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City stonewalls inquiries into racial profiling

Rana Encol • February 18, 2010

Quebec Human Rights Commission tribunals blocked by SPVM Read More

A half-century of black issues at McGill, in Montreal, and in Canada

admin • February 18, 2010

October 1958 The Daily prints a feature from the magazine Justice criticizing southern U.S. states for failing to uphold a Supreme Court decision to integrate schools. Author Henry Golden discusses the harm segregation has caused to both black and white Southerners, and argues that segregation has degraded Southern culture. October… Read More

Minister may increase tuition

admin • February 18, 2010

A handful of students respond at TaCEQ protest Read More

Haven Books a financial failure

Stephen Davis • February 18, 2010

Advertising restrictions lead to rising deficits, store due for closure Read More

Stuck in the red, struggling bookstore to close its doors for good

Stephen Davis • February 15, 2010

After racking up a 196,000 deficit in three years, SSMU has decided to permanently close Haven Books this spring. Since the Society acquired the bookstore in 2007, it has suffered from low visibility, restrictions on campus advertising, and general indifference from students. VP (Finance and Operations) Jose Diaz and Haven… Read More

Gas purging causes power plant explosion

Michael Lee-Murphy • February 13, 2010

Company investigated for serious violations of safety standards Read More

Resisting the winds of change

admin • February 13, 2010

Ontario community concerned with the proximity of wind farms to residents Read More

Environmental narratives and energy solutions

admin • February 13, 2010

Three McGill professors weigh in on the future of energy and the environment Read More

Global warming opens up Arctic oil

Henry Gass • February 13, 2010

Increased extraction of fossil fuels and minerals endangers the environment and international relations Read More

Activists run so rivers can too

admin • February 13, 2010

Hydro-Québec linked to aboriginal displacement and environmental destruction Read More

Canadian emissions targets tied to US

Kallee Lins • February 13, 2010

Quebec premier slammed by federal environment minister for independent stance Read More

GTA council approves waste incinerator amid protest

Ethan Feldman • February 13, 2010

Alternative energy source linked to cancer and environmental concerns Read More

Algonquins protest uranium exploration

admin • February 13, 2010

Two years after arrests and protests, community still concerned with environmental impact Read More

Uncertain future for MTL mass transit

Max Halparin • February 13, 2010

Debate continues over metro expansion, Turcot re-design, and tramways Read More

SSMU raises the energy bar

Aaron Vansintjan • February 13, 2010

Audit of Shatner building finds room for improvement Read More