Making the best of Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day is a lot like Christmas, you need to be in the spirit of things. You can be a Scrooge if you’re single and ignore the day. I’ve done that many times myself. But if you’re in a relationship…

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Burning opinions: the dying art of journalism

People don’t trust journalists, academia or the mainstream anymore. People who say this then turn around and say they’d vote for Hillary, which always makes me laugh. If you have a degree, or want to have a degree in journalism,…

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Canada is pretty nice, Eh?

Canada is a good place to live, despite our prime minster and a regressive agenda. We take in refugees, actual refugees, not the economic migrants of Europe. Women, children, young and old, not just military aged fighting men who abandoned…

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Trump vs. Clinton: Both unfit to lead America

Donald Trump is the superior choice to Hillary Clinton. There, I said it. I’m sure my fellow journalists and students have wildly differing and mundane opinions about the American election. Trump allegedly sexually harassed multiple women according to USA Today,…

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Trump Anxiety

“He has stirred people up,” Howard said. “We’ve been told our whole lives not to say bad things about people, to not be bullies, to not ostracize people based on their skin color. We have these social mores and he…

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Slam poo-etry

This article has been a long time coming. Slam poetry has had it coming for a long time too. This mongrel half-breed of an art form is entirely disgusting. It combines the best of rap and the best of poetry…

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Militants at wildlife refuge

[starbox] At the time of this paper coming out, militants in Oregon have taken over a wildlife refuge while carrying arms. They are upset over federal regulations and want to be restoring the land to its owners, according to Koin6…

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Star Wars: the force is just meh

[starbox] Spoiler Alert! Although if you haven’t seen The Force Awakens yet we have to question if you know what Star Wars is anyway.    Star Wars is meh. And that’s coming from a pretty big fan. Seriously, it’s one…

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What makes Tristan Wright happy?

What makes me joyful? What makes me happy? The fact that Trudeau didn’t keep his gender equal cabinet promise. Whiskey while writing as well as reading poetry. Old poetry, I refuse to read anything that is not at least sixty…

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You can’t wear that!

  “That the social justice movement has gone too far when kids can’t even represent their own culture,” Sewerynek told MRCTV.   A student was dressed as a mariachi for Halloween, as reported by MRCTV. This character is an element…

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So the Liberals won, let’s talk: how to deal with your grief

So the Liberals won. The spoiled trust fund candidate who the Liberal John Oliver mocked on his recent segment, as an idiot, won. Instead of electing the Socialist lawyer who isn’t Jack Layton, or the boring accountant in the opposites-attract…

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#ShoutYourAbortion

#ShoutYourAbortion   About a week ago I found myself scrolling through my Twitter feed, and fell upon: #ShoutYourAbortion. The basis of this hashtag is that women should be proud of having abortions. That is, making the so-called “brave” life choice…

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Political extremities: A lack of choice

Politics have always been a very heated discussion topic, with academic and the media pointing towards Liberalism as the correct ideology. They usually point out problems with both parties, but highly focus on conservative issues. Let us briefly examine some…

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