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“It’s like walking into a different world,” remarked visitors entering the Royal Medieval Faire this past Saturday. Held in Waterloo Park, the Faire entered its 13th season this year. With hundreds of volunteers and actors, food and gift merchants and activities for kids, the Faire attracts a variety of members of the community, children and…

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After the Waterloo City Council approved plans for a Light Rail Transit (LRT) system in June of 2009 that would link many popular destinations in the Kitchener-Waterloo region, funding from both levels of government has finally been pledged. On June 28 of this year, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty announced that the government would be providing…

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Election nominations closed Nominations for mayor and councillors for the Waterloo region closed on Sept. 10. The following are the candidates for Ward 6 and 7. Ward 6 Anne R. Crowe Mike Connolly Jeff Henry Ed Korschewitz Ward 7 – Erin Epp Edwin Laryea Duncan McLean Peter Wollstencroft Melissa Durrell Noel V. Butler High schools…

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To welcome students to the city and provide information about the community, the annual door-knocker program will have an array of city officials visiting student homes around the university from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sept. 15 and 16. The initiative is part of the It’s Your Waterloo campaign that was launched last year…

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“I know it’s not most popular and most people, especially people in university, look down upon it,” said Toronto Batman. After a weekend of cheering crowds across Waterloo’s Uptown in part of the 22nd annual Busker Carnival, Batman revealed the challenges and benefits of working as a street performer. Batman, who chose not to disclose…

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On Saturday, Aug. 28, cyclists participating in the third-annual Grand River Hospital Foundation (GRHF) Ride with Lance were motivated by hope. The fundraiser saw around 60 individuals ride 120 kilometres around Waterloo Region alongside Tour de France greats Lance Armstrong and George Hincapie in support of the Grand River Regional Cancer Centre. All participants in…

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The construction site for the Balsillie School of International Affairs at Erb St. and Caroline St. is bustling with contractors hard at work to provide the area of uptown Waterloo and the students of the school with a campus by the summer of 2011. The school is a partnership between the Centre for International Governance…

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New Ward 7 candidate Melissa Durrell, a news reporter for CTV Southwestern Ontario is taking leave from her job to run as a candidate for Waterloo City Council in this October’s election. In a statement released last week, Durrell lists “respecting residents’ tax dollars, a vibrant uptown and keeping citizens connected to City Hall” as…

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Due to the increase in traffic seen during Orientation Week around the Wilfrid Laurier University and University of Waterloo (UW) campuses, the City of Waterloo is redirecting traffic around high-volume areas. This redirection will occur between the hours of 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 5, Monday, Sept. 6, Saturday, Sept. 11 and…

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Sometime during the night or early Friday morning there was a break and enter in a student house on Hickory St. West, just north of campus at the intersection of Hickory and Hemlock. “We have detectives investigating,” said Olaf Heinzel, Public Affairs Coordinator for the Waterloo Regional Police Service, “I don’t have their report as…

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