By: Kendra Wong - The Peak
BURNABY, B.C. (CUP) — A new report released this month claims Canadians feel more threatened by the radical change in global climate and their environment than terrorism.
An online survey was conducted by the Innovative Research Group and commissioned by the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute from the end of [...]

By: Madeleine Cummings — McGill Daily
MONTREAL (CUP) – Braving harsh temperatures, snow and strong winds, some cyclists continue to commute by bike all year round. In the winter, biking remains a sustainable, affordable, and effective method of transportation. It’s easy, it’s exercise and it’s not as crazy as you might think.
Before getting ready to ride, [...]

By: Alexandria Eldridge - Alberta and Northern Bureau Chief
EDMONTON (CUP) – Todd Cherniawsky left Alberta to go to Los Angeles years ago for grad school and a career in Hollywood. These days, he’s enjoying silver screen success – having most recently been a supervising art director of the James Cameron’s blockbuster *Avatar*.
Born in Edmonton, he [...]

By: Denny Hollick — The Runner
SURREY, B.C. (CUP) — The Kwantlen Student Association now have the representation they pay for after winning a B.C. Supreme Court case against the British Columbian component of the Canadian Federation of Students earlier this week. Students at Kwantlen Polytechnic University who pay fees to CFS-BC have not been represented [...]

Membership referendum reforms pass at nearly nine-hour-long closing plenary
By Emma Godmere
CUP Ottawa Bureau Chief
OTTAWA (CUP) – After a marathon closing plenary session, the Canadian Federation of Students’ four-day November general meeting wrapped up late in the evening of Nov. 28.
Hundreds of delegates from campuses across the country met just outside of Ottawa, at the Best [...]

By Jacob Serebrin, CUP Quebec Bureau Chief
MONTREAL (CUP) – Health Canada approved the H1N1 vaccine earlier this month, and administration is slowly underway. Because the shots are being administered by the provincial health authorities, how quickly members of the public can get the vaccine varies from province to province.
While Health Canada has said the vaccine [...]

By Emma Godmere
CUP Ottawa Bureau Chief
OTTAWA (CUP) – A new study released on last week by International Trade Minister Stockwell Day has announced that international students generated a whopping $6.5 billion for the economy while completing studies in Canada in 2008.
The report, entitled “Economic Impact of International Education in Canada,” was released on Oct. 28 [...]

The project will provide future generations of aboriginals with an audio history of their culture
By Conor Kerr
The Gateway (University of Alberta)

EDMONTON (CUP) – The idea of a language becoming extinct is a far-flung idea to most people, but on the Tsuu T’ina reserve just west of Calgary, it is reality.
With no fluent speakers of the [...]

By Jonathan Taves
The Gateway (University of Alberta)
EDMONTON (CUP) – The debate surrounding the costs and benefits of the Alberta oilsands is a polarizing topic, but a panel assembled by the Royal Society of Canada has made it its mission to put bias aside and find the best course of action for the resource.
Many groups internationally [...]

By Alexandra Fox
The Carillon (University of Regina)
 
REGINA (CUP) – The first Olympic snowboarding competition took place in 1998. Canadian Ross Rebagliati won the gold medal only to have a urine test reveal positive for marijuana use. This event changed the stereotype of snowboarders forever, but this sport requires some serious skills.
On slopes anywhere, snowboarders are [...]