits. The California Democrat announced Thursday that she will not seek reelection for another term, closing the book on a storied, four-decade career through which she rewrote history as the country’s first female Speaker, advanced some of the most consequential legislation of the modern era, and secured her place as…
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American man, son die after being stung by wasps while ziplining
BANGKOK (AP) — An American man and his teenage son died last month after they were swarmed by wasps while ziplining at an adventure camp in Laos and stung many dozens of times, a hospital official said Thursday. Dan Owen, the director of an international school in neighboring Vietnam, and his son Cooper were attacked by the…
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Opinion: Something has to give for universities fighting for their survival
When it comes to how Canadian universities are funded, something has to give. It is simply not sustainable for governments to reduce or hold constant their contributions to university operating budgets while tightly controlling how much tuition may be charged to students. Read More
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Hart Beats: Pro wrestler Nattie Neidhart explores her place in unusual family and industry in new memoir
Early in Natalya “Nattie” Neidhart’s memoir, The Last Hart Beating, the professional wrestler tells a story about her father coming to her kindergarten class for a meet-the-parents day. Read More
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Nelson: Premier Smith fiddles with licence plates as Liberals burn Alberta
Were Alberta truly strong and free, we’d be shipping copious amounts of our oil from a northwestern B.C. port today, and not waiting in vain for the duplicitous federal Liberals to remind us why we can’t. Read More
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Parker: WINS partners with Jacket Racket to keep kids warm this winter
Now in its 38th year, Jacket Racket continues its long-standing tradition of collecting and distributing thousands of items of winter clothing for students in need across the city. The program has depended on about 50 schools that have helped collect a variety of clothing from donors, but this year the teachers’ strike caused a bit…
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Martin: Recent case a reminder of the reach of gambling underworld
The annoying proliferation of legal sports gambling, which seems to be the only thing advertised on television these days, hasn’t stopped the seedy and illegal underbelly of the practice from continuing to occur. Read More
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Officials scour charred site of UPS plane crash for victims and answers
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The grim task of finding victims from the firestorm that followed the crash of a UPS cargo plane in Louisville, Kentucky, entered a third day Thursday as investigators gather information to determine why the aircraft caught fire and lost an engine on takeoff. The inferno consumed the enormous plane and spread to nearby…