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G20: one year later
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While the streets of Toronto are no longer filled with riot police and protestors, for many, the effects of last year’s G20 summit are still all too tangible. So on Sunday, June 26, to mark the one-year anniversary of the G20, members of the Kitchener Waterloo Community Support group gathered in the Waterloo public square…
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Celebrating multiculturalism
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Despite the overcast weather this past weekend, Kitchener’s Victoria Park was filled with hundreds of people participating in and celebrating the beginning of summer with the Kitchener-Waterloo multicultural festival. For the past 40 years, KW has been hosting this fair, dedicated to ethnic diversity from around the world— and it has been nominated as one…
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WLU grad runs for office
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On June 26, in preparation for this fall’s provincial election, Liberal supporters gathered in Waterloo to officially recognize Wilfrid Laurier University alumnus Eric Davis as the Liberal nominee for Kitchener-Waterloo’s Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP). The nomination was presented by former Waterloo Mayor Herb Epp. Kitchener Centre MPP and Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities…
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Student neighbourhood up for sale
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The area dubbed by many to be the ‘student ghetto’ has become one of the most valuable pieces of real estate in Kitchener-Waterloo. On June 17, 31 ‘for sale’ signs popped up in front of houses on Hickory, Balsam, Larch and Hemlock Streets, a large chunk of the Northdale neighbourhood, which occupies the area behind…
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Laurier hosts Mayor’s Forum
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In the midst of a storm of division between disputing community factions, disagreeing on transit and housing by-laws, a ray of hope for unification shone through. In the concluding session of the Waterloo Mayor’s Forum event trilogy, people gathered at Wilfrid Laurier University on June 18 to share, communicate and move forward together to create…
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Reporting on war-torn territories
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Every year countless journalists experience violence, imprisonment and censorship while trying to report abroad. Fred Kuntz, vice president of public affairs for the Centre for International Governance Innovation, expressed this difficult situation of muzzled media while introducing a panel of journalists to discuss the issue. The Waterloo Region Record editor-in-chief Lynn Haddrall moderated the panel…
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Northdale awaits the highest bidder
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After 56 years in their Larch Street home, Jim and Ruth Facey have decided to sell their house. And a lot of their neighbours are doing the same. In fact, 30 other homeowners in the Northdale neighbourhood, which occupies the area behind Wilfrid Laurier University’s St. Michael Campus, have put their houses up for sale…
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Light rail coming to Waterloo Region
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Well Waterloo Region, you’ve got yourself a train. A vote on June 15 concluded a lengthy and emotional eight-year journey discussing future transit options with the decision of Waterloo’s Regional Council to implement Light Rail Transit (LRT). The vote passed with nine in favour, four abstentions and two in opposition, Waterloo Mayor Brenda Halloran and…
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Regional council approves rapid transit
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Rapid transit is coming to Waterloo Region. After eight years of research, discussion and arguments, both for and against, regional councillors voted yes on the rapid transit motion at a council meeting Wednesday night. The result of the vote was nine in favour, two opposed, with the two opposed being Waterloo mayor Brenda Halloran and…
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LRT supporters take to the streets
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“What do we want?” “Light rail!” “When do we want it?” “Now!” On June 11, about 200 citizens of Waterloo Region loudly took to the streets at Speakers’ Corner in Kitchener to raise their voices in support of Light Rail Transit (LRT). The second event of its kind, Rally for Rails, drew a large, energetic…
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