Month: March 2015

  • Exploring Peripheries: Twentieth-Century Art Song for Piano and Voice at 121 Studios this Friday night

    Friday night, 121 Studios on Dundas St. will be taken over by art songs, which are music pieces composed for piano and voice alone. Performing them is Christina Willatt, singer, and Susanne Murphy, pianist. Willatt is a singer, pianist, composer, music director and teacher who holds a master in vocal performance and literature. Murphy is…

  • Knights kick off OHL playoffs vs. Kitchener

    Knights kick off OHL playoffs vs. Kitchener

    Budweiser Gardens will be draped in green and gold tonight when the London Knights start their 2015 Ontario Hockey League playoff run. They finished the regular season as the third seed and will host the Kitchener Rangers in a best-of-seven series. Here’s the three things you need to know about the matchup: Goaltending will be…

  • Western president made $924,000 last year

    Western president made $924,000 last year

    The president of Western university earned nearly $1 million in 2014 – more than double his earnings the year before, and almost $500,000 more than the next-highest-paid person at the university. Amit Chakma was paid $924,000.04, plus $43,244.88 in taxable benefits, in 2014. Chakma, who has been university president since 2009, has an official salary…

  • The Epidemic Of Self-Representing Litigants

    The Epidemic Of Self-Representing Litigants

    Imagine this scenario. You and your partner have decided to get a divorce. You both have stable jobs, stable incomes and some savings. Your first thought would be to call a lawyer, right? Well, for over half the people in North America going through the family law system, it turns out the answer is “No.”…