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After almost two months of a provincial government in limbo, Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon has called on John Horgan and the BC New Democrats (BC NDP) to form government, ending the 16-year reign of the BC Liberals.

Lam announced his decision at the July 19 AMS Council meeting in closed session, which was entered upon his request. However, a public discussion about his resignation was held shortly after in the meeting.

This year, the AMS started to work on the event planning earlier and made changes to minimize costs — decisions that greatly contributed to making Block Party a success, according to Lakhiyalov. For example, the venue was moved to University Commons.

Prior to this appointment, Eby has served as the MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey after beating out former Premier Christy Clark in 2013. He was recently re-elected to the position on May 9, 2017, for his second term.

For those at UBC who have been seriously affected by the wildfires, UBC Enrolment Services has announced that they are willing to provide financial support, and UBCO has announced that they are offering accommodations in the student residences.

The scholarship was first established with a $3 million donation from the Constance Livingstone-Friedman and Sydney Friedman Foundation, and has now been expanded by an additional $6 million donation.

With issues ranging from confusion around staff appreciation gift cards to management’s transition difficulty to communication gaps, the 2016/17 term saw a high level of frustration from AMS Tutoring staff.

As stated in one applicant’s SSC status update that was sent to The Ubyssey at the end of June, UBC was expected to have until July 15 to make the final decision due to a large number of applications.

2,047 undergraduate students participated in this year’s survey — an increase from last year’s number of 1,564 students but not as high as 2015’s number of 2,855 students. This is also the first graduate students are reintegrated into the survey.

“If someone is in an emergency they’re sent to the hospital the same day, or if they’re extremely urgent they’re sent to the access and assessment centre for care within two to five days,” said Dr. Nelson, director of UBC Student Health Services.

“We are focused on the human aspect, because once they are here, I mean, they’re here. We gotta help them right? They need help, so we help them. It’s not a political issue, it’s not up to debate, it’s simply people helping people,” said Koch.

Professor Steve Morgan from the UBC School of Population and Public Health believes that if the government were to provide a list of prescription drugs for free to Canadians, it could save private citizens and companies approximately $3 billion.

The program will consist of 100 rental spaces for staff and 10 for new and incoming faculty members, located within the new faculty and staff rental housing projects that will be completed next spring.

Gordon’s reappointment follows his previous term of three years, during a time at UBC characterized by tumultuous events such as the resignation of former UBC president Arvind Gupta and the breach of a faculty member’s academic freedom.

According to PSSA President Javier Barreto-Gomez, this position was created to ensure that the political science faculty remains an open and inclusive learning environment within the current “increasingly hostile” political climate.