Delayed LRT Metro Line in Service, Story Page 3
THE Thursday, September 10, 2015 Volume 53, Issue 2 NAIT YOUR STUDENT NEWSPAPERNUGGET FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS, EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA SLOWLYDelayed LRT Metro LineBUT in service, SURELY story page 3 Photo by Linda Hoang Students crowd the platform of the NAIT station this week after the much delayed LRT extension opened for business. The trains are running on a slower schedule for now but, nevertheless, they are running. 2 The Nugget Thursday, September 10, 2015 NEWS&FEATURES Federal vote a toss-up ernment that they surely believe is respon- closer to a seat in Ottawa but the real ques- Moving away from federal politics, I sible for all of Canada’s problems. Mean- tion is, will this actually be better for Can- want to touch briefly on the results of last while, the Conservatives are fighting back adians? Changes are not just imminent to week’s byelection in Calgary-Foothills. based on their economic record, tradition- Parliament either, with some parties prom- The Wildrose Party added another seat to ally a sound strategy but one that may ising Senate reform at any cost, even at their side of the legislature, and chalked prove fruitless as Canada enters another the cost of our own constitution. Senate up their first urban grab since the May economic downturn. reforms requires, at minimum, a heavy vote election. Supporters are touting this as Families have bills to pay and jobs are in favour from the provinces and complete the first “death knell” of the newly minted the building blocks of a national economy. abolition requires opening up the Canadian NDP government in Alberta, but let’s take With Canada’s economy grinding slower Constitution, something which will open a look at the numbers first.
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