Author: Justin Smirlies
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Ontario reviews council transparency
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To ensure that municipalities in Ontario are transparent when it comes to key decisions, Ontario ombudsman André Marin conducted a study to see if cities follow these practices. Marin, however, discovered no cases in his report regarding the Region of Waterloo. “It’s part of what is referred to as the ‘sunshine law’, which is basically…
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WLU’s new multi-campus model
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In order to ensure more cohesion between the Waterloo, Brantford and Kitchener campuses at Wilfrid Laurier University, the institution has implemented a new academic multi-campus governance model that will see some faculties stretch over multiple campuses as opposed to each of them being divided by geography. Approved at the last Laurier senate meeting on Oct.…
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Arts raises entrance averages
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The faculty of arts at Wilfrid Laurier University has implemented various initiatives over the past year to ensure the level of quality in the faculty is optimal. More recently, on Friday, the faculty unanimously decided to bump the entrance average for arts from 74 per cent to 75. This motion, while passed by the faculty,…
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Light Rail Transit enters early stages
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The Region of Waterloo is finally beginning to enter the early phases of their construction of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) system that will connect the three main municipalities of Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge by 2017. Until the end of November, the region will accept requests from developers to determine who will design the approximately…
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Locals react to McGuinty resignation
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Ontario politics took a surprising turn Monday evening with the unexpected announcement by Ontario Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty that he was resigning from his post. He subsequently announced he would ask the lieutenant-governor to prorogue the legislature until the party finds a new leader. With his wife Terri by his side, McGuinty spoke to the…
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Laurier outlines future academic priorities
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Along with every other university and college in Ontario, Wilfrid Laurier University recently made their strategic mandate agreement (SMA) submission that Glen Murray, the Ontario minister of training, colleges and universities, called for in the summer. Through his discussion paper titled, Strengthening Ontario’s Centres of Creativity, Innovation and Knowledge, Murray asked each institution to outline…
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Scarfing poutine
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Using your hands to stuff your face with hoards of fries with gravy and cheese curds doesn’t seem to be most conventional way to eat a meal, but on Saturday for about three hours it was. The Laurier Marketing Association (LMA) at Wilfrid Laurier University, for a challenge put on by Campus Perks, hosted a…
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A turbulent relationship
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Dealing with a landlord is a process that is new to most students — and it’s not always easy. “I think from time-to-time over the years you could say there has been issues associated with more absentee landlords,” explained David McMurray, the vice-president of student affairs at Wilfrid Laurier University, who has been heavily involved…
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New sustainability plans
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Various groups on campus are trying to make sure that Wilfrid Laurier University’s campus stays green. After the restructure of the Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union last April, the EcoHawks, a student-run sustainable group on campus, was shifted from being under the services department to the university affairs department which is led by Chris Walker.…
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Parade boasts awareness
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For the first time ever, the Rainbow Centre at Wilfrid Laurier University, as part of Queer Awareness Week (QAW), which ran during the first week of October, hosted a Pride Parade on campus on Oct. 4 to promote queer awareness. By sporting colourful clothing, waving flags and banners and cheering enthusiastically, a group of about…
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