All hopped up: A match made in heaven
There are many theories as to why beer goes so well with barbeque. They range from the scientific (I’ve actually read that beer can absorb… Read More »All hopped up: A match made in heaven
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Hyde Park: Welcome to 3-D vegetarianism
Vegetarianism grows in a three-dimensional community – a word derived from the Latin words for “together” and “gift or service” – while meat-eating festers in… Read More »Hyde Park: Welcome to 3-D vegetarianism
McGill’s cafs offer patchy support for kosher, halaal diets
McGill’s cafeterias, contracted to Chartwells Food Services, have been long chastised for failing to carry foods that are vegan, kosher, or halaal, making it difficult… Read More »McGill’s cafs offer patchy support for kosher, halaal diets
You are what you eat
Digesting Margaret Atwood’s The Edible Woman
Letters: Semantics, Speling, and Intra-daily mail
A semantic battle Re: “Resister? More like deserter” | Commentary | Oct. 9 Mike Prebil correctly noted in his letter that Jeremy Hinzman, if deported… Read More »Letters: Semantics, Speling, and Intra-daily mail
Quebecers decry industrial hog expansion
Scientists, community groups frustrated with lack of government attention paid to health and environmental risks
McGill Prof Levitin writes book, toots own horn
As un-scientific as it is, I started out reading The World in Six Songs with a bias. I had taken the author’s – Daniel Levitin… Read More »McGill Prof Levitin writes book, toots own horn
Fishy business at B.C. fish farms
Widespread environmental degredation accompanies growing industry
Hyde Park: Curing our moral schizophrenia
Incoherence and contradiction is the norm with our attitudes toward nonhuman animals. We are, as Rutgers University law professor Gary Francione puts it, guilty of… Read More »Hyde Park: Curing our moral schizophrenia
Sustainable seafood swims into Chartwells
As of this month, McGill’s food service provider, Chartwells will offer a fully-sustainable seafood menu through its partnership with SeaChoice, a Canadian organization that helps… Read More »Sustainable seafood swims into Chartwells
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Campus eye
Fed up with drawn-out negotiations, about 150 of McGill’s non-academic workers picketed outside the Roddick Gates Thursday, shouting, “solidarity” and “What do we want? A… Read More »Campus eye
Vote with your fork
Editorial
Immigrants drawn to rural meat-packing
Brooks, Alberta is a slaughterhouse town. The town’s largest employer, Lakeside Packers – a meat processing plant acquired by American multinational Tyson Foods in 2001… Read More »Immigrants drawn to rural meat-packing
A chicken in every pot
Daniel Lametti searches for the Plateau’s best Portuguese chicken