I first heard about it from an AQ writer. “I just wanted to give you the heads up,” he wrote. I get these types of letters a lot, story pitches The Aquinian often can’t pursue in the end. And then there was this one. “Jay Scott killed his gf and himself last week sometime.” [...]
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She wore a tight, black skirt showing off a pair of clean shaved legs. Her hips moved playfully to the beat of the music. Red lips revealed a set of white teeth; her dark eyes twinkling as she moved towards her prey. Her arms around his neck, they soon vanished into the crowd, a pair [...]
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The last year has been full of strikes and lockouts – postal workers, Acadian Lines workers, various unions at Air Canada, transit workers in Halifax, workers at Caterpillar locomotive plant in London, Ont. and the workers at the Fredericton Airport, to name a few. We are likely entering an era where labour disruptions are becoming [...]
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I have a love-hate relationship with the United Nations. I love the idea of 193 nations working together to solve international problems of economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian significance. But I hate that U.N. members place priority on their national agendas, often preventing the body from formulating solutions to global issues. I hate the reality [...]
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In the U.S. last week, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal affirmed a district court judgment finding California’s controversial gay marriage ban unconstitutional in the case of Perry vs. Brown, also known as the Proposition 8 case. The court ruled 2-1 that “Proposition 8 serves no purpose and has no effect, other than to lessen [...]
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I had my first boyfriend in the summer of Grade 9. I couldn’t resist his stringy facial hair that resembled a bag of Mr. Noodles. I went wild for his Metallica T-shirts; it was probably the gigantic rips in the arm pits that lured me in. He was my knight in shining armor. I loved [...]
Continue reading …You know it’s over when the guy you’re seeing says, “You need to stop liking me.” To be honest, I’ve never had the best luck when it comes to guys. Maybe it’s because I never really stopped crushing on Kristian Swan, my great unrequited Grade 7 love, until my last years of high school; or [...]
Continue reading …I wanted to take a break this week to talk to you about a little curry treat that occupies a lot of my culinary time. It is a wonderful blend of some of God’s greatest ingredients, and bears a name many seem to pronounce like they’ve had a retainer lodged down their throats. A shawarma [...]
Continue reading …The world consumes three million tons of cocoa per year, earning chocolate manufacturers more than $62.1 billion U.S. annually, while those relying on cocoa growing for their livelihoods struggle to survive. Facing harsh economic realities, cocoa farmers do what they feel they must in order to make a living. That often involves human rights violations [...]
Continue reading …There is no budget crisis. Or, to be more precise, there is no spending problem. We don’t need massive budget cuts. The provincial budget woes are caused by a lack of revenue, not a spending problem. Provincial Finance Minister Blaine Higgs wants us to believe that the province’s finances leave us on the verge of [...]
Continue reading …I’ve been called insensitive and lazy, the worst reporter in the world. People say I’m sensationalist, only looking for a “good story,” that I disregard the facts, don’t do research, and certainly don’t care about people’s feelings – especially those of Harrington residents. Or at least that’s what some readers think I’m like. As editor-in-chief [...]
Continue reading …An Open Letter to Justin Brown: Dear Justin, What exactly are you trying to tell your fellow students? Is this meant as satire; I for one don’t find it funny when you say an art’s degree is useless. Why even bother going to school here if that’s true. The saddest part is that that statement [...]
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