The word ?model? usually conjures up images of überthin men and women gliding down designer runways, but these models offer something completely different: a look at what can be created when iconic items meet hours and hours of painstaking recreation. Herod Temple Alec Garrard, a 78-year-old retired farmer, has spent an incredible 33,000 hours building… Read more »
At Home: BC gang files action against revenue minister As the government tries to curb the growing gang violence in BC, one criminal organization has filed a court action over alleged leaks of Canada Revenue information. As the CBC reports, the United Nations gang is ?alleged to be one of the West Coast’s most powerful… Read more »
WINNIPEG (CUP) ? Canadian universities are starting to make their campuses more environmentally sustainable by converting on-campus residences into green buildings. ?One of the largest cost-savings from doing a green building or an energy-efficiency retrofit is that the health and productivity of the people that use the building increases dramatically,? said Nicholas Heap, climate and… Read more »
Never mind lead-painted toys and melamine milk?this week, the latest consumer hazard is the lowly toothbrush. It seems that cheap knock-offs have loose bristles that are causing people to choke. When You’re done checking that your Colgate 360 is the real deal, here are some more oddities from the land of fake stuff. Worst iPod… Read more »
At Home: RFIDS make it simple for drive-by hackers to sniff your personal data If You’re one of those people who doubt just how easy it is for personal data to be stolen, you might want to check out this short video on the CBC. Before you click, here’s the background. The current wave in… Read more »
Are you trying to choose an AU program, but having a hard time deciding? Or are you thinking of trying a course in a new subject, and aren’t sure if you’ve got the basics down? AU’s online assessment tools can help with those decisions. The ?Mapping Your Future? link offers a self-assessment quiz that ?will… Read more »
The entries are in and the judging is underway, and we’ll be announcing the winners of the 2008 Voice writing contest soon! Entrants were allowed to submit in both the fiction and non-fiction categories. First-place winners will each receive one AU undergraduate course. We received some remarkable submissions this year and our judges are hard… Read more »
Conservative MPs to regularly meet with PSE lobbyists OTTAWA (CUP) ? The federal Conservative government has created a party caucus to better liaison with post-secondary education lobbyists. On Thursday, February 6, Conservative MP Rod Bruinooge (Winnipeg South) rose in the House of Commons to announce the February 5 inaugural meeting of the Conservative post-secondary education… Read more »
It’s Friday the 13th, and that means people all over the world will be taking extra care not to walk under ladders or cross paths with a black cat. Luckily for us, It’s nothing more than superstition. Or is it? Superstitions Around the World This site doesn’t provide the country of origin for superstitions, but… Read more »
At Home: Judges lose out on 18 per cent pay hike When it comes to a hefty pay hike, It’s case closed for Canada’s 1,000 federally appointed judges: a proposed 18 per cent raise has been turned down. The decision was announced by Justice Minister Rob Nicholson, and it means that federal judges will not… Read more »