Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau toured London’s and Guelph’s industrial sectors on April 14, 2016. The prime minister delivered a speech at London’s Fanshawe College in the morning, while briefly meeting with workers at Guelph’s Magna Polycon Industries plant in the afternoon. Speaking at Fanshawe’s Centre for Applied Transportation Technologies, […]
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Science Avenue: Hypotheses, Theories, and Laws
Image adapted from the photo by Ulrik Slot Christensen via CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. A final look at what makes scientific thought tick What are Hypotheses, Theories and Laws? Science starts, much like all things, at the beginning. In the beginning, there is nothing but an idea about the universe—a question […]
A closer look at the Panama Papers
What we know so far about the “biggest leak in history” On Sunday April 3, 2016, the world witnessed the largest data leak in history, after 11.5 million documents from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca were released by a massive global reporting partnership of over 100 publications led by the […]
Ontario court rules on residential schools
Ontario Court of Appeals rules that residential school records are not federal records Survivors of Canada’s residential schools can have their stories of physical, sexual, and mental abuse archived if they wish. However, if they are not archived, the stories can be destroyed in 15 years, according to an Ontario […]
Guelph police seize drugs and money from student
Drug bust in East Village On Friday April 2, 2016, Guelph police seized several items from a University of Guelph residence building, subsequently charging a 19-year-old man with drug-related crimes. The Oakville man—a student at the university—was found in possession of various street drugs, including cocaine, MDMA, and marijuana. During […]
The integrity of the Great Barrier Reef in danger
Record high temperatures in the Pacific Ocean destroying coral reefs Since 1985, the Great Barrier Reef’s coral has been ravaged by tropical storms, invasive crown-of-thorns starfish, disease, and coral bleaching driven by rising ocean temperatures. Coral reefs are crucial incubators of the ocean’s ecosystem, providing food and shelter to a […]
CA and NY legislate a $15 minimum wage
The states set possible precedent for nation’s highest minimum wage On Monday, April 4, California and New York passed a law that sets a statewide minimum wage at $15-an-hour—the highest minimum wage in the country. The wages will gradually increase overtime, with California’s beginning next year and New York’s beginning […]
Controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill passed into law by North Carolina
NC passes the Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act The state of North Carolina has come under heavy criticism in recent weeks, in regards to a recently passed law that is said to be anti-LGBTQ+. The House Bill 2 (HB2), or the Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act, was passed […]
At the CSA: April 6, 2016
The final meeting of the semester On April 6, 2016, the University of Guelph’s CSA held the final official meeting for the Winter 2016 semester. The meeting was chaired by former human resources and operations (HRO) commissioner Joshua Ofori-Darko. Current HRO Matthew Campbell was once again absent. Before officially adopting […]
Year in Review: The Ontarion’s staff picks 2015-2016
The Ontarion, autonomous and independent turns 65 In preparation for the winter semester, I had the staff at The Ontarion provide a number article pitches that would potentially become a centre story. Specifically, the pitch that stuck out in my mind the most, without a doubt, had to be celebration […]
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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.