THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.

THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.

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  • By November 9, 2012

    It doesn’t appear that the tension between the University of Regina Students’ Union and the Canadian Federation of Students is going to end anytime soon.

  • Study shows that minimum pricing lowers high-alcohol drink consumption

    By November 9, 2012

    A team of researchers led by University of Victoria professor Tim Stockwell concluded raising the minimum price of beverages with high alcohol content reduces their consumption. A study focusing mainly on pricing strategies in Saskatchewan concluded that prices should be raised for any drink over 6.5% alcohol content.

  • A year after it began, where does the Quebec student movement stand today?

    By November 8, 2012

    This time last year, the buzz around November 10, the first full-fledged day of action planned by the student movement, was reaching a fever pitch.

  • Richard Florizone, U of S vice-president of finance and resources, hired as Dalhousie’s next president

    By November 8, 2012

    Richard Florizone, vice-president of finance and resources for the U of S, has been chosen as Dalhousie University’s 11th president.

  • Dental clinic could spur fee hike

    By November 8, 2012

    A dental clinic slated to set up shop in Lower Place Riel in December could balloon the cost of the undergraduate dental plan, says a representative from the students’ union’s insurance provider.

  • Tension builds on both sides of the deportation story of Nigerian students

    By November 7, 2012

    It has been four-and-a-half months since Victoria Ordu and Ihuoma Amadi have set foot outside. Ordu and Amadi, both University of Regina students, have been seeking sanctuary in a Regina church since June 19 when they each received a deportation order after they violated their student visas. The students worked at a Regina Walmart for two weeks in spring of 2011 without proper social insurance numbers or work permits.

  • Updated: USSU backs Sask. Party initiative to bump legal drinking age to 18

    By November 7, 2012

    The University of Saskatchewan Students’ Union announced today in a press release they support dropping the legal drinking age in the province to 18 years old.

  • Lights out at the Canadian Light Source: over a month of beam time lost due to cooling failure

    By November 7, 2012

    The synchroton is no longer emitting any light after a failure of the system’s cooling plant shut down the light source and all research being done at the facility. Research at the Canadian Light Source was brought to a halt last month after the cryoplant, the cooling system for the synchrotron, failed Oct. 6.