Blogs
McGillDaily.com presents various blogs
Looking Upstream
Looking Upstream irreverently examines federal politics, with diversions elsewhere, as an inside outsider.
Latest post: 04:26AM on Apr 22, 2008
Clearing the haze on pot laws
Our Coordinating News Editor Kelly Ebbels posted (both on the Editors' Blog and Facebook) about students getting arrested for smoking pot on 4/20 on lower campus. And in the comments to the latter posting, there was -- as has been the case so often the past few years -- lots of confusion about marijuana possession laws. Let me clear some things up. Possession of marijuana, no matter how small the amount, is illegal. Period (unless you have a doctor or similar authority approve it). The Controlled Drugs and Substances Act is very clear (well, not really, because it's a law):4. (1) Except as authorized under the regulations, no person shall possess a substance included in...
The Tao of Traffic
A blog about cycling and moving around in Montreal.
Latest post: 12:33AM on Apr 25, 2008
McGill Rides: Ingrid
Q: What is your connection to McGill University? I am the Science Outreach Coordinator of the Redpath Museum. Q: How long have you been commuting by bicycle? I've been commuting by bike during the warm months since 1981, and all year round since the ice-storm of 1998. It was the only way to get around! There were no buses, it was nearly impossible to walk anywhere — but I put a pair of studded tires on my bike and I was fine. Q: How long is your commute? About 6–8 kilometers. I've never measured it. Q: Any thoughts on the difference between summer and winter cycling? One thing I've noticed about winter cycling is...
The Board
A blog from The McGill Daily editorial board. Here you'll find news about Daily events, editors' musings, and other stuff you don't give a shit about.
Latest post: 09:33PM on Dec 06, 2009
We're taking December off!
Hey readers! Sorry there isn't a Daily out today, we're taking the rest of the month off to, you know, study. We'll be back in early January with tons more content and a semester full of [packed issues][1]. - The Editors [1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk2R_mqV4tsFriends with food
We want to help you make that other room in your apartment – you know, the one with the fridge – somewhere you want to be. Food is more than nourishment, it's a creative process, so enjoy it. Mostly, we want to help you, beloved Daily readers, get a kick out of making and sharing food with friends.
Latest post: 03:22AM on Apr 04, 2009
!!PIZZA!!
The Pizza Potluck ================= You can use the tomato sauce recipe we posted last week, the dough from Calzones and whatever ingredients you want to make delicious home-made pizza! We love having pizza potlucks where the host makes the dough and sauce and a few people bring cheese and toppings... everyone can then assemble the pizzas together, see below for how to shape and assemble your pizzas Shaping Pizza Dough ------------------- the dough recipe should make 2 medium sized pizzas, so divide the dough in half and roll into balls. Take one of the balls of dough and flatten it with your hand. You can now either play pizza-chef and try tossing it in the air with a little spin...Second Opinion
Second Opinion is a weekly blog about all the ways - explicit, subversive, and otherwise - that the government tries to limit our freedom. This blog focuses on the Canadian government, but also draws connections to the United States and countries around the world. Authored by Kira Newman.
Latest post: 02:00AM on Apr 30, 2009
Does the Sex Offender Registry Offend Justice?
Our society is full of advocates: advocates for the poor, advocates for the homeless, advocates for minorities. But where are the advocates for the sex offenders? That’s a question that Dustin Shiers, a 20-year-old Saskatoon resident, may be asking himself right now. He was sentenced to a year in prison after downloading and sharing child pornography, and he is now waiting for a decision on whether his name will be added to a registry for sex offenders. Shiers was evaluated by a psychologist and scored very low on various intellectual tests, which is one factor that might convince the judge to leave him off the registry. But I’d like to take a slightly different approach. Last summer, at a...The Technopolis
Technopolis is updated every second Thursday. This possibly irrelevant but hopefully engaging blog explores the connections (and disconnections) between the Internet and Montreal.
Latest post: 08:07AM on Feb 13, 2009
Indoors/Outdoors
Hey People, Remember, way way back, when it was first starting to snow? I decided that rather than going all the way down to the bright, shining fluorescent lights of the McLennan stacks, I would do my homework in a café. As the snow came down, the ground got covered in white, the outdoors began to change; and I began to become very aware that this café didn’t have Wi-Fi. So it’s snowed/is snowing, and as any person with feet can tell you, it’s difficult to walk around right now. It’s made me rethink my relationship to the indoors and the outdoors in a drastic way. In other words, I don’t want to go outside (because it’s cold, and...Daily Multimedia
Use this blog to access all of the Daily's multimedia projects, including photo essays and audio report collaborations with CKUT.
Latest post: 07:04PM on Nov 16, 2009
Subscribe to Unfit to Print on iTunes!
Exciting news, we've set up a feed of Unfit to Print, so that you can now subscribe in iTunes, or with any other podcast downloading program. The lasted episode will be automatically downloaded to your computer whenever it's made available. [Click here to subscribe in iTunes!][1] or visit the feed [here][2]. [1]: itpc://web.me.com/dp923/Unfit_to_Print/Podcast/rss.xml [2]: feed://web.me.com/dp923/Unfit_to_Print/Podcast/rss.xmlCYDaily @McGill
CYDaily at McGill features contributions from Devon Willis (B.A. Political Science and Environment, U2) and Andrew Cuddy (B.A. & B.Sc. Political Science and Environment, U3), members of the Canadian Youth Delegation to the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen. They write about policy, politics, and controversies at the COP.
Latest post: 11:11PM on Dec 28, 2009
COP15 = COP out
COP15 ended over a week ago, yet I have had some trouble writing this last blog entry. Two very significant things happened on Saturday, December 19th in Copenhagen. One of them happened in the Bella Center and the other took place in the NGO Convergence Center, the place that the NGO community had been working from since their access to the Bella Center had been cut for spacial and security reasons during the second week of the conference. At 1pm on Saturday the Colossal Fossil Award ceremony took place. I have spoken about this award in earlier entries and I want to first put it into context. This award has been given by Climate Action Network (CAN), an international ENGO...The News Blog
That place where we post stuff (almost) as it happens, around the clock. This blog is maintained and updated by the entire editorial board, but mostly news editors.