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Trouble contacting city councillors
Some students in the master of arts in journalism program faced a challenge when working on a class project for their new media course. The problem? Trying to get into contact with a few London city councillors. The MAJ students are interviewing the councillors in order to gather information about each person, find out which…
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Wigglers and worms: One woman’s work with worm compost
In a small room of a small apartment located above a small convenience store, Erin Boynton snaps on a yellow rubber glove and thrusts her hand in a light blue plastic box filled with feces, decomposing food, newspapers and worms. She smiles as she raises a handful of feces and worms and explains how vermicomposting…
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Inuit art with a modern twist
From Washington, D.C., to London, England to Museum London here in the Forest City, Inuit Ullumi: Inuit Today is both well-received and well-travelled, but will soon be on the move again. The exhibition – which focuses on contemporary Inuit art – will be leaving London, Ont., later this month. Inuit Ullumi has been on display at Museum…
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Suicide Girls – unlikely models who bare all
Girls with dreadlocks, neon hair, facial piercings and tattoos aren’t the typical models you see posing in fashion magazines. But these are the girls you’ll find posing on the Suicide Girls website. “I was really tall and like an awkward teenager,” said Shaine Suicide, a model on Suicide Girls since 2007. The site was created…