Multi-level marketing: Gold mine or scam?
BY JUSTINE POLANIC In the digital age, students are finding more ways to make extra money, and multi-level marketing is becoming a popular option. Multi-level marketing is a sales strategy that involves consultants not only making money off of a product they sell, but also the consultants the recruit. Examples are Avon, Mary K and […]
Ontario takes steps to help first responders with PTSD
BY JASMINE ANTHONY AND ERIN QUEENAN A new bill was passed last week by the Ontario government to enable first-responders with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to acquire faster mental-health treatment. What this means, is after decades of needing to prove their PTSD was work-related, first-responders– such as police officers, firefighters, and paramedics– in Ontario will no […]
Bringing dyslexia into the open
BY NICOLE CALHAU Despite being very common, dyslexia can still carry a damaging stigma for students and adults who have it. Although 85 per cent of Ontario students who are identified as having a learning difference have dyslexia, most of the public do not know what it is. The International Dyslexia Association defines dyslexia as […]
Provincial budget talks met with protest in Hamilton
BY JAKE HRIBLJAN While government bureaucrats recessed in the warm east ballroom of the Sheraton Hotel downtown Hamilton, union workers, labour activists and other protestors raged outside in the freezing cold against the Ontario government’s new austerity measures. Last Monday, officials from the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs hosted a public hearing so […]
Syrian refugees come to Ontario
STORY BY ROSS ANDERSEN Ontario will be welcoming 4,000 of the 10,000 Syrian refugees immigrating to Canada by the end of the year. The majority of the refugees will be located to the Greater Toronto Area. Find out where:
The rising cost of tuition in Canada
INFOGRAPHIC BY JANA GREGORIO Tuition fees in Canada, particularly Ontario, have increased dramatically since 1990. While Canada consistently ranks high with ease of access to post-secondary education, the rising cost of tuition is stretching the budgets of hopeful university and college students. According to the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, the average university tuition will […]
Pan Am Games, a once-in-a-lifetime chance for students
STORY BY MEHREEN SHAHID Sheridan students are pitching in to contribute their services to Toronto’s biggest sporting event, the 2015 Pan Am Games. What makes it important for Michael Near, a second-year Investigations student, is “the fact that you get to work at an international event but also locally. It’s a really fascinating opportunity that […]
Colleges agree to create uniform campus sex assault policy
STORY BY CHRIS COUTTS Ontario college presidents have begun a review of how their institutions respond to sexual assaults on campus. Twenty-four presidents from Ontario colleges met on Monday to try to figure out how to go about creating a uniform set of transparent and accessible policies for students affected by sexual assaults while attending […]
Peer mentors spread the word about healthy living
STORY BY BRANDON MARTINEZ Eating. Drinking. Sleeping. Safe sex. That is the slogan of a new hall outreach campaign organized by Sheridan’s Health and Wellness Peer Mentors program, which offers lifestyle advice and counseling to struggling students. Cheryl Cnoop-Koopmans, 27, is a counselor at student services and oversees the peer mentor program. “The program has […]
Decking the halls at Dundurn Castle
STORY AND PHOTOS BY MATTHEW LOWE Visitors flocked to the lavish house of Sir Allan Napier MacNab on Saturday as Dundurn Castle held its annual Christmas tour. MacNab, premier of Canada before Confederation, died in 1862 at Dundurn. Built of brick and stone in 1835, the house has been preserved and is open to visitors […]
Made by hand, made with love
STORY BY MATTHEW LOWE Made by hand. There’s a more authentic feeling while crafting pendants, quilts, blankets and plushies than a manufacturing line could ever hope to achieve, says Jacqueline Hunter. At the Christmas Made by Hand show at the Hamilton Convention Centre on Saturday, dozens of visitors shopped for gifts. “There are over 100 […]
