SELENA ROMERO – Danna Rowan turned her hobby into a business – and now that business is about to get even bigger. Rowan was a successful freelance web designer when she began to feel the effects of staring at a computer screen all day. Out of curiosity, she decided toContinue Reading
EVA ZHU – Joan Espidido feels strange being called a hero; she doesn’t think she deserves the title. But as an essential service employee, her life is on the line. Espidido, 23, has been working as a cashier at a Real Canadian Superstore in Vancouver for a little over fourContinue Reading
VICKY QIAO – Motorbiking through a twisting mountain pass in Vietnam, exploring the Nepali mountains and immersing herself with locals; Angela He is a true adventurer when it comes to travelling. Completing a double degree in Ivey and MIT at Western, He is fascinated by cross-cultural experiences and spends herContinue Reading
JADE PREVOST-MANUEL – If Londoners weren’t confined to their homes right now, odds are they’d be staring gape-mouthed at the deserted malls and caution-tape-wrapped playgrounds—scenes of the city’s COVID-19 closures. Since London announced a state of emergency on March 20, more and more businesses are closing their doors as theContinue Reading
HAYLEY TUBRETT – The National Basketball Association suspended its regular season Wednesday night after a player with the Utah Jazz tested positive for coronavirus. League sources said the positive result came back for centre Rudy Gobert just before he was set to play in the game against the Oklahoma CityContinue Reading
MONIKA SIDHU – The National Hockey League (NHL) has advised all clubs to cancel practices and team meetings due to coronavirus uncertainty. The recommendation came Thursday morning and followed the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) Wednesday night announcement suspending the season. A Utah Jazz player has tested positive for COVID-19. InContinue Reading
JADE PREVOST-MANUEL – At an Ottawa news conference this morning, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced $1 billion in federal funding to offset the economic and health impacts of 2020’s coronavirus, or COVID-19, outbreak. Trudeau says people shouldn’t go to work when they’re not feeling well. But the economic impacts ofContinue Reading