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List provided by CFRU. RANK ARTIST Title (Label) 1. TEKE::TEKE* Shirushi (Kill Rock Stars) 2. SOOK-YIN LEE & ADAM LITOVITZ* jooj two (Mint) 3. FIVER* Fiver with the Atlantic School Of Spontaneous Composition (You’ve Changed) 4. KOREA TOWN ACID* Metamorphosis (Urbnet) 5. FRANCOIS HOULE 4* Recoder (Songlines) 6. NO-NO […]
Locals to honour the children with flag-lowering, orange shirts, and vigil ver the May long weekend, the remains of 215 children were confirmed to have been buried at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. According to CBC, the discovery was made during a survey of the grounds by a specialist […]
From the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo, to Ontario’s COVD-19 reopening roadmap, here is what we saw in the news this week. Tokyo Olympics set to take place despite growing COVID-19 cases espite pushback due to surging cases of COVID-19 in Asia, this year’s Olympic Games are set to take […]
Agreement comes after Palestinians suffer the brunt of Israeli airstrikes for almost two weeks (Photo courtesy of CHUTTERSNAP/Unsplash) ollowing 11 days of mutual airstrikes between Israelis and Hamas, the ruling Palestinian militant group in Gaza, a ceasefire has come into effect. Both sides are claiming victory after the fighting resulted […]
From Ontario’s stay-at-home order being extended, to celebrating Asian Heritage Month, here is what we saw in the news this week. Stay-at-home order extended until June 2 ue to the spread of more contagious variants of COVID-19, the Ontario government has extended the stay-at-home order until at least June 2 […]
While the Guelph region remains steady in its supply, Canadian Blood Services emphasizes that the need for blood is constant ix weeks from her due date, the complexities and stress of pregnancy were heightened even more for Guelph resident Laine Greenidge when Ontario went into lockdown. CTV News reported Greenidge […]
With reduced staff and increased food waste, local restaurants offer subscription services and limited menus to keep revenue coming in t has been a crippling year for nearly every industry; especially the restaurant industry. According to Statistics Canada, full-service restaurants in Canada took an approximate 80 per cent hit at […]
“It’s not essential to everyone … but it’s essential to us.” hroughout the pandemic, the bicycle industry in Canada has simultaneously been faced with the highest demand and lowest supply it’s ever seen; with the limitations of public transit and a need for safe exercise, more and more people seem […]
The documentary is being screened as part of the #ChangeStartsNow summit 19th century cowboy known for helping establish the lucrative ranching industry in Alberta, John Ware had a softer side that not many people knew of. In fact, not many people have heard of Ware to begin with. Ware’s legacy […]
Ontario unveils temporary paid sick day program set to run until September ntario has unveiled a temporary three-day paid sick leave program in effect until Sept. 25. According to the proposed Ontario COVID-19 Worker Income Protection Benefit, the program applies to employees who meet one or more of the following […]
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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.