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Free Wifi to be Installed in Downtown Guelph

Downtown Guelph Business Association to introduce service in as little as six months The Downtown Guelph Business Association announced plans to implement free Wifi in downtown Guelph, which may be up and running in as little as six months. Executive Director of the association, Marty Williams, announced the plan for […]

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Thomas King Nominated for Literary Award

U of G professor and author nominated for book “An Inconvenient Indian” University of Guelph’s English professor emeritus Thomas King, broadcaster, Massey lecturer and author of “The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America” has been announced as a nominee for the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust […]

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Students Raise Awareness for Refugees

Students call Branion Plaza home for three days to raise awareness for student refugees Around the world, young men and women are forced to flee their home countries to face a new life in refugee camps. For three days and nights, University of Guelph students tried to shine a light […]

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Street Harassment and Privilege

Street harassment consists of any comment or action occurring in a public place between strangers that is unwelcome, disrespectful, threatening or harassing, and is often motivated by gender. While harassment, specificallythat of a sexual nature, is illegal in the workplace, it is still legal in the streets. Even worse, many […]

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Keeping It Clean

How to keep your apartment free from mice and other critters Last year was my first year living off campus. By September, I had moved in and was getting used to classes, and the people that I was living with were great. Everything was going well – that is, until […]

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National WHAT?! Day

Celebrating punctuation, houseplants and dessert National Caviar Day, National Thriftshop Day, heck, there’s even a National Houseplant Appreciation Day. It appears as though everyone’s looking for a reason to celebrate these days, and why not? There’s a certain satisfaction in a day that allows one to not feel bad about […]

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Doesn’t Everyone Have Clean Water?

Mohawk community given boil-water advisory by Canadian government The Mohawk community of Tyendinaga feels that their children are becoming sick due to pollution and contamination dumped into their groundwater system. Every Sunday, Shawn Brant lines up with other community members to collect water from community pump for his family. The […]

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Newsworthiness: Twerking vs. Public Execution

Aug. 25, 2013 will forever be remembered as a day when a young woman performed a provocative dance on television. More than a month after the incident, everyone is still talking about how Miley Cyrus “twerked” on Robin Thicke, and every possible viewpoint and opinion has been expressed. Whether it […]