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Will students say ‘cheers’ to local craft beers?
Dan Chick has trekked through a snowstorm for a beer. Not just any beer, though. A double chocolate cherry stout that goes down “like velvet,” says the 21-year-old Western University accounting student as he takes another sip, eddies of snow swirling outside the window. The streets are empty as cars stay off the slick roads,…
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Arab cinema comes to Western
The lights go down in the quiet screening room in the basement of the University College building at Western University. The room is empty except for Sam Khalil, a friend of hers, and a curious journalism student. “Maybe we should wait five minutes,” said Khalil, teaching assistant for Arabic 1030: Arabic for Beginners. But nobody…
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London festival spotlights Canadian cinema
Toronto-based filmmakers Jason and Brett Butler wanted to capture a scene in a bakery for their latest feature, a dark comedy called Mourning Has Broken. But the bakeries they had in mind for a scene were unavailable, and since budgets for time and money were small – five days and $1,000 – they did what…
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Druidry alive and well in London
As the night falls and the snow swirls in a suburban London backyard, the Druids are gathering for their ritual. They form a circle around the fire pit. “Gatekeeper, accept my sacrifice. Open the gates, part the mists and show us the way,” intones chief liturgist Kevin Silverstag. “May the well open as a gate.…