UVic student’s tattoo joke goes viral
A joke photo featuring the face of a University of Victoria student on his girlfriend’s arm resulted in hundreds of Facebook posts last week and was reposted to social news websites such as Reddit. The truth that the picture was photoshopped and the girlfriend was made up came out after news outlet OpenFile.ca investigated.
Arrest made in York shooting
Police in Toronto have arrested a suspect involved in a shooting last weekend at York University. Neighbours reportedly heard multiple gunshots coming from a university-managed apartment block. Although nobody was hurt, damage to the house was sustained.
Western University elections hacker faces charges
A former student of Western University will face criminal charges this week despite an apology he posted to online video site YouTube for changing questions on the student society elections on Valentine’s Day. Police and the student society have determined that costs stemming from the prank and rescheduled elections amounted to $10,000 and was worthy of criminal charges.
Arrests at Montreal CEGEP protests
Thirty-seven people were arrested at a Montreal CEGEP after they broke into the college and vandalized it last week. Thousands of Quebec students are protesting tuition fee increases, though prior protests have been mostly without incident.
Fight at UofC pub sends student to hospital
A fight between five students at the University of Calgary’s student pub “the Den” sent one student to hospital last week. Campus police were called to the pub around 1:00 a.m. to attend to the student. It is believed that alcohol was a contributing factor in the fight.
