Student life rewards outstanding students and staff from our community   The 2016 Student Life Recognition Banquet was held on March 30, 2016 at the Guelph Delta Hotel. Staff and students were honoured for their achievements and contributions to student and community life in Guelph and abroad. The banquet began […]

Fossil fuel talks fall flat for campaigners, but the future looks bright On March 30, 2016, University of Toronto President Meric Gertler released a 43-page report detailing the university’s response to an increasingly popular divestment campaign. Divesting from the top 50 companies that run the fossil fuel industry has become […]

Great Barrier Reef undergoing bleaching crisis According to Australian marine biologist Terry Hughes, the current bleaching event taking place at the Great Barrier Reef could potentially change the reef forever. “We’re seeing huge levels of bleaching in the northern 1,000-kilometre stretch of the Great Barrier Reef,” said Hughes in a […]

Intel changes its processor development strategy The news came on Wednesday March 23, 2016 that computer software giant Intel would change its tick-tock microprocessor development strategy. The company delivered this message with little fanfare. Instead of tick-tock, Intel plans on introducing “process-architecture-optimization.” The decision was hidden away in the pages […]

Deadly blaze highlights inadequate resources on First Nations reserves A house fire in the remote Northern Ontario reservation of Pikangikum killed three generations of a family living in a crowded home. The fire that killed nine people—three of whom were children—points toward inadequate conditions on First Nations reserves. Isadore Day, […]

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 […]

VICE reporter ordered to hand over communications to police A ruling by the Ontario Superior Court upholds the mandate to surrender background materials used for stories on suspected terrorists to the RCMP. On March 31, 2016, the Ontario Superior Court demanded that VICE News reporter Ben Makuch supply police with […]

Tech giant hosts annual developer conference to reveal incremental updates On March 30, 2016, American tech giant Microsoft hosted their annual Build developer conference. While industry analysts anticipated the unveiling of a Surface phone or other large-scale products, Microsoft took time to showcase incremental updates geared towards better product integration. […]

Nintendo’s foray into the mobile marketplace an instant success Nintendo has finally made their way into the mobile app market with the release of Miitomo. Described as a “free-to-start social experience” in Nintendo’s official release, the app had already been downloaded by over one million users in Japan before launching […]

Ontario aims to end institutional racism On March 22, 2016, the Government of Ontario’s Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services ruled in favor of banning carding and street checks by police officers. The ruling will limit the police’s controversial collection of personal information at the provincial level. In a […]