Medical Assistance in Death

Contributed Photo / Unsplash Editor’s Note: This article was updated on Oct. 15 to correct fact-checking errors and language use. Corrections: Having Parkinson’s disease could make a person eligible for MAID. A Vancouver woman was asked if she considered MAID,…

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Academy award expansion

Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorThe Oscars. As it stands, there exists two Oscar writing categories: Original and Adapted. Fairly simple, but the academy takes these distinctions seriously. The rules about adaptations are so strict, in fact, that the 2016 winner,…

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The best Christmas movies

It’s that time of the year! Time to light the fireplace, put on an ugly Christmas sweater, dust off your DVD player and remove the shrink wrap from those totally legally purchased Christmas classics!   Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) –…

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Park your expectations for campus parking

Photo contributed by Jeremy Vyn / Sputnik Photography Wilfrid Laurier University – you belong here. Just not your car…for more than two hours.  If you did belong here, you might be able to find a parking space that allows you…

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The Unfortunate Necessity of the Side Hustle

Contributed photo Abacus, a Canadian research firm, declared back in May that 59 per cent of Canadians have taken on or considered taking on a side hustle. Why wouldn’t they, with the cost of living and eating consuming most of…

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Minimum Wage? Minimum Effort.

Photo contributed by Serena Anagbe The MNP Consumer Debt Index assesses how Canadians are doing financially and every quarter, they publish a list of this. This year, they’ve determined that nearly half of all Canadians are on the brink of…

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