News, Top Stories
City takes initiative with “cultural plan”
Community has the chance to shape Thunder Bay culture
A&E, Top Stories
Omega Crom overcomes adversity
The band prepares to rock Kilroy’s for the second time on their Blood, Steel & Fire tour
A&E, Top Stories
Celebrating The Creators displays aboriginal art
Thunder Bay Art Gallery to host reception Friday
Features, Top Stories
Thunder on the Mountain
Local wind energy project is dividing Thunder Bay residents
News
Enter the Dragon’s Den
Posted on 31 March 2009
CBC hit reality show auditions held in Thunder Bay Brandi Cameron News Editor Duignan, Co-Producer of the CBC’s Dragons Den, is traveling across Canada, auditioning hopeful Canadian entrepreneurs for her show. Last Monday, she was stationed at Intercity Shopping Centre for seven hours, conducting interviews with potential innovators. Dragon’s Den, based off of a Japanese reality show, first aired [...] Continue Reading
News
Unraveling Darwin’s greatest dilemma
Posted on 31 March 2009
Evolutionary questions ants’ered Ian Kaufman News Writer One hundred and fifty years ago, in his seminal On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin wrote of “one special difficulty, which at first appeared to me insuperable, and actually fatal to the whole theory.” This was not an advance warning about creationists; the real challenge to his theory of evolution comes [...] Continue Reading
News
Bicycles for humanity at Lakehead
Posted on 31 March 2009
Africa Matters to host fundraising concert, April 1 Brandi Cameron News Editor Africa Matters, will host an outdoor concert/BBQ to raise funds, and to collect and fix bikes for Bicycles For Humanity. The event will occur near Lake Tamblyn, on Wednesday from 11am-4pm. People are encouraged to donate their used bicycles, or to give $20 to send a bike [...] Continue Reading
News
Lunch with Justin Trudeau
Posted on 31 March 2009
Charmaine M.J. Romaniuk Last Friday, the Valhalla Inn hosted a fundraising event with Justin Trudeau, to raise money in support of the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Center. Many people attended the $50 luncheon to see the son of the beloved Pierre Trudeau, and to hear his views on our role as individuals in society. Trudeau, as [...] Continue Reading
A&E
A Conversation with: Gern from the United Steel Workers of Montreal
Posted on 31 March 2009
Derek Wall Recently, I was fortunate enough to sit down and chat over the phone with Gern from the touring United Steel Workers of Montreal. The Steelworkers have just released their third studio album, Three on the Tree, and are scheduled to bring their rootsy, bluesy, country sound to the Apollo on April 16. For those reading [...] Continue Reading
Sports
Brown wins Gregg Award
Posted on 01 April 2009
Mike Aylward Lakehead Sports Information Fifth-year Thunderwolves captain, Andrew Brown, was announced as the winner of the Dr. Randy Gregg award at Wednesday night’s CIS All-Canadian Awards banquet as part of the Cavendish University Cup festivities in Thunder Bay. Brown, a native of Bancroft, Ontario, was the OUA West conference nominee for the award which recognizes excellence [...] Continue Reading
Opinions
This is it
Posted on 01 April 2009
Doug Diaczuk Features Editor/Editor in Chief/News Editor/Production Manager The Argus My time is up. It has been five years since I first wandered into the Argus office asking about a job. Then Editor in Chief Rob Rombouts explained the only position available was Production Manager. Luckily I had some layout and design experience, so I decided to take [...] Continue Reading
Opinions
From the editor
Posted on 01 April 2009
As the complications related to the ratification of VP Finance-elect, Ian Dasti, piled up over the past two weeks, it became increasingly apparent that the LUSU Board of Directors would not resolve this complicated issue in a timely manner. Last Friday, this was confirmed when the Board showed solid judgment in deciding to pursue legal [...] Continue Reading
A&E
A Comedy Night to Remember
Posted on 20 April 2010
Laughs, Fun and a Good Cause Continue Reading
Columns
Stepping up to the Soapbox
Posted on 06 April 2010
What is the Argus? It’s a question I began asking myself only recently, after years of reading, and then writing for, the paper. As incoming Editor-in-Chief, I figured it was time to seek out an answer. With some serious study and reflection, or possibly a quick consultation of Wikipedia, I discovered that Argus was a [...] Continue Reading
Columns
Stepping off the soapbox
Posted on 06 April 2010
A final farewell from the fair maiden Continue Reading
Columns
Cheers to another year
Posted on 06 April 2010
We did it! Another year in the books, literally!… A bit premature with exams still looming, but if you have the time to read this, then you’re probably one of the special few who doesn’t cram the night before your exams. Otherwise, odds are you’re just reading this while waiting for the bus. In either [...] Continue Reading
Columns
Farewell from behind the camera
Posted on 06 April 2010
Alas, the end of year has snuck up on me. With a certain amount of sadness I realize this means no longer sleeping in the office after an all night production session. I would like to thank all of the Argus staff, contributors, blankets, and pizza, for making this an incredible year. I regret [...] Continue Reading