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Car sharing in Calgary: A look back, and ahead, following Car2Go departure
By Noel Harper, Staff Writer When car sharing service Car2Go quietly left Calgary last year, after serving the city for the past seven years, a new, perhaps uncertain era of urban transportation began. The...
Mount Royal University cuts 10 jobs, merges 2 departments
By Nathan Woolridge, News Editor On Monday, Nov. 5, MRU announced it was cutting five positions and not long after, announced the elimination of five more the next day. The university also announced it will...
Changes to Calgary Transit routes on MRU campus sparks discussion
By Riggs Zyrille Vergara & Nathan Woolridge, Photo Editor & News Editor In November, Calgary Transit released its 2019 Transit Service Review, which proposed changes to routes inside MRU's campus, sparking some discussion surrounding the...
SAMRU looks back on 30 years following the Montreal Massacre
By Ryleigh Stangness, Staff Writer Dec. 6, 2019 marks three decades since a mass shooter terrorized École Polytechnique, an engineering school affiliated with the University of Montreal on the last day of the term....
MRU hosted Transgender Day of Remembrance for 20th anniversary
By Ryleigh Stangness, Staff Writer Wednesday, Nov. 20 marked the 20th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance in honour of 2,982 known transgender people who died as the result of transphobic violence worldwide from January 2008...
West Gate Social replaces Hub at MRU in response to student feedback
By Ryleigh Stangness, Staff Writer Over the past summer, the Hub saw radical changes that John Hadley, Director of Business and Building Services, says have been vital to the revival of this student social...
MRU Now app aims to increase security and safety at university
By Ryleigh Stangness, Staff Writer Kim Cousineau, a risk analyst at MRU, has been working closely with app developers since 2018 to optimize and tailor the new security app, MRU Now, for students to...
Mount Royal University students express concerns over UCP's Alberta budget
By Nathan Woolridge, News Editor MRU students are expressing their concerns over the recent provincial budget, which saw the United Conservative Party (UCP) government increase interest rates on Alberta student loans, lift the previous...
Reflecting on the past going forward: The significance of Remembrance Day
By Christian Kindrachuk, Staff Writer "There's an old saying: 'History repeats itself.' If you don't understand history, you run the risk of having to make the same mistakes again," says Dave Love, president of...
MRU launches new security app to increase safety for students
By Ryleigh Stangness, Staff Writer This summer, MRU's security oversaw a complete overhaul of a two-decade-old system, "replacing aging technology on campus with new safety equipment and technology that is more effective, easier to...