K-W in brief: May 30, 2012
RIM may face cuts For the second time this year RIM employees may have to deal with a round of layoffs With fewer people buying BlackBerry smartphones, RIM feels they need less...
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Local news: month in review: May 30, 2012
K-W braces for crucial byelection following Witmer’s resignation A byelection must be held to fill Witmer’s seat as the K-W MPP Witmer resigned last month to take a position...
Sports in brief: May 30, 2012
Intramurals wins for outstanding program For the fifth year in a row, Laurier’s Intramural program is being honoured by the Canadian Intramural Recreation Association (CIRA) for...
Canada’s protest culture misunderstood
If you turn on the news right now it won’t take long before you see something that registers with you on an emotional level The phrase “If it bleeds, it leads” does more...
School of business and economics hires new dean
On April 30, Wilfrid Laurier University announced that Micheál Kelly was chosen as the new dean of the school of business and economics (SBE) Kelly looks forward to working with...
Two-car collision blocks King Street
A two-vehicle accident sent two people to the hospital with minor injuries shortly before 2 pm Monday afternoon According to an eyewitness, the accident occurred when a grey...
Local MPP Witmer steps down
After almost 22 years at Queen's Park, Elizabeth Witmer has decided to call it quits Witmer, the Progressive Conservative MPP for the Kitchener-Waterloo riding, which...
Bag o’ Crime: Apr. 4, 2012
Assistance Call from Public Location: Fred Nichols Campus Centre Reported: Mar 26 at 3:40 pm SCS received a report of a theft of a Blackberry Curve 9300 The complainant had...
Laurier to host Congress 2012
This year from May 26 to June 2 Wilfrid Laurier University in partnership with the University of Waterloo will be hosting the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences...
Waterloo region: a year in review
Occupy Movement comes to Waterloo Last October, the Kitchener-Waterloo area welcomed its own form of the Occupy movement, which was a short-lived international phenomenon Although...