News, Top Stories

The Opus is officially shut up

Confederation College’s “student” newspaper taken over by fearful student union

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A&E, Top Stories

Argus concert right here on campus

The Study will host some great local bands for the sake of The Argus

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Sports, Top Stories

Wolves coast into Queen’s Cup Final

Men’s hockey team sweeps past Western to earn OUA Championship birth and hosting duties

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Features, Top Stories

Vancouver’s Olympic hangover

Ian Kaufman Features Editor The party’s over. The tourists, athletes, journalists, and members of the International Olympic Committee’s prestigious “Olympic family” have all gone home, weighed down with medals, souvenirs, and other Olympic loot. And with last week’s closing ceremonies bringing the games to a conclusion that would have been laughable, were if not for the colossal [...]

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‘Wolves edge Warriors in Thunderdome playoff classic

Men’s basketball defeat Waterloo 64-59 to advance to OUA West finals

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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News

Should students expect another tuition hike?

Posted on 09 March 2010

Board of Governors stalls on tuition; Braun construction stops Continue Reading

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Annual General Meeting makes quorum

Posted on 09 March 2010

LUSU to have operational policy review completed Continue Reading

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Food forum gives food for thought

Posted on 09 March 2010

Students participate in food security focused issues Continue Reading

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Orillia fees and election ratification handled at board

Posted on 09 March 2010

Students voice concerns and election results ratified in short meeting Continue Reading

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Securing Canada’s border proves challenging

Posted on 09 March 2010

Balancing privacy: national border security faces old challenges with new technology Continue Reading

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Warming hearts with Acts of Kindness

Posted on 09 March 2010

Education students are aiding the community Continue Reading

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