UBC students rally in support of Hong Kong Umbrella Revolution

The UBC Hong Kong Student’s Association (HKSA) continues to vocalize its support for pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong after hosting the Operation Yellow Ribbon student campaign earlier this month.

The group handed out over 500 yellow ribbons, as visual representations of support, and tied over 275 metres of yellow ribbon to students’ wrists and backpacks.

HKSA president Patricia Poon told Vancity Buzz, “We offer full support to Hong Kong students and their spirit. It is ultimately for the people of Hong Kong to decide what is best for them in the upcoming days.”

With files from Vancity Buzz

Google harvests innovators from U of Waterloo

University of Waterloo has been named one of the top recruiting sites for Google in North America.

The university has one of North America’s leading computer science programs, which acts as a natural recruitment site for high-technological companies such as Google.

Steven Woods, engineering director at Google Canada, explained, “[There] is an amazing amount of technical talent in Canada, and University of Waterloo is the center of that [excitement].”

With files from Canada Business Review

Lab explosion sends two to hospital

Two researchers were rushed to the hospital last Monday morning after being caught in a small chemical blast at the University of New Brunswick’s Fredericton campus.

The explosion occurred in the Enterprise Building, a research facility. Assistant fire chief Dave McKinley said a “small glass vessel” exploded and the chemicals involved were non-volatile. He said that there was  a small amount of blood visible at the scene of the explosion, but no flames were produced.

The researchers had minor injuries, and the building was temporarily evacuated after the blast.

With files from The Silhouette