By Justin Field The smell of popcorn – free popcorn, on the 2nd floor of the Humber Lakeshore L Building is the smell of another election, just about the only enticing part of the whole process. The IGNITE Elections are upon us once again, and with a voting deadline... Read more
By Skedline Reporter Cassandra Turco The job description of IGNITE’s Board of Directors is to set organizational priorities and provide feedback to the organization based on ongoing consultations with the student body. In other words, they speak for the students and try to promote and organize what the student... Read more
Newscast Wednesday, Feb. 27th 2019
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Ryan Hanna brings today’s News headlines. Read more
Canada joins international officials in Colombia to discuss Venezuela
InternationalNewsPolitics Feb 26, 2019
Canadian and U.S. officials are meeting with Venezuelan Interim President Juan Guaido in Bogota today. The assembly comes after a weekend of violent protests in Venezuela, CNN reports. Two aid trucks were reportedly set ablaze while authorities clashed with protesters near Colombia’s border. According to Thomson Reuters, Canadian Foreign... Read more
A second summit will bring U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un face-to-face in Vietnam. Across two days, both leaders will be in the capital of Hanoi. The Associated Press reports Moscow was asked for expertise ahead of the meeting. The two are also expected... Read more
Nigeria elects new president
InternationalNewsPolitics Feb 26, 2019
Muhammadu Buhari is Nigeria’s new president. Premium Times Nigeria reports Buhari won over his lead rival Atiku Abubakar with more than 67,000 votes and won 14 of 21 local governments. Nigeria’s election also caused a wave of violence across the country. Since the votes began on Saturday, almost 40... Read more
News Cast for Monday Feb. 11 2019 (with Aaron Ranson)
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Skedline.com Anchor Aaron Ranson reports the top news headlines for Feb. 11 2019. Read more
Students rally at Queen’s Park to protest OSAP changes
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Reporter Rosen Castillo and videographers Makayla Pereira and Natalia Yurieva report from Queen’s Park for the March for Student Rights. This rally was just one of the many protests across Ontario where students voiced their concerns about changes to post-secondary funding. Read more
Canada pledges $53 million in aid to Venezuela’s refugee crisis
CanadaInternationalNewsPolitics Feb 4, 2019
The Trudeau government has pledged to give $53 million dollars to help with Venezuela’s refugee crisis. This money will be going to the neighbouring countries where three million Venezuelans have fled to escape the humanitarian crisis of food shortage. Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro denies the food crisis in the... Read more
Leaked healthcare documents fuel fire between Tories and NDP
CanadaEtobicokeHealthHealthNewsOntarioPoliticsPoliticsTorontoToronto Feb 4, 2019
In a news conference Monday morning, NDP leader, Andrea Horwath released a second set of leaked documents detailing what her party is calling the provincial government’s proposed “private and for profit” health care system. This comes after the first set of documents were released by the NDP last Thursday.... Read more
