Author: Jake Watts
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TEDxUW brings together 700 delegates to annual event
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On Saturday, Oct. 28, the University of Waterloo held their sixth annual TEDx event in their Humanities Theatre. Founded over 30 years ago, TED is a media organization that puts…
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WLUFA hosts solidarity screening to show support for college faculty on strike
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On Oct. 26, 2017 the Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Association (WLUFA) held a solidarity screening in support of Conestoga College faculty who are currently on strike.…
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Student tenants are pestered with cockroach infestation
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Wilfrid Laurier University students allege they have been dealing with a cockroach infestation in their unit in a nearby Marq student housing building. The apartment building…
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Mass crowds at Ezra put toll on WRPS
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Earlier this month in a police board meeting, Waterloo Regional Police Services Chief Bryan Larkin commented on big student street parties, as well as…
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Highlights from Laurier Homecoming 2017
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Wilfrid Laurier University held its annual Waterloo campus homecoming festivities this past weekend from Sept. 29 to Oct. 1. Events held at the Waterloo…
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Minimum wage in Ontario sees increase this past week
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On Oct.1, the general minimum wage in Ontario rose from $11.40 hourly to $11.60 hourly. The jump is a step in the provincial government’s…
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President of PepsiCo presents at Laurier
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On Sept. 26, Jason McDonell, president of PepsiCo Foods Canada, presented a talk to Wilfrid Laurier University students in the Lazaridis Hall atrium. McDonell,…
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Laurier opens new official research office in Yellowknife
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On Sept. 25, Wilfrid Laurier University hosted the grand opening of its new research office in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. The opening of this new…
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LSPIRG hosts annual Radical Orientation Week to highlight issues of social justice
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From Sept. 11 to Sept. 15, the Laurier Students Public Interest Research Group (LSPIRG) held their annual Radical Orientation Week on Wilfrid Laurier University’s…
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Laurier professors inducted into The College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists
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Among the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists’ 70 new members inducted this year will be Wilfrid Laurier University professors Dr. Jennifer Baltzer…
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