Tag: 2023
Thompson looking forward to new role as rural affairs minister
Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson said she feels she has come full circle in her new role as the Ontario government’s minister of rural affairs. Thompson, who was named to the position when Premier Doug Ford announced a cabinet shuffle on June 6, said Thursday (June 27) that after graduating from the University of Guelph, her […]
George is a King again, selected by favourite team in NHL Entry Draft
Carter George was six the first time the Los Angeles Kings won the Stanley Cup. He was eight when they won it again two years later. At 18, he realized a childhood dream when his favourite team picked him with the 57th-overall selection in the NHL Entry Draft Saturday inside the Sphere in Las Vegas. […]
Baranyai: Doug Ford’s PCs could use a math refresher
Recent decisions regarding The Beer Store contract and the Ontario Science Centre indicate the provincial government needs help with math
Music in the Fields emerging artist winners announced
The fans have spoken. “We received almost 50,000 votes this year,” Cheryl Johnston, marketing director for Lucknow’s Music in the Fields (LMITF), said of the online voting for the James Cameron Memorial Emerging Artist Showdown. “It’s great that these artists have such a following and support behind them for this opportunity.” This year’s voting ended […]
This Ivey grad wanted ‘nice peaceful graduation day.’ It was anything but
For many university students, graduation is a moment years in the making, to celebrate the work they’ve put into getting their degree. For graduates from the Ivey business school at Western University, their special day was rearranged by hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters who forced a change to the schedule and confronted students and their families. […]