Category: Local

K-W in brief: Feb. 8, 2012

Kitchener man to plead guilty to manslaughter A local man charged with second-degree murder last year in the death of his four-year-old stepdaughter will plead guilty to a...

Region plans to increase bus fare

Students could be facing a hike in Grand River Transit fare sometime this semester or early next term According to the Waterloo Region Record, future student bus passes could...

New vision needs more time

There may be a few less construction crews in Northdale this spring A committee undertaking a land use study of the troubled student neighbourhood, bordered by King Street,...

Balancing act

“I don’t care what era we’re in, or what time, it’s always, always contentious,” asserted Waterloo councillor Angela Vieth on the discussion surrounding tax increases...

The new learning curve in business

Most students in second year have enough to keep themselves occupied with simply trying to maintain a reasonable GPA, while others engage themselves with minor extracurriculars in...

Fresh start

Students and residents who frequent the corner of King Street and University Avenue, will be pleased to hear that in the first half of 2012, that hole beside Starbucks will...

‘Getting Grounded’

Last Thursday night, Starlight Lounge in Uptown Waterloo hosted ‘Get Grounded’, a charitable musical event featuring performances by Amanda Kaye, Rob Szabo, Lyndon John X and...

Poutine enterprise

Ryan Smolkin was meant to be in business the minute he graduated Wilfrid Laurier University Although his first step into the business world was as a landlord, his true calling lay...

Plugging into the future

BlackBerrys, MyLearningSpace and OpenText are not the only technological advances to be seen improving Waterloo Visitors and residents of the area may have noticed charging...

Waterloo residents take the plunge

Minus-four and snowing; not exactly ideal conditions for a swim But on Saturday morning, about 20 participants braved the cold and hopped into a pool at the Waterloo Public...