Author: Sumayya Tobah

  • Kill Bill 2: second ‘day of action’ planned to stop legislation

    Kill Bill 2: second ‘day of action’ planned to stop legislation

    A month after their first protest, the citizens of London Ontario are planning to gather once more to express their anger against the newly proposed Bill C-51. This “Day of Action” is the second in a series of nation-wide protests planned in an attempt to stop the passing of the new bill. On April 18, a…

  • “Citizen can” ; local movie premiere supports United Way London

    “Citizen can” ; local movie premiere supports United Way London

    This Saturday, the glitz and glamour of Hollywood is coming to Western. The Western Movie Club will be hosting its second movie premiere, an event to showcase the filmmaking talents of three students from the Movie and Video Production (MVP)  club here on campus. But unlike their counterparts in Tinseltown, these students have decided that…

  • Shootings trigger spotlight on police gun use

    Shootings trigger spotlight on police gun use

    In the 10 years he’s been an officer of the Ontario Provincial Police, Hesham El Sayed has never had to fire his gun. “The job’s not for everyone, that’s for sure. It never gets easy. You should go to every call scared, that’s what I think.” El Sayed, 35 and a London resident, has been…

  • Health officials send in the clowns

    Health officials send in the clowns

    Tim Cunningham is currently under quarantine. Having just come back from working in an Ebola care centre in Sierra Leone, he’s adhering to New York City policy and serving a mandatory 21-day quarantine, imposed on health workers who return home and show no symptoms of the disease. “I’ve got nothing but time,” he says with…