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An international student received significant injuries to his arm after being stabbed and assaulted while taking the LRT.

Author of the article: Anna Junker Publishing date: Apr 13, 2021  •  2 hours ago  •  3 minute read  •  Alberta NDP advanced education critic David Eggen joins students Anita Cardinal-Stewart, left, a second year law student and Andrew Batycki, a third-year environmental engineering student at the U of A on Tuesday, April 13, 2021, to call on the UCP to stop massive tuition hikes, upwards of 104 per cent in some programs. Photo by Greg Southam /Postmedia Article content Propose...

  EDMONTON -- The University of Alberta is proposing tuition hikes that some say will drive students away and seem to go beyond what the province allows. “Students are quite disappointed about these increases,” said Joel Agarwal, president of the U of A Students’ Union (UASU). “I’ve had students email me about transferring universities. “My worry is for parents out there who may be sending their kids to university, they’ll be choosing options outside of Alberta.” The UASU ...