LONDON ONT. – Organizers of Western’s iron ring ceremony were met with ‘heated emotion’ after announcing this year’s event would be held virtually despite the Ontario government lifting COVID-19 restrictions. This is the third consecutive year Western’s Camp 11 Board Association will hold the ceremony via Zoom. The Calling ofContinue Reading
April 1, 2022 | Griffin Jaeger and Cristina Pietrantonio Students in front of Western UCC building. Courtesy: Western Technology Services One time he woke up to find his face covered in shaving cream. Once his toothbrush had hot sauce on it. Those are are just two of the experiences thatContinue Reading
Denice Pepe | March 23, 2022 After a two-hour debate, city politicians voted 10-3 against reintroducing a mask bylaw in London. The emergency meeting was held to debate the motion co-signed by councillors Jesse Helmer, Maureen Cassidy and Stephen Turner to reintroduce local mask mandates in London public buildings aContinue Reading
Catherine Danko, Western Journalism StudioFeb 4, 2022 Cement, succulents and a whole lot of skulls. That’s all it took for a single mother and avid planter in London, Ont. to start an online side hustle. During the pandemic, Meghan Coneybeare started making concrete flower pots to keep her creative juicesContinue Reading
Cristina Pietrantonio, Western Journalism StudioFeb 4, 2022 Signs posted at one of Western University’s affiliated colleges Friday contained instructions that conflict with the school’s COVID-19 masking requirements, creating confusion for staff and students. The signs at Brescia University College, which request students wear “non-medical face mask[s]” contradict with the messaging onContinue Reading
By Karis Chitty VANCOUVER – Canadians are looking at subdued St. Patrick’s Day festivities once again this year, on a day that is normally one of the busiest of the year for local bars. In British Columbia, the day has become a new anniversary: it’s been exactly one year sinceContinue Reading
By Eunice Yidana Tick-tock, tick-tock . . . It’s now been three days since the clocks sprang forward one hour last Sunday. After one year of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people are already struggling with sleep. Add the yearly time change into the mix, forcing a new adjustment to sleepContinue Reading
By Darya Eshaghi Iran’s final report on the crash of Ukraine International Flight 752 has been released. Four Western University students were killed in the crash: Sajedeh Saraeian, Milad Nahavandi, Hadis Hayatdavoudi and Ghazal Nourian. The country’s civil aviation body blamed an error by an air defense operator for causingContinue Reading
By Kelly Wang At a news conference Wednesday, Atlanta police provided more details around the triple spa shootings that took place in that U.S. city Tuesday evening. The shootings killed at least eight people, including six Asian women and two Caucasians. Police say they learned the suspect was on hisContinue Reading
By Kelly Wang London city council’s Civic Works Committee has voted to grant zero exemptions for any street that’s set to get a new sidewalk this summer, but the debate didn’t stop there. In the midst of Monday’s meeting, where 31 delegates gave their points-of-view, a new debate was formedContinue Reading