Now and then, I fall into deep conversation with my friends about Disney princesses: Who’s our favourite or least favourite? Who should we dress up as for Halloween? These characters were integral to my childhood. Though I grew up rewatching Princess Jasmine’s adventures long after Aladdin, going to the theatre[Read More…]
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The Tribune’s guide to post-finals fun
“WHOO!” yells a student on Lower Field. The cheery sounds of OAP ring out across campus, marking the end of another dark period of finals. Students crane their tired heads up, still pleasantly surprised by the return of a bright spring sun. But doubts still linger about final grades and[Read More…]
Farewell to The Tribune: Last words from our graduating editors
Mia Helfrich Creative Director: I can’t remember what pulled me into The Tribune. I showed up to an Arts and Entertainment pitch meeting before classes began in my first year at McGill. My memories of university simply start here. After writing articles for a few months, I became curious about[Read More…]
Varsity Report Card: Winter 2026
Martlets Artistic Swimming: A+ The Martlets delivered a historic 2025–2026 campaign, establishing themselves as the undisputed top program in the country. They swept every event they entered at the Canadian University Artistic Swimming League (CUASL) National Championships, finishing first among 16 teams and capturing all six gold medals across both[Read More…]
SSMU Legislative Council discusses athletic clubs and constitutional amendments
The Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) called to order its penultimate Legislative Council (LC) of the academic year on March 26. As the semester draws to a close, members are moving to finalize key decisions for a smooth transition into the summer months. Early in the session, Speaker Acadia[Read More…]
Bill 28 entrenches the devaluation of feminized labour
Trigger warning: mentions of violence In 2018, a nurse in Beauce had a miscarriage after a patient kicked her in the stomach. In 2020, a nurse in Montérégie-Est was strangled for several minutes. In 2023, a high‑school teacher in Laval was assaulted with scissors by a student in her classroom.[Read More…]
McGill artistic swimming stays in perfect sync to sweep CUASL nationals
Martlets Artistic Swimming left the University of Laval’s Aquatic Centre on March 22 as the undisputed 2026 champions of the Canadian University Artistic Swimming League (CUASL), sweeping every event they entered across three days of competition. This marked the program’s eighth championship in the past 12 seasons, and its 18th[Read More…]
Montreal police expand surveillance with Project Aurora
The Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) says its new Project Aurora has already led to 20 arrests in just over six weeks, as part of a strategy aimed at preventing serious crimes such as arson, shootings, and home invasions through social media monitoring. Described by police[Read More…]
Post-secondary and CEGEP students strike against austerity in education
From March 23 to March 27, over 65,000 post-secondary and Collège d’enseignement général et professionnel (CEGEP) students participated in a week-long strike against austerity in education. The strikes were organized by the Coalition de résistance pour l’unité étudiante syndicale (CRUES), a union of 30,000 students in local and regional levels[Read More…]
Dark matter and energy: What we know about the unknown
When we think of what the physical world is made of, atoms come to mind—but it turns out the story is far more complex. In reality, atomic matter makes up only five per cent of the universe. The rest, however, is made of dark matter and dark energy, which have[Read More…]