Criticisms on doping in sport shouldn’t stop at its most public figures, but extend to the system that allow for it. If you dope in a professional sport and lie about it, that says something about you. You were looking for a competitive edge and you were dishonest. If everyone dopes in a professional sport and lies about it, that says something about the sport. Lance Armstrong, past darling of...
The cost of hosting the famous Games grows more and more each iteration Every Winter or Summer Olympics, heartwarming sports moments flood our discourse. For the Tokyo 2020 Olympics this past summer, those heartwarming moments came again in full force. Two of my favourite moments were Andre De Grasse from my hometown of Markham, Ontario winning gold in the 200 m, and weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz...
Turns out a probable ineptitude for self-improvement isn’t just for individual human beings; it’s for our institutions too! A leaked internal report from Trudeau’s government details several new criminal offences and penalties the Liberals are planning to incorporate into the criminal code by the end of 2020. These proposals were leaked by an anonymous individual who claimed to be a former member...
I Didn’t Ask to be a Hero; I Just Declared Myself One To think, it has been about eight months since my father generously donated $500,000 to Osgoode and seven since I received my acceptance. Little did I know that day, my path to becoming a lawyer would be rockier than the beginnings of Justice Abella’s and Bora Laskin’s careers combined. I am no stranger to hardship. My undergraduate...
CIA: Condescending Insufferable Artists Langley, Virginia; November 19th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Gina Cheri Haspel announced to the press that the CIA will be undergoing radical changes over the upcoming year. Ms. Haspel began the press conference discussing the history of the CIA and its seven decades of failed operations—be it trying to overthrow democracies, Nazi scientist...
What a difference a few years makes in the art of the jersey burn. It was 2010: Our Prime Minister was a robot, Tech Billionaires were media darlings, and the Leafs were still disappointing. LeBron James, one of the greatest basketball players of all time, but someone who I believe will never surpass Michael Jordan, “took his talents to South Beach”. The aftermath was a night of despair in...
CIA: Condescending Insufferable Artists Langley, Virginia; November 4th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Gina Cheri Haspel announced to the press that the CIA will be undergoing radical changes over the upcoming year. Ms. Haspel began the press conference discussing the history of the CIA and its seven decades of failed operations—be it trying to overthrow democracies, Nazi scientist...
September 26, 2019: The typically quiet library at Osgoode was disturbed when one of the hardworking librarians was heard crying to the sky in a fit of impotent rage. “Damn you, Wales and Sanger! How many generations must you corrupt before your evil hearts are sated?!” he exclaimed when he eyed a Wikipedia.org page for Carville v Carbolic Smoke Ball open on a 1Ls’ computer. Another...