Author: Justin Smirlies
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NDP claim K-W for the first time in Ontario’s history
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In a historic turn of events, NDP candidate Catherine Fife was elected as the new MPP for Kitchener-Waterloo with approximately 40 per cent of the vote, which was, as of Thursday night, about 18,500 votes. The NDP have never won in this riding on the provincial level. Elizabeth Witmer was the Progressive Conservative MPP for…
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K-W byelection heats up
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Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Waterloo (UW) will be greeted with a provincial byelection on Sept. 6, a date that has been deemed not ideal for the student vote. “Well the timing is far from ideal for students because a lot of them won’t be back on campus yet, they’ll still be working…
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Fire claims family business
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Kamil Mytnik was in the middle of cashing out at a grocery store when he received a phone call he wished he never got. It was from an employee at his parents’ restaurant Ish and Chips in Uptown Waterloo. She told him there was a fire. “I just left everything as it was [at the…
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Local universities adjust to RIM struggles
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After numerous job cuts, a delayed product launch for their BlackBerry 10 platform and a slew of upset investors, Research in Motion (RIM) hasn’t been receiving the kindest of attention as of late. With a total of 5,000 potential laid off workers at the Waterloo and other RIM offices, the company’s struggles and its impacts…
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Influx of students
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Perhaps in a not-so-surprising fashion, Wilfrid Laurier University’s Waterloo campus has increased its first-year enrollment by about three per cent, jumping to a number of 3,994 from 3,380 from last year. With the Brantford campus included, that number will be 4,700. These numbers, however, are subject to change because this year’s tally is only reflective…
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Online politics
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Michael Nicula wants a change in Canadian politics, and he believes his political party can deliver it. “It’s not just a totally new political party, it’s a new concept that brings more direct interaction between voters and government,” explained Nicula, the leader of the Online Political Party of Canada. “[And] it’s continuous, not just once…
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New mechanism to prioritize resources
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To ensure that Wilfrid Laurier University effectively allocates its resources in the coming years, the university has implemented the Integrated Planning and Resource Management (IPRM) system to create a discussion with various departments to determine what Laurier’s priorities are, which is an initiative that is a relatively new process for a Canadian university. With less…
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Laurier hopes to expand options at office in China
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With its fifth year anniversary in October, Wilfrid Laurier University’s international office at Chongqing University in Chongqing, China hopes to secure field courses and more student interaction in the coming years. Based in a rapidly developing part of China – in the Southwest as opposed to typical destinations on the coast – Laurier has developed…
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Byelection candidates face open forum
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Four of the ten candidates for the Kitchener-Waterloo byelection — Eric Davis, Catherine Fife, Stacey Danckert and Tracey Weiler — were put in the hot seat Monday evening at the annual K-W open forum, hosted by the Waterloo Region Record. The forum, essentially a formal political debate, gives citizens the opportunity to ask the candidates…
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McGuinty visits Waterloo to talk about wage-freeze bill, byelection
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Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty joined a local family in Waterloo on Monday to announce what his party’s plan is with their controversial teacher’s wage-freeze bill that was introduced to Queen’s Park today. The bill, if passed, will not only impose a freeze on teachers’ pay, but would also temporarily ban strikes and lockouts. “If you…
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