Guelph Pride Week began on April 30, 2016 with a flag-raising ceremony at Market Square. Supporters and sponsors gathered to celebrate with music, food, and a sense of community. Representing Guelph Pride’s main sponsor, RBC Canada, Jamie Clinch was met with an enthusiastic crowd when he said, “We each deserve […]
Author: Dana Bellamy
Student launches online campaign to fund puppy’s surgery
Managing the financial burden of school and veterinary bills Katelyn Regier, a fourth-year criminal justice and public policy student at the University of Guelph, has turned to online crowdfunding to help raise money for a crucial and expensive surgery for her four-month-old dachshund, Roscoe. [pullquote align=”left” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” […]
Record Store Day numbers up for local independent stores
Guelph retailers share their thoughts on the culture of vinyl collecting On Saturday, April 16, 2016, music sellers across the globe participated in Record Store Day, an event established in 2007 to promote independent music sellers. Guelph’s own Royal Cat Records, as well as the Guelph location of The Beat […]
Fairy tale musical mash-up offers lessons and laughter
Venturing Into the Woods with Royal City Musical Productions Inc. RCMPI’s presentation of Into the Woods opened on April 28, 2016 for a five-show stretch at the River Run Centre. Stephen Sondheim’s Tony award-winning play takes well-known fairy tales, such as Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Little Red Riding […]
Breaking new ground for Gryphons football
New $8.5 million facility donated to help players’ performance and prestige On Thursday, April 28, 2016, Gryphons football members and supporters gathered to celebrate the official groundbreaking ceremony for a new state-of-the-art facility set to open in December this year. The new two-storey pavilion will be built as an extension […]
Fort McMurray dependent on weather to stop spread of fire
Alberta wildfires not unprecedented in nature, but in societal impact A local state of emergency was issued in Fort McMurray, Alberta on Sunday, May 1, 2016 as a wildfire started just beyond the city limits. Although evacuations in many parts of the city were voluntary at first, by Tuesday, May […]
Mandroid Echostar talks touring, songwriting, and social media
Local metal band kicks off headlining tour in hometown Hometown heavy metal heroes, Mandroid Echostar, performed a sold-out show at DSTRCT as the second stop on their first headlining tour of Canada and the US. Before the show, The Ontarion spoke with Mandroid’s drummer, Matt “HK” Huber-Kidby, and guitarist, James […]
Making art more accessible through humour and crap
Ryan Cassidy reveals the new Trinketron 6750 for Kazoo! Fest 2016 In 2014, the multinational corporation known as Unicorp commissioned local artist and inventor, Ryan Cassidy, to build the Trinketron, an artificially intelligent machine that creates custom objects using highly sophisticated interfaces and algorithms. Or at least that’s how the […]
Students “Take a Paws” from stress of exams
This year’s Exam Stress Busters Program welcomes furry friends to the library The University of Guelph kicked off a month’s worth of Exam Stress Busters with the Take a Paws event, held at the McLaughlin Library on April 5 and April 6, 2016. The library co-sponsored the new event along […]
Album of the week
Artist: Oingo Boingo Album: Dead Man’s Party (1985) No ‘80s dance party is complete without a little Oingo Boingo. Known for its fusion of new wave and ska music with nearly every genre imaginable, Oingo Boingo brings out a more prominent pop-rock influence with Dead Man’s Party. The power behind […]
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The Ontarion publishes independent, student-produced news, opinion, and commentary for University of Guelph students so that they can make informed decisions in their lives. To do this, The Ontarion provides learning opportunities and training in journalism, media production, leadership, board governance, and other aspects of nonprofit news.
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.