Breakfast worth waking up for
Start the day with a warm sausage skillet omelet at Quoi de n’eouf Late night? There’s nothing like…
Nation in brief, Nov. 8
It’s a Canadian family affair
As of Nov. 4, the federal government has stopped accepting immigration sponsorship applications for parents and grandparents until 2014 in a bid to reduce a backlog of 165,000 applications. According to the Toronto Star, the government hopes to halve that number in two years. The federal government will accept 25,000 parents and grandparents in 2012, 43 per cent more than this year, but is lowering its quotas in other categories. While the family reunification count will be up from 65,500 this year to 69,000 in 2012, the quota for spouses and children is being reduced from 48,000 to 44,000. Immigration Canada will hold consultations next year to redesign the process to avoid future backlogs next year.
Zoë Keating: Doin’ it her way
Armed with a cello, MIDI foot pad, and a computer, unsigned and independent cellist Zoë Keating has been…
Ad catches students with their pants down
An advertisement erroneously placed in a women’s bathroom on the Loyola campus and claiming that “men laugh longer, louder, and more often than women” has been removed, but not before its placement raised questions about how and why it found its way there.
The ad was originally placed in one of UB Media’s frames located in the lower level women’s restroom of the CJ building. It turns out that the ad was placed there by mistake, and that its message may not be true.
Music in the news
Living on the edge, what did you expect? American Idol judge and Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler is sporting…
The Sea and Cake move toward musical abstraction
Hailing from the windy city, Chicago-based world rock band The Sea and Cake has been creating an interplay…
Boucan Sound System is the all-ages party band
Boucan Sound System’s first album Sono Savate is a blend of reggae, dancehall and ragamuffin styles, mixed with…
Quickspins
Justice – Audio, Video, Disco (Because Music; 2011) Justice, otherwise known simply as †, finally released their highly…
Mixtape
I only have 150 words to write what this week’s mixtape is all about. There are three or…
Gérald Tremblay deemed Canada’s most unpopular mayor
Montrealers don’t think too highly of their mayor, compared to citizens of other big cities in Canada, according…
Go on, we dare you: SNAP! into it
Give it to me straight: you’re going to throw this away, aren’t you? Once you’ve consumed this issue,…
Don’t go taking any wooden nickels
As the night blankets the sky with darkness, save for a few pinpricks of light coming from…