Tag: 2014
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From puppy to guide dog
STORY BY SAMANTHA MAICH Oakville’s Lions Foundation of Canada for Dog Guides breeds, trains, and provides canine vision, hearing ear, seizure response, autism assistance, diabetic alert, and service guide dogs. According to Alex Ivic, director of the dog guide programs, the foundation breeds around 250 puppies per year. At six to eight weeks old, the…
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The undead have their day at the Toronto Zombie Walk
PHOTOS AND VIDEO BY CHRIS COUTTS On October 25th, the undead masses piled into Nathan Phillips Square for the 12th annual Toronto Zombie Walk. The event features a marketplace with everything a horror fan could ever want, zombie make up artistry, a costume contest, and the main event, a parade of zombies filling Toronto’s…
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Destination Sheridan
INFOGRAPHIC BY FILIPE DOS SANTOS As the Sheridan Sun’s Amanda Spilker reported on Sept 16, international students currently made up around 20 per cent of the college’s student population while providing 47 per cent of the school’s tuition based revenue. School admissions have also been continuing this trend. Since 2011 the number of international students…
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Board of directors share similar vision for Student Union
STORY BY SPENCER LUYBEN The newly elected members of the Student Union already seem to be on the same page. First-year Photography student Megan Ritchie, second-year Print Journalism student Alec Wheeler and second-year Computer Systems Technology–Software Development student Russel Neal will comprise the 2014-15 board of directors at Trafalgar Campus. The students were voted in…
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Oscar buzz: films to look out for this winter
INFOGRAPHIC BY NICHOLAS OLSEN With the 86th Academy Awards approaching in the coming months, this is the time of the year when the best films are released. Here are some key movies to look out for in the near future. Also included is a brief history of past winners and the Academy.