A few weeks ago, I was finding comfort in rewatching Daria. In the season two episode “Arts ‘N Crass,” when asked to participate in a student poster competition by her arts teacher, Jane says, “I really don’t think artists should compete with each other. See, I believe in a
Just after the second anniversary of the initial COVID-19 lockdown, we are somehow much worse off than when we began. This time it's not because of new variants or new developments on the best type of masks to wear in public (KN95s for the win), but because
On Feb. 10, Conservative MP and leadership candidate Scott Aitchison wrote an op-ed for the Huntsville Doppler, where he said “as our country grows further polarized, I worry that more and more Canadians feel as if they are unable to voice their perspectives.” He also said in a speech
A couple of months ago, Governor of Texas Greg Abbot — to put it briefly — put a large number of transgender children and their parents in severe health and legal risk. The policy he’s enforced on his state has made it so that parents seeking gender-affirming medical treatment for
On March 8 we celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) illustrating the empowering efforts of women and girls around the world who daily shape and transform the future for their communities. March also marks Women’s History Month and at the Gauntlet, we fight alongside incredible women around the globe
On July 9, 2022, YouTuber and actress Colleen Ballinger will perform as her character, Miranda Sings, at MacEwan Hall. Colleen Ballinger is one of the only internet celebrities to have broken through to mainstream media and her character, Miranda Sings, has become a household name. Ballinger’s Youtube channel, Miranda
On Dec. 31 2021, Joe Rogan decided to ring in the new year by uploading a now infamous episode of the Joe Rogan Experience (JRE) featuring Dr. Robert Malone — a former immunologist who claims to be the inventor of mRNA vaccines. Rogan is no stranger to public controversy with a
Two hundred million Muslims in India have become an example of failed democracy that insists on ethnic minority protections regardless of "majoritarian" rule. Through the hijab ban in educational institutions of Karnataka and a possible nationwide ban, narratives concerning hijab discrimination and gendered Islamophobia fall short of constitutional
Alberta and Ottawa have commenced negotiations on an agreement that will lower the cost of licensed child care for children under the age of six, bringing the cost down to $10 a day by the end of 2026. The Alberta federal-provincial child care agreement was announced by Prime Minister
The War Measures Act, one of the most controversial pieces of legislation in Canadian history, was deceptively named when it was passed in 1914. That fact has not diminished since it was replaced by the Emergencies Act in 1988. Every implementation has lacked a wartime background or been directed against
