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Student housing market spins up for a busy summer as studies wind down
Worn out sofas litter boulevards, and U-Haul trucks crowd driveways and city lanes. Cars weighed down by mattresses weave in and out of traffic, and university towns across the province grow a little quieter… at least for a few months. Certain sights are an indication of the changing of seasons, as sure as the onset…
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Holi celebrates spring with a dash of colour
If you’re itching to celebrate spring or the end of winter, the Hindu festival of Holi is for you. “We are expecting 1,000 to 1,500 people to come out,” said Vinod Varapravan a co-founder of Srshti Seva, a non-profit organization that is putting on the Holi festival in Victoria Park this Saturday. People from different communities come out…
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Canned festival to shine a light on journalism students’ work
The last class of Western’s Master of Arts in Journalism program plans to finish the year on a high note next week with a festival celebrating the students’ best work. The Canned Festival will run all day Tuesday, April 14, during the journalism school’s last week of classes, in the studio on the second floor…
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Bringing organic food to the community one box at a time
Spring has definitely not sprung. The sun is not shining. The birds are not chirping. The flowers are not blooming. But, one woman is trying to bring a little sunshine into the community. And, you can find it in a box. It’s called the Food Box Project. “It’s a food buyers group,” said co-founder Abby…