RPGs, board, card, and LARP games attract hundreds to PCH for weekend convention The University of Guelph Games Club hosted the 26th annual Gryphcon gaming convention from Feb. 28 to March 2. The convention drew in a crowd of over 220 enthusiasts and vendors dedicated to board games, tabletop role-playing […]
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The Ontarion’s news articles cover current events and issues relevant to the University of Guelph and greater Guelph communities.
Student Space Initiative Seeking Votes During CSA Election
Referendum question on collecting fees to increase student space During the Central Student Association’s (CSA) annual general election happening on Wednesday, March 5 to Friday, March 7, students will be given the opportunity to vote online on a referendum regarding student space on campus. Kat Lucas, President of Interhall Council […]
Prestigious Innovation Contest Coming to Guelph
Guelph will host Singularity University’s first Canadian “Global Impact Competition” This April, the first Canadian Global Impact Competition (GIC) will take place in the City of Guelph. The GIC will bring five innovators from across Canada in front of a panel of judges to present a solution to the following […]
Outcry Over Inuk SMU Student’s Murder
Loretta Saunders’ death has sparked calls for action on missing aboriginal women When 26-year-old Saint Mary’s University student Loretta Saunders went missing on Feb. 13, the circumstances were all too coincidental. When her body was found nearly two weeks after, the suspicions and fears were confirmed. Saunders, who is Inuk, […]
GSMC Report Card Causes Controversy
Some CSA election candidates concerned about conflict of interest When the Guelph Student Mobilization Committee (GSMC) asked Connor Doherty, the Central Student Association’s Chief Electoral Officer, to circulate an online questionnaire to the eleven candidates running for CSA Executive positions, Doherty had no idea doing so would stir such controversy. […]
A New Authentic Food Experience
Owner of downtown staple expands business to the East end Guelph’s East side is about to get a Latin American facelift as Rodolfo Hennigs – owner of The Salsateria on Wyndham Street – gets ready to launch his new Chilean and Mexican restaurant, Mojito’s, on Mar. 10. To Guelphites, Hennigs […]
Alumni Spotlight: Lorne Rubenstein
Successful golf journalist had career foreshadowed at U of G Lorne Rubenstein may have applied to the University of Guelph with the intention of completing a Master’s in Psychology, but the hands of fate had other plans. After graduating from York University in a program then called Liberal Sciences (which […]
Torn Between Measures of Success
The role of formal education in the Canadian Arctic At the top of the world surrounded by glacial valleys the red sun rises over the community of Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories. The mechanized buzzing of a bell shatters the serenity of the environment, almost as if to indicate an emergency. Children […]
Is This Drink the Reason You’re Single?
New relationship survey suggests men don’t prefer women who drink beer If you’re like me, you’ve probably done one of those Cosmo Relationship Surveys at least once in your life. These surveys can tell you which hair colour, outfit, and personality type men prefer, letting you know exactly what you […]
Politicians and Their Secrets
Why we should care about the lies they tell Anyone who’s seen the show Pretty Little Liars knows that in every episode, one question is answered and about five more are created. Just when you think you have all the information and understand what’s going on, something else pops up […]
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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.