By Tina Shaygan, March 14 2017 —
The backlash to the “feminism is cancer” email sent out by the University of Calgary Wildrose on Campus club was quick. Various Members of the Legislative Assembly took to Twitter and other social … Read the rest
By Scott Strasser, February 10 2017
The Wildrose on Campus (WROC) student club has endorsed Progressive Conservative Party leadership candidate Jason Kenney over current Wildrose Party leader Brian Jean as their pick for the leader of a united right-wing party … Read the rest
By Scott Strasser, January 24 2017 —
A University of Calgary social work professor has been appointed to a provincial panel dedicated to improving Alberta’s child welfare system.
Bruce MacLaurin — whose research fields include child maltreatment and child welfare … Read the rest
By Scott Strasser, November 1 2016 —
At their annual general meeting on Oct. 28, the Wildrose Party passed a policy that supports putting post-secondary student associations in Alberta under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIP) Act.… Read the rest
By Scott Strasser, July 18 2016 —
In mid-June the Alberta NDP government announced plans for a full-scale review of the province’s education curriculum for kindergarten to grade 12. The curriculum overhaul will cost $64.4 million and be finished by … Read the rest
By Fabian Mayer, February 9 2016 —
Since the NDP’s surprising victory in last year’s provincial election, there has been talk of merging Alberta’s two right-of-centre parties, the Wildrose party and the previously-governing Progressive Conservatives.
The Gauntlet sat down with … Read the rest
By Fabian Mayer, April 29 2015 —
Pete Helfrich is running in Calgary-Varsity as the candidate for the Alberta Liberal party in the upcoming provincial election. We sat down with him to talk about student issues and how his experience … Read the rest
By Alexander Kim, March 12 2015 —
The Alberta legislature passed an amended Bill 10 on Tuesday, March 10, allowing gay-straight alliances (GSAs) in all of Alberta’s schools.
Minister of education Gordon Dirks revealed the revamped bill to the Alberta … Read the rest
By Chris Adams, March 2 2015 —
Current Students’ Union vice-president academic Hana Kadri announced last week that she’ll seek the Progressive Conservative nomination for Calgary-Varsity when current MLA Donna Kennedy-Glans steps down at the end of March.
Kadri announced … Read the rest
