W: might not have

the superfast travel
technology but the year 2015 has
a lot to offer and watch out for.
Elections, Star Wars, Eurozone,

and S6 are some expected events
and releases which the world will

look forward to.

At this time during
any year, we are often filled
with resolutions and eagerly
anticipate what will take place
during the year. The year 2015
is no exception. Although it’s
impossible to predict everything
that will happen in the future,
it is exciting to look forward to
this year’s anticipated politics,

events, and innovations.

Politics in Canada

It is highly probable, if
not certain, that the 42nd
federal election will take
place this year on October
19. The frontrunners for this
election are current PM and
Conservative leader Stephen
Harper, Justin Trudeau of the
Liberal party, and Thomas

Mulcair of the NDP.

In the previous federal
election, the Conservative
government won a majority
government. However,
according to current polls, that
may change. Since the 20n
election, the Liberal party’s

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popularity skyrocketed from
third place to first. This change
in public opinion is most

likely due to the rise of Justin
Trudeau, son of former Prime
Minister Pierre Trudeau, as the

party’s leader in 2013.

Mulcair has brought forth
the promise of a $15-minimum
wage if his party is elected
to power, while the Harper
government has reformed
employment insurance rates to

better suit the small businesses.

Politics around the
world

The Eurozone is continuing
to grow. On January 1, Lithuania
became the 19th country to join
the Eurozone. The euro replaced

the litas as the nation’s currency.
The United States and
South Korea are expected to
dissolve the post-Korean War
Combined Forces Command.
The Command was created in
1978, two decades following the

end of the Korean War.

Queen Elizabeth I] is
the second-longest reigning
monarch (after Queen Victoria).
If the Queen is still reigning
on September g, 2015, she will
surpass Queen Victoria as the

longest reigning monarch.
Although Americans

 

wont be heading to the polls
until November 2016, the US
and the world can expect the
Presidential election campaigns
to begin early. As of now, it
appears that either Hillary
Clinton or current Vice President
Joe Biden will be running for
President for the Democratic
Party. As for the Republican
Party, Rick Santorum, former
US Senator of Pennsylvania;
and Michelle Bachmann, the US
Representative from Minnesota,
have both expressed interest in

running.

Innovations

It looks like 2015 is shaping
up to bea big year for NASA.

In April, NASA’s Dawn
space probe is scheduled to
arrive at Ceres, a dwarf planet
that is also the largest object
in the asteroid belt between
Mars and Jupiter. Visiting Ceres
is the second half of Dawn’s
mission, after previously
visiting protoplanet Vesta.
Should Dawn successfully
orbit Ceres, it will be the first
time a spacecraft orbited two
separated extraterrestrial

bodies.

In July, NASA’s New
Horizons, launched in 2006, is
set to fly by Pluto and Charon.
At that point, New Horizons