By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter Apart from Prime Minister Stephen Harper shipping his armoured Cadillacs, what made headlines about Harper’s recent six-day visit to India was the nuclear deal between the two countries. Canada had banned the trade of nuclear materials with India since 1976 due to India’s use of Canadian nuclear technology for…
By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter The Centre for Construction and Engineering Technologies (CCET) at Casa Loma campus is creating a green building centre to fast-track sustainable construction and innovation. This new centre will help train students in advanced construction systems, efficient buildings and green energy. This centre will focus on construction practices that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient…
By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter The men’s volleyball team is faring well this varsity season. With three wins in four matches, they have climbed up the third place in the OCAA East division standings. Finishing 3-1 in exhibition matches and winning the Cambrian Golden Shield Northern Cup, the Huskies men concluded a great pre-season,…
By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter With three games already been played this season, the men’s and women’s varsity basketball team are just doing okay. The men’s team has two wins and women’s team one win and both are fighting hard in the early stages of the competition. After a great pre-season finishing 7-2 the…
By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter The Student Association’s (SA) board of directors took 17 minutes to discuss if their office walls should have group photographs or individual shots, but approved a potential $5.98 million student levy in far less time at the Oct. 15 board meeting. Natraj Ramachandran from the GBC foundation was at…
Christopher Daniels knows about internships. Daniels, 41, is a Red Seal certified chef, who worked as an intern in Toronto’s food industry and is still unsettled in terms of his career. Sometimes interns are paid. More often they work for free, hoping the internship will turn into a “real” job or at least give them…
By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter While George Brown College (GBC) marked its 45th anniversary, the athletics department celebrated its sixth homecoming event on Oct. 5 and 6. The homecoming weekend started with a welcome social and charity casino night held at Casa Loma student lounge, followed by some alumni games such as ice hockey,…
By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter “Tuition costs too high? Pay your fee with our line of credit at easy interest rates”. This is how a major bank in Canada lures international students into its credit scheme. Almost everyone is aware of the hefty fee that students have to pay for their education, they try…
By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter “Whatever I see, I see from my heart. Whatever I say, I say from my heart. Whatever I do, do from my heart. And this for me is activism, may it be social, political, economic or environmental” said Cat Criger, an Elder from the First Nations People, at the…
By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter The Student Association (SA), board of directors met on Sept. 17 at the Casa Loma campus of George Brown College (GBC). The meeting covered some key issues including childcare, Student Life committee membership, a potential speaking event, and the board mediation committee review. The board has been working on…
By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter The Huskies men’s basketball team took on the Toronto Metro Police in an exhibition game on Sept. 28 at the Alex Barbier Gym at St James. The Huskies displayed some great skills and terrific coordination to register an emphatic win with a final score of 85-34. The Metro Police…
By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter ‘”Everything must go! Store closing liquidation sale!” this tagline from Zellers, the second largest chain of discount stores in Canada, sounds ominous. It’s the end of an era as another Canadian retail store bites the dust. All Zellers stores have a grim and deserted look across Canada. Even its…
