Once all of the votes had been counted, a simple thumbs up from one member of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 4207 to their union president was all that was needed to let him know that the contract offer had been successfully ratified. By the slimmest of margins, with 46.
Jean-Luc Lemelin, a well liked Brock politics student, died late on Friday, Feb. 8 in an automobile accident near Montrose and Brown roads in Niagara Falls. The Welland native was 22. Paul Hamilton, an associate professor of politics, who taught Lemelin for HIST 1F95, described him as “a very enthusiastic student.
A late-night decision by the Brock University Students’ Union (BUSU) elections committee about fortune cookie messages that ended up in lecture halls has disqualified four of five candidates for executive office. Mark Baseggio, Phil Haines, Brandon Larry and Brett Bergie were disqualified under BUSU bylaw 560 XII (o), which is part of the students’ unions rules covering campaigning.
One of St. Catharines’ major employers, General Motors of Canada, announced that it would be laying off 932 workers from its two St. Catharines plants, including 133 skilled tradespeople, on Monday, Feb. 4. The layoffs come from the automotive giant’s phasing out of the Gen 1E small block V-8 engine, which is manufactured at the plant on Glendale Ave.
Phil Salmon and Dean Clark never expected to find themselves on a stage debating the finer points of a Gillette advertising campaign before an audience of rapt business students. However, on Jan. 26, that is just where Salmon, a fourth-year management student, and Clark, a recent management graduate, found themselves as they representing Brock University in the finals of the debating section of the 24th annual Inter-Collegiate Business Competition (ICBC) at Queen’s University.
VANCOUVER — University education in BC will cost more next year. Expectations were confirmed yesterday afternoon, when the provincial government announced an end to B.C.’s six-year tuition fee freeze. “We need to be concerned about the long-term future and the issues around access for students in this province, and that’s what motivated our decision,” said B.
VANCOUVER (CUP) — Most students at the University of British Columbia visit their campus pub for a quick meal or an after-class beer. Geoff Hill goes to get fuel for his car. The fourth-year environmental studies student uses vegetable-oil grease from the university’s Pit pub to make his own fuel, known as biodiesel, an environmental phenomenon that can be made at home in just a few hours.
“We are here in solidarity with thousands of other students across Canada,” said Angela Moran, member of Brock University’s Ontario Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG), and organizer of the national day for student action at Brock on Feb. 6. That day at 11 a.
Special to the Press Last week I travelled from Buffalo to Los Angeles to volunteer at the NHL All-Star week. I left Buffalo without incident and complied with all security measures, which for some included removing their shoes and random carry-on baggage.
