Sheila Bissonnette
SFU hosts Vaccine Resistance Movement event, despite controversy
March 18, 2013Some worry that the venue gives undue legitimacy to the group's claims By Sheila Bissonnette Photos by Sanofi Pasteur / Flickr Given the extensive media coverage surrounding Vaccine Summit: Vancouver 2013, an event held last Tuesday night in the Fletcher Challenge Room at SFU Harbour Centre, the turnout may have left the Vaccine Resistance Movement organizers disappointed. The scant attendance of approximately 55 participants at the large venue may be indicative of the lack of support in numbers for the anti-vaccine movement. An estimated 93 per cent of the population routinely chooses to get vaccinated in order to prevent infectious…
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Letters to the Editor, Oct. 29th
October 29, 2012Go flick yourself Dear editor, Is this a solid argument for apathy? The other day I saw a father holding down his five-year-old daughter and beating the crap out of her. They were obviously of an ethnic background, so instead…
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SFU victim support group runs in memory of Batalia
June 18, 2012B.C. Victims of Homicide joins with the SFU Hummingbirds to raise money and awareness On June 24th, the SFU Hummingbirds will walk or run in support of B.C. Victims of Homicide (BCVOH), in order to increase awareness and raise funds…
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Optometry retailers have students seeing red
May 7, 2012By Sheila Bissonnette Students looking for cheap eyewear may find it more difficult and less safe than expected to fill their prescriptions online When second-year SFU student Tony called Clearly Contacts to order prescription glasses online, he was told his…
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