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Online/New Media by rochekellyMarch 25, 2012March 25, 2012

Students green light U-Pass

Ottawa’s university students voted to keep the Universal Transit Pass bundled into tuition fees. The price will increase to $180 per semester in September — it’s currently $145 — and will go up 2.5% each year until 2015. With student unions rallying against rising costs and service cuts, both schools held referenda this week. The […]

Online/New Media by rochekellyFebruary 13, 2012February 14, 2012

U-Pass voting begins Tuesday

The fate of the contentious Universal Transit Pass will be decided Friday for undergraduates at Ottawa U. Students will begin voting in the referendum Tuesday through Thursday. “We anticipate to have results by midday Friday,” said Julia McDonald, chief electoral officer at the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa. Here’s the question: Are you […]

Online/New Media by rochekellyNovember 20, 2010August 7, 2011

Trans activists question police conduct

OTTAWA – More than 50 queer and transgender rights activists held a sit-in at Ottawa police headquarters on Elgin Street Saturday to protest the arrest of two people during the first Transgender Day of Remembrance event in Canada. “None of us wants to be here, but we don’t trust that the police are going to […]