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Indulgence, a Canadian epic of food and wine

November 5, 2002 @ the Crowne Plaza Chateau Lacombe Time: 7:00 p.m. INFOLINE: 433-9739 Don’t miss the food and wine party of the season! Indulgence, a Canadian epic of food and wine (fundraiser for the Junior League) will be held at the Crowne Plaza Chateau Lacombe Tuesday, November 5 starting at 7:00 p.m. Join Edmonton… Read more »

Decriminalize pot, don’t legalize it: Justice Minister

MONTREAL (CUP) — Decriminalizing marijuana would be in the best interest of Canadians said Justice Minister Martin Cauchon in a speech at McGill University. “People are using marijuana so much across the country that the police don’t even enforce the laws,” said Cauchon, “When we have a piece of legislation, it has to reflect the… Read more »

NDP Candidates Call for Free Tuition

(Photo credit: photo provided with story through CUP) ST. JOHN’S, NFLD. (CUP) — Despite agreeing on most issues, including eliminating tuition for post-secondary students, the NDP’s federal leadership hopefuls each say they offer a new direction for their beleaguered party. The candidates were in St. John’s last Saturday to participate in a leadership debate. The… Read more »

Kyoto Debate Calls for More Government Action

Photo credit: CLEAN AIR controversy New Democrat MLA Raj Pannu debates the Kyoto Accord with Tory MLA Tony Vandermeer. (Photo: Jake Edenloff) EDMONTON (CUP) — In the final minutes of a Kyoto debate last Thursday, Tony Vandermeer, Conservative MLA for the Edmonton-Manning riding, cautioned Albertans that the accord could sink our economy to the depths… Read more »

Sixth Annual Online Learning Symposium Attracts Education Leaders from Across Canada

Edmonton… More than 650 educators from across Alberta and Canada will explore the latest advances and possibilities in virtual education at the sixth annual Online Learning Symposium, October 29 to 31 in Edmonton. This year’s theme, Utilizing Learning Objects in Educational Environments, reflects emerging online trends and technologies that support lifelong learning. “More and more… Read more »

Awards of Excellence

Dominique Abrioux announced that this year’s winners of the President’s Award for Tutoring/Mentoring Excellence are Dr. Izak Paul and Carol MacKinnon. Izak has been a Biology tutor for AU since 1986 and Carol has worked as an academic coach in the MBA program since 1995. Both are regularly, and vigorously, acclaimed by their students and… Read more »

AU Receives Top Funding

Once again AU is demonstrating its leadership in online learning. A project known as eduSource Canada has received $4.25 million in federal funding, with matching dollars supplied by the participating partners. This money will be distributed to a consortium of learning institutions and private sector partners that are advancing the development of e-learning technologies. Not… Read more »

Doing It Right

All Hallows Eve happens but once a year and some of us take the time to prepare for this magical evening. Others, however, find themselves rushing to create a costume on the afternoon of Halloween, or even worse, they give up entirely and miss out on one of the best nights of the year. That… Read more »