brittanica.com Allie, now a 10-month-old tabby, was found as a kitten living with a group of squirrels. A Montreal family started feeding her but knew that when they moved, she would be out of luck, so they brought her to Eleven Eleven Animal Rescue where she was socialized and adopted[Read More…]
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Black Mountain: Wilderness Heart
Their music has been featured in Spiderman 3, they’ve opened for Coldplay, their last album was a contender for Canada’s coveted Polaris Music Prize—and you’ve probably never heard of them. Straight from the heart of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, Black Mountain has spent the last six years perfecting their unique, ‘70s[Read More…]
Toronto’s Cuff the Duke show off stripped-down style
cufftheduke.ca Sometimes it pays to have good friends. Or, if you’re Toronto’s Cuff the Duke, good friends who are also Canadian rock legends. Last year, Blue Rodeo’s Greg Keelor approached the band and invited them to record some songs with him. “He came to us and said, ‘Let’s just record[Read More…]
The Real World goes to New York
“How do you like the real world?” From what I can tell, almost everyone over the age of 30 asks recent college graduates this question. I personally hope to never impose those seven words on anyone. But since you are wondering, the real world is just fine, thanks for asking.[Read More…]
Between the Lines
Credits: Theo Meyer, Meg Cramer, Ellie Marshall, with thanks to the Tribune editorial board Duration: 5:00 Posted: 10.8.10 This week’s episode of Between the Lines, we hit the streets to take in the sounds and sights of Pop Montreal and find out what students think about the food services boycott.
The Hidden Difficulties of an 8:30 Class
There seems to have occurred in the past week a strange increase in the percentage of my daily conversations revolving around the subject of where on campus is the best place to make poop. Off the top of my head, I can think of at least four conversations of that[Read More…]
MLB heats up as weather cools
Leaves are changing colours, the air is crisp, and the days are getting shorter—it must be time for the MLB playoffs. Only fools would bet on baseball in October, but we’ll take a stab at predicting it. A.L. Divisional Series Rays vs. Rangers—The Texas Rangers (90-72) are one of only[Read More…]
Vert et Or aerial attack dooms Redmen
John Kelsey At the annual McGill Homecoming, the Redmen failed to impress the alumni with a 34-8 loss to the Sherbrooke Vert et Or. The match was televised live by CBC and was attended by over 1500 fans, many of whom were sporting McGill gear. Almost every pass made early[Read More…]
Online note service hits U of T
Notesolution, a newly released online points-based service allows students to electronically exchange notes with each other. Students earn virtual “credits” for posting their class notes which they can use to purchase others’ notes. The service, founded in December 2009 by University of Toronto alumnus Kevin Wu and released at the[Read More…]
Engineers ban QPIRG from booking tables for one year
The Engineering Undergraduate Society Council banned the Quebec Public Interest Research Group from using its resources for up to one year at their meeting last Tuesday. The ban will prevent QPIRG from booking table space in any engineering building on campus. The ruling followed last week’s incident between members of[Read More…]