The defunding of Memorial is not a story of fiscal misfortune or demographic bad luck. It is one of a deliberate, decades-long ideological project whose purpose is the transformation of public universities from civic institutions into market instruments.
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Pickup begins for new pink, grey recycling bins in the Central Okanagan
Get your pink and grey bins ready.Today marks the start of a new recycling initiative for communities across the Central Okanagan.Recycle BC, the non-profit responsible for residential packaging and paper product recycling in B.C., is taking over management of curbside recycling servic…
Will Kelowna MP Stephen Fuhr be new ‘minister’ in charge of Defence Investment Agency?
Kelowna MP Stephen Fuhr is not saying whether he will be getting a promotion to a full-fledged ministry after a key announcement in the Carney government’s spring economic update.The fiscal update released on Tuesday promises to introduce new legislation to increase the authority and budget o…
‘It’s about saving lives’: Saskatoon university students prepare for overdose response
Dozens of university students in Saskatoon are learning how to administer naloxone as overdoses continue to rise in following the closure of Prairie Harm Reduction.
Antarctic seismic data points to an ancient structure circling Earth’s core – The Brighter Side of News
Antarctic seismic data points to an ancient structure circling Earth’s core The Brighter Side of NewsScientists Say a Hidden Structure May Exist Inside Earth’s Core SciTechDaily
City of Calgary replacing more than 400,000 water meters as part of 5-year effort
According to the City of Calgary, new technology on the water meters will allow readings to be sent multiple times daily to receivers placed on city infrastructure.
Man charged with manslaughter in EPS officers’ deaths being used a scapegoat: defence
The Crown argues Dennis Okeymow sold the rifle illegally to a minor with mental illness and should have known there was a risk people would have been harmed or killed.
Jupiter Technically Does Not Orbit The Sun. A Lot Of Time, Neither Does The Earth. – IFLScience
Jupiter Technically Does Not Orbit The Sun. A Lot Of Time, Neither Does The Earth. IFLScience
Cost of doing business in Kelowna grows amid social disorder
Sometime between Monday night and Tuesday morning, a fire broke out behind a furniture store, the flames damaging a cardboard recycling dumpster next to the building.
‘Outrageous’: Alberta motorists react to overnight spike in gasoline prices
‘A new normal’ is how one industry analyst describes the more than 30 cents-per-litre overnight spike in gasoline prices in Calgary and Edmonton.