McDonald’s restaurants across Canada will be accepting candy canes and the phrase “Ho Ho Ho” as payment starting on Dec 14, 2015, until Christmas Day. The campaign, which is a follow up to the Share the Love campaign—a previous project headed up by the fast food giant—incorporates similar goals of […]
Author: Alexandra Grant
The pros and cons of TV universes
A common, and growing trend on television and other outlets like Netflix is the TV universe. With more and more shows piloting and premiering that are linked together in some way, the success and the response to these overlapping stories has also been an emerging topic of conversation. Of course, […]
Common Cents: News in business and finance
Your biggest stories in business and finance: A resident of British Columbia, Colin Laughlin, decided to go public after discovering Canada’s second-largest bank, Toronto Dominion (TD), can access and collect information on all of its customers’ online activities, including those that aren’t banking-related. Laughlan is one of thousands of Canadians who, […]
Meet the Gryphons: nationally recognized players make All-Canadian team
As the CIS football season draws to a close after the Vanier Cup Championship, it is only fitting to end the season by acknowledging the accomplishments of the Gryphons’ top football players. Second-year kicker Gabriel Ferraro was named Second Team All-Canadian after an outstanding season with the Gryphons. Ferraro, a […]
The Trans-Pacific Partnership and Canada
As it is commonly known, the TPP or the Trans-Pacific Partnership is a “free trade agreement” that many have heard of, but few understand. The partnership, which is between 12 of the major nations around the world, is aimed at strengthening ties between the nations involved, which include Canada, the […]
On this Day…
Date: November 26, 1933 On this Day with SHAC, thousands of people in San Jose, California, stormed the jail looking for vengeance and justice. Thomas Thurmond and John Holmes, who were suspected of kidnapping and killing Brooke Hart, the son of local storeowner, were being held at the jail in […]
Common Cents: Toronto, Tim Hortons, and Star Wars
Despite high levels of youth joblessness and a relatively pessimistic mood among young workers, Toronto has been rated the best economy for young people among 35 major world cities, a new survey says. In the survey carried out for the Citi Foundation by the Economist Intelligence Unit, Toronto beat cities like second-place […]
Common Cents
A new report by the World Bank declared that, if action isn’t taken against climate change, the world could see another 100 million people pushed below the poverty line. Though the report is not the first of its kind, experts say that the report carries weight nonetheless. With the effects […]
Justin Trudeau sworn in as Canadian prime minister
Justin Trudeau was sworn into office on Nov. 4, 2015, following the official resignation of Stephen Harper from the role of Canadian prime minister. Along with his credentials being verified, Prime Minister Trudeau appointed his cabinet, consisting of 30 ministers, as well as himself. Other than the obvious changes to […]
On this Day…
Date: November 12, 1948 On this day with SHAC, an international war crimes tribunal in Tokyo passed death sentences on seven Japanese military and government officials, including General Hideki Tojo, who served as premier of Japan from 1941 to 1944. Just eight short days before the sentences were announced, the […]
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The Ontarion is the University of Guelph’s independent student newspaper. It began in 1951 as part of the Ontario Agricultural College and then began to represent the entire University of Guelph once it amalgamated in 1964. The Ontarion incorporated in May 1970 as The Ontarion, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation registered with the province of Ontario.