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PlayStation 5 Pro
Steven Kosa '25 Contributor Photo Credit: Sony Sony’s PlayStation 5 has been a massive success. Four years later, in hopes of riding consumer enthusiasm, the PlayStation 5 Pro version has finally been unveiled and confirmed for a release date of November 7, 2024. Nevertheless, this new version comes with a plethora of new features and... Continue Reading →
The Good and Bad of Video Games
Solomom Khokar '28 Contributor Photo Credit: iStock Video games have become an integral part of our weekly routines. From kids enjoying Minecraft, to adolescents playing NBA 2K, and adults engaging in word scramble games, video games span all ages. Whether we like it or not, video games are here, and they are not going away... Continue Reading →
Time May Be Ticking For Short-Form Content
Haolin Tong '28 Contributor Photo Credit: iStock There is no question that short-form content is addictive, especially for a younger audience that has lots of time available. These Reels, TikToks, and Shorts allow viewers to digest more content in less time and can be extremely entertaining. However, as more and more people gravitate toward bite-sized... Continue Reading →
Porphyrion: Where Size Meets Cosmic Mystery
Connor Oger '25 Contributor Photo Credit: E. Wernquist, M. Oei, D. Nelson/Illustristng Collaboration On September 19 of this year, the featured cover article in the scientific journal Nature was the discovery of what co-author and astronomer at the University of Hertfordshire, Hardcastle, called “possibly the largest object that we know of in the universe”. Named... Continue Reading →
Manitoba Government Restricts Device Usage in Schools
Maury Lavitt '28 Contributor Photo Credit: Mikaela Mackenzie/Free Press Let’s just admit it: we use our phones a lot. Most of the free time we have, we are mindlessly scrolling on social media or texting our friends. Any chance we get, we check our phones. In the hallway between classes, during the car ride, and... Continue Reading →
Trapped on the ISS
Harry Shaw '28 Contributor Image Credit: CBC Imagine you are trapped in space with no way to get back to Earth. Sounds like a sci-fi horror novel, right? Well, fiction has taken the form of reality for two astronauts, and it’s much more underwhelming than you think. American astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore departed... Continue Reading →
Artemis II
Jainesh Sasikumar '27 Contributor Photo Credit: NASA The Apollo 17 mission left the lunar surface on December 14, 1972, carrying the last humans to have walked on the moon. Over half a century later, Artemis II is now planned to take humanity back. The mission comprises of four astronauts from Kennedy Space Center, tasked with... Continue Reading →
Worst to First: The Bombers Tumultuous Season
Rodmehr Filizadeh '25 Business Editor Photo Credit: The Canadian Press/John Woods The Winnipeg Blue Bombers came into the 2024 season with high expectations. The Blue and Gold had appeared in the Western Final every season since 2018 and had made four straight Grey-Cup Finals, winning two of them. The Bombers would once again be led... Continue Reading →
Alex Albon: The Undefined Prodigy of F1
Ferris Yeung '27 Contributor Photo Credit: Autosport Oxford defines prodigy as, “someone crowned with an exceptional ability to do something at a young age.” Alex Albon was given this title when he joined Red Bull Racing in 2019. Since then, Albon’s career has been a bumpy ride, with many moments that have tarnished his reputation... Continue Reading →