Approximately 8 million pieces of plastic pollution are disposed of in our oceans every daycredit: google images The single-use plastic ban will be in force by 2021 after the Trudeau government’s approved the bill this January.Soon...
The panelists at Taste of Ent event networking with students and attendees. With advancing technology and changing industrial demands, it is becoming difficult for university and college graduates to acquire relevant jobs with just a degree in hand...
What is happening at Ryerson is an absolute tragedy. To unpack the conundrum, the first question to ask is “why do student unions matter”? For many people outside the echo chamber of academia, student unions are no more than a slightly older version...
Image Source: Sheridan Student Union The Sheridan Student Union is back with the Winter Clubs Fair. The two-day event took place at the Student Centre Atrium, outside The Marquee on the Trafalgar Campus on Feb. 5 and 6 from noon to 3 p.m. A number...
Created by: Danielle Orr and Paola Floro. Several research facilities are working alongside international organizations and governments in the global effort to make a vaccine to curb the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). The virus has killed 427 people...
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas addressed an emergency meeting for Arab league foreign ministers in Cairo on Saturday. His message was clear, Palestinians reject U.S president Donald Trump’s proposed Middle East peace plan. Dissatisfied by the...
Coronavirus has shocked the worldwide populous. The speed at which the disease spreads has been alarming. As of February 4th, 2020, there have been 20,630 confirmed cases of coronavirus. There have been 23 countries with confirmed cases of...
The World Health Organization has asked countries to refrain from increasing “fear and stigma” in the international community by imposing travel and trade restrictions. On the other hand, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO)...
From being unable to produce work to having to feed 41 million people, China has begun to face monetary setbacks. China is one of the world’s biggest export hubs, its greatest strength is manufacturing and export. In 2002, when a fatal...
The Iowa caucuses turned into a political quagmire, with many results unable to be counted, or counted accurately, marking a messy start for the Democrats seeking to unseat Donald Trump as President. The Iowa Caucus took place on Monday, Feb 3 2020...
Photo of the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridgesource: Photo courtesy of Pixabay The World Health Organization has decidedly said the coronavirus is not a pandemic. In a press conference Tuesday, the agency said they are hopeful that the virus can be...
History is repeating itself, albeit in novel ways. Novel coronavirus, believed to have spread from China’s Wuhan, has killed 494 people and has infected over 20,000 people across 25 countries so far. The virus is proving to be yet another zoonotic...
WHO’s line is it anyway? After the World Health Organization’s Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the novel Coronavirus a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern”. This body of health officials has since encouraged...
Updated February 20, 2020 Juan Guaido greets members of the public at a talk organized by the Venezuelan Embassy at All Saints Event Space in Ottawa on Monday, Jan 27. 2020 (Paola Floro) Venezuela’s self declared interim president and opposition...
Canada is prepared to tackle the Coronavirus if required. Federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu, has said that Canadians are being watched for signs of the Coronavirus that may have developed in Wuhan, China. A handful of people from Quebec, Vancouver...
Rotating Strikes Move to Halton District On Thursday, January 23rd with over 100 teachers, protesters, and students in attendance. The community of Oakville stood on Kerr and Rebecca Street to advocate for the upkeep of Ontario’s education...
IGNITE expected to shift governance structure on Wednesday Image provided by The Avro Post WHAT’S GOING ON? On Wednesday January 20th, the student union that represents both Humber College and University of Guelph-Humber students is holding a...
From Wikipedia The Ukranian Flight 752 by the Iranian government has shocked the entire world. The commercial flight was headed to Kiev from Tehran. There were 176 fatalities, with many of the passengers returning home from vacation. Shortly after...
Iran admits that they have unintentionally shot down a Ukrainian airplane on January 8th, minutes after taking off from Tehran’s airport. As the investigation is currently still taking place after the news broke out, it has been said that the...
As Canada reconciles with the aftermath of the downing of Ukraine International Airlines flight 752, not-so-ordinary citizens have been doing something about it. Bellingcat is an investigative website and collective of citizen investigators...
Flight (PS752) wreckage. Photo courtesy: Reuters On January, 8, 2020 an Ukrainian Boeing 737-800 crashed minutes after take-off from Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran, and hours after Iran launched ballistic missiles at a U.S military...
Image from Global News Article Originally published on Defunct Mayhem It has only been 10 days since the Ukrainian Airlines plane was shot down in Iran. It seems like it has been so much longer. The global response was quick, and Canada’s response...
Misleadingly named, the brightly colored box, known as a black box, plays a crucial role in understanding flight data. In order to determine the cause of error during a plane crash, a black box contains voice recordings of conversations held in the...
Town of Oakville holds vigil in honour of flight 752 plane crash victims Oakville Mayor Rob Burton and members of town council speak to residents during a vigil ceremony at Oakville Centennial Square on January 12. 2020. (Paola Floro) Oakville Mayor...