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 The Security Prosperity Partnership
A North American deal made in the dark, asserts federal NDPer
2008-02-07
Concern over Canadian sovereignty is growing as New Democratic Party MP Peter Julian lectures citizens on a national tour.
The disquiet is stemming from a little-known extension of the North American Free Trade Agreement that doesn't require parliamentary approval and whose meetings take place behind closed boardroom doors. The "dialogue," known as the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, was instigated in Mar. 2005, with a goal of increasing security and prosperity by harmonizing standards between Mexico, the United States and Canada. However, the partnership, which is neither an official treaty nor agreement, has been faced with opposition from the public.
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 Editorial: Blessed be the qualified
2008-02-07
Editorial - Hey, would you like to know about a job that pays around $30,000 a year and sometimes doesn't require any qualifications? What's more, you can get one of these positions while you're an undergraduate student, work on campus, have an awesome resume-padder and it includes postering pictures of yourself all over school as a prerequisite! You could have all this and more if you become a member of the University of Calgary Students' Union executive.
The best part of this job is, if candidate numbers continue to dwindle and you get acclaimed--automatically instated in your position--because no one wanted to run against you, there isn't even a hiring process to go through! If, however, someone does step up to the plate, there's a catch: approximately 4,500 people, who make up the active voting population in an SU election--a measly 20 per cent of the U of C's total student population--could stand between you and your $30k. You will probably also have to know about student politics at the U of C and in relation to the municipal, provincial and federal levels of government to stand a real chance at winning in some of the contested categories. Some positions, like senate members, are actually meant to be filled by someone from the general student public who isn't SU inclined. While it doesn't pay as much as an exec job, you get an awesome free parking spot on campus for your whole term!
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 Basketballers play hard at home
Team finishes with perfect home record and take first place in division
2008-02-07
The University of Calgary Dinos men's basketball team finished the 2007-08 season with a perfect home record after beating the University of Manitoba Bisons and the University of Winnipeg Wesmen at the Jack Simpson Gymnasium this past weekend. The Dinos also finished in first place in the central division of Canada West, giving them a first-round playoff bye and home-court advantage in the second round of the playoffs.
Friday night's game against the Bisons was a dominant effort by the Dinos. The Bisons have not enjoyed a stellar season but they have a major upset against the second-ranked Acadia Axemen and the University of Alberta Golden Bears. On this night, they played a complete game and dominated the Bisons in a 101-77 victory.
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 Alberta Theatre Projects has the Rite stuff
Enbridge playRites Festival blasts off with five great plays
2008-02-07
In Calgary, February is typically a horrible time of year. Snow covers the city and eventually turns to ice while temperatures plunge far below freezing and force citizens indoors to wait out winter's frosty embrace. Every year, though, Alberta Theatre Projects provides Calgarians with a reason to brave the cold: the Enbridge playRites Festival. Produced annually by ATP since 1987, playRites is a showcase for a collection of new Canadian plays. For past few years, the task of putting together an all-star line-up of plays has fallen upon ATP dramaturg Vicki Stroich and her team. She notes that plays have to meet a set of specific criteria before they're considered for a spot in the festival.
"First of all, we're the Enbridge playRites Festival of New Canadian Plays," says Stroich. "So we're looking for plays that haven't had production yet or plays that haven't had professional production yet. We're looking for something that's new and something that's still in process, the writer or the creators are still working on them very hard to put together for production."
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