Governor General Michaëlle Jean’s March 3 Speech from the Throne left many questions unanswered. University of Saskatchewan political studies professor David McGrane says this is generally the way such speeches are structured.

The Feb. 5 Labour Force Survey release indicated the student jobless rate is now sitting at 15.1 per cent, down from the 16 per cent reported at the end of 2009 — making this the most significant increase in youth employment since fall 2008.

TANNARA YELLAND
Associate News Editor
Today’s economic standstill has one important potential advantage: cutting costs often benefits the environment.
In times of financial trouble, people often cut down on any expenditures they can. This can mean anything from fewer toys for the kids to moving Grandma to a cheaper home. Often one of the things people look at is how much they are spending on energy.
The Green Book, written by Elizabeth Rogers and Thomas M. Kostigen, offers ideas that decrease …

I will give money to panhandlers.
I have no issue with people who are down on their luck and need a few bucks to survive. I don’t even begrudge the ones who do it as a way to earn a living, because it beats working any day. And unlike most people, I don’t boycott panhandlers because they will just spend it on booze, anyway. It’s not because I believe that they’re actually trying to put together bus fare or they need a quarter for the phone, but because I spend my pay cheques on booze and therefore am not one to be casting stones…

Before the economic collapse I was, like most people, completely ignorant of the way the economy functions. When considering the market economy I envisioned a wild and unpredictable animal which had to be watched closely lest it decide to attack someone, take a dump in the global economy or die as it did recently.
Previous to the globo-economic clusterfuck, I knew that a lot of people had money, some more than others. I also knew that, like modern day alchemists, these people would use that money to make more money.

I first read about the University of Sakatchewan’s decision to reject the $500,000 bursary specified for non-aboriginals just before being handed a $1,100 quote on the repairs needed to fix my automobile.
It is nearly impossible to investigate this matter without pissing someone off.

I need money. I am a non-aboriginal student.

Initially I was pretty concerned. My first reaction was one of absolute anger at the university for rejecting a bursary on behalf of struggling students. As far as I could tell — which at the time wasn’t very far — it was only partially racist because non-aboriginals did not mean just white people. I thought it could be maybe 73 per cent racist.