When Lucas Liu first arrived in Fredericton in June 2007, he thought he was on the set of a horror film. Originally from Jining, China, a city of eight million, Liu couldn’t fathom how the streets of Fredericton could possibly be so deserted on a warm summer evening. “I thought this might be that kind [...]
Continue reading …WOLFVILLE, N.S. (CUP) — A 19-year-old student from Alberta has died after being found unconscious in a residence at Acadia University, just outside of Halifax. On Sept. 6, Acadia students were sent an email that released few details about the incident, stating that campus security had responded to a 911 call that same morning and [...]
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SASKATOON (CUP) — In the wake of a proposed fee increase, universities across Canada have opted to leave contracts with once-popular copyright licenser Access Copyright. Many schools, including York University, the University of British Columbia and almost every school in the prairie region have abandoned their contracts with Access Copyright in favour of steering the [...]
Continue reading …On an unseasonably warm February night in 2009, Jack Layton was the main attraction on the University of New Brunswick campus. He had come to the Wu Centre to talk about the economy and, at times, his speech invigorated the packed auditorium. Whenever he mentioned a move by the governing Conservatives, several people would stand [...]
Continue reading …CUPW members occupy MP’s office to protest Canada Post back-to-work legislation
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Inside Conservative MP Keith Ashfield’s Fredericton constituency office, the temperature rose quickly with body heat and shouts of “Heil Harper!” Tuesday evening. About 40 people, mostly from the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, gathered outside the office demanding to speak with the MP about the upcoming vote on back-to-work legislation for Canada Post employees. Office [...]
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Liberals crash and burn as NDP grab official Opposition, Ignatieff resigns hours later TORONTO (CUP) — All the fierceness gone from his voice, Michael Ignatieff faced a tearful Toronto crowd and admitted defeat. “Democracy teaches hard lessons,” the Liberal leader told the sullen crowd. “And we have to learn them all.” In a historic election [...]
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Historic election sees NDP achieve official opposition status, Green obtain first elected seat, Harper win Conservative majority OTTAWA (CUP) — Canadians witnessed a series of astounding changes in their federal political landscape on May 2 as Stephen Harper’s Conservatives achieved their majority government and the New Democratic Party achieved Official Opposition status for the first [...]
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May credits her volunteers for helping her defeat the Tory incumbent SIDNEY, B.C. (CUP) — History was made in the riding of Saanich-Gulf Islands today as Canada elected its first Green member of Parliament — party leader Elizabeth May. May won the riding, which is home to many students at the University of Victoria, Camosun [...]
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Layton thanks youth volunteers and voters TORONTO (CUP) — The New Democratic Party of Canada has amassed its biggest representation in the House of Commons in the party’s 50-year history. The party grabbed a record-breaking 102 seats, up from the 37 they won in 2008. Also for the first time in history, the NDP will [...]
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More than 200 people gathered in Officer’s Square in downtown Fredericton on a chilly Saturday afternoon to send politicians a message: young people plan on voting in the May 2 federal election. Similar vote mobs have or will be held in more than 30 cities and campuses across the country. The mobs started after comedian [...]
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