Duncan Hood / McGill Tribune The Honourable Bob Rae, the interim leader of the Liberal party, completed his five day tour of Quebec with a speech at Concordia University on Friday, Jan. 27. As he crosses the nation, Rae aims to remind Canadians of what the Liberal party represents, restructure[Read More…]
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New low cost mobile carrier made available in France
cnetfrance.fr For many cell phone users in North America, wrangling companies’ hefty monthly rates and paying for add-ons like voicemail and caller ID has become a necessary evil. Until very recently, the same used to be true for cell phone users in France. A new cell phone operator, which hit[Read More…]
UN Women Canada president calls for gender equality
Simon Poitrimolt / McGill Tribune Roughly 100 students gathered last Friday, Jan. 27, in Shatner’s Lev Bukhman room to listen to speeches by Almas Jiwani, president of the UN Women Canada National Committee, and humanitarian activist Sophie Gregoire Trudeau. Hosted by the newly created McGill chapter of UN Women Canada,[Read More…]
The demon barber gets a haircut
Sam Reynolds / McGill Tribune There are stories that are fun, pleasing, and uplifting to the soul and spirit. Then there are others that are dark, brutal, and challenging to watch unfold. And then there’s Sweeney Todd. One of Stephen Sondheim’s best known works, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of[Read More…]
Redmen prevail in tenth consecutive Carnival game
Anna Katycheva / McGill Tribune Winners of nine straight Winter Carnival games, the McGill Redmen hockey team managed to extend that impressive streak last Friday night as the boys came through with a spirited 1-0 shootout win over the Carleton Ravens in front of their raucous McGill fans. Hubert Morin[Read More…]
Common: The Dreamer/The Believer
Common’s The Dreamer/The Believer is not just an album, but also a statement to critics and fans alike in response to 2008’s disappointing and generally dismissed Universal Mind Control. This time around, Common is defiant and triumphant; his sound enhanced by longtime friend and producer No I.D., who produced the[Read More…]
Laughter is the best medicine
Sam Reynolds / McGill Tribune My mother, like many, used to stress the importance of good manners. But what happens when yours has none to spare? Well, something like Hay Fever, apparently. Set in the bohemian period of the roaring twenties, the play follows the eccentricities of the Bliss family[Read More…]
Romance is sweet, revenge sweeter
The program cover for Opéra de Montréal’s performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s Il Trovatore leaves a lasting impression. It displays a gaping witch with fiery hair, her expression carrying both a hint of personal pain and menacing madness. Though the opera does tell the story of a troubadour and his turbulent[Read More…]
Mobile Security App will soon hit campus
A new application will allow on-campus smartphone users to call for emergency campus support at the touch of a button. On Jan. 19, Guardly announced the release of a free mobile security application for students, faculty, and staff at 67 universities and colleges across Canada, including McGill University. This is[Read More…]
Wait, what? Martlets winning streak in RSEQ snapped
Duncan Hood / McGill Tribune Fans at McConnell Arena were treated to an unfortunate hiccup this past Sunday as the McGill women’s hockey team lost for the first time in RSEQ conference play since Oct. 29. The Carleton Ravens looked both physically and mentally sharper throughout the course of the[Read More…]