Concordia's announcement last week that the university's deficit is skyrocketing is raising complaints and disbelief from its part-time faculty union. According to interim president Michael DiGrappa, Concordia's deficit has risen by almost 50 per cent - from $7 to $10 million - since the budget set down at the January Board of Governors meeting.
Quebec will match student funds to set up sustainable campuses across the province, announced Quebec's Environment Minister Line Beauchamp before a crowd of students and environmentalists at the Biosphere on April 3. The provincial government will contribute $250,000, matching sustainability funds already in place at Concordia, McGill and HEC universities.
Over his 30-year career, David Suzuki has gone from geneticist to human rights activist to passionate environmentalist. At 72 years of age, Suzuki is still pushing the envelope, trying to educate the public about science and mobilize youth to demand justice from his generation - a generation that failed to address the environmental crises now threatening their children's planet.
Montreal musicians Forme are best enjoyed live, especially when you're in the mood for something loud, intricate and melodic, all at once. Self-described as a "progressive experimental fusion," the notion of synthesis is particularly fitting to their sound - a song can range anywhere from hushed acoustic strumming to heavy crunching riffs, often with lengthy solos or delicate finger-picking stuck somewhere in between.
Gleaming white fish mounted on dark wood panels protrude from the wall. Scattered among them are other whimsical objects, such as a silver deer head and a chair-like sculpture. A white tag informs the viewer that pumpkinseed fish "have an excellent flavor and are low in fat and high in protein.
While his teammates at the Pointe-Claire swimming club anxiously looked on the slow start, head coach Peter Carpenter wasn't worried. He knew what was going to happen; it was only a question of when. When Tobias Oriwol leaped from the starting line last Saturday at the CN swimming trials at Olympic Stadium, he knew he wasn't going to lead from the beginning.
Don't even bother with the West's economic expansion; it seems that no matter what happens in Canada, it's always all about Quebec. And that's the way it should be, because we're the only province that knows how to complain, threaten and negotiate correctly.
I do not you know who you are or where you may be. Certain I am as winter turns to spring that one day when the stars align, you will know my name and I yours. Hand in hand we will walk through this life, facing whatever obstacles that come our way, always enduring together.
