By Hayden McBennett, November 13 2014 —
A University of Calgary researcher working in Canada’s Arctic has discovered a 700-year-old plant virus preserved in frozen caribou dung.
U of C permafrost and glacial hydrologist Brian Moorman and his team were … Read the rest
By Sonny Sachdeva, November 13 2014 —
The CFL regular season is in the books and the playoffs are set to kick off this Sunday. Here are the Gauntlet’s predictions for how it will all shake out.
Eastern Conference
B.C. … Read the rest
By Eric Licis, November 13 2014 —
Coming off a three-game losing streak, the University of Calgary women’s hockey team tried to get back on track against the fifth-ranked University of British Columbia Thunderbirds on Nov. 7. Despite dictating the … Read the rest
By Fabian Mayer, November 13 2014 —
International students can now work 20 hours a week without a work permit after the federal government changed visa regulations on June 1.
Study permits now expire 90 days. If students want to … Read the rest
By Scott Strasser, November 13 2014 —
The Students’ Union will vote in favour of a 2.2 per cent tuition increase at a Board of Governors (BOG) meeting on December 12.
The BOG votes on tuition increases every December. Annual … Read the rest
By Chris Adams, November 13 2014 —
The University of Alberta Students’ Union (UASU) will protest student fee increases at Alberta’s legislature on Monday, Nov. 17. The rally is on the same day as the speech from the throne and … Read the rest
By Katy Atherholt, November 13 2014 —
This November, the Calgary Police Service (CPS) became the first North American police force to implement a new facial recognition software called NeoFace Reveal.
NeoFace matches photos of suspects to the CPS database … Read the rest
By Melanie Bethune, November 13 2014 —
Second-year English major Mark Burns has been an active Twitter user for over two years, but he has remained under the radar with only 76 followers. This past week however, he surpassed a … Read the rest
