Business with a cause
Ten Thousand Villages, a store located in Uptown Waterloo, has proved to be successful in both providing the city with unique, homemade and environmentally sustainable...
Former CTV anchor shares life stories
On Monday night, Lloyd Robertson, Canada’s longest serving news anchor, came to Waterloo to discuss his new book The Kind of Life it’s Been Hosted by Words Worth Books,...
K-W in Brief: November 14, 2012
Mom wins big money for charity and family A local mother has won $10,000 and an additional $100,000 for Cystic Fibrosis Canada Katie Schulz, whose three-year-old daughter Sofia...
Students raise traffic issues
Recently there have been some concerns regarding the safety of pedestrians and drivers at the Noecker and Regina Streets intersection With numerous students living nearby,...
MP puts forth charity initiative
Kitchener-Waterloo MP Peter Braid is hoping that his new bill, C-348, will increase the number of donations to charities at the end of the year — a season that isn’t the...
Reforming global finance
On Friday night, distinguished speaker José Antonio Ocampo addressed a crowded auditorium on a topic he referred to as the global monetary ‘non-system’ Ocampo is a professor...
Bullying still a problem at university
As bullying prevention week begins to teach elementary students about ‘being a friend,’ it is apparent that university students can also learn from these lessons Taking...
Ontario reviews council transparency
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...
K-W in brief: November 7, 2012
Consumption of contraband tobacco: a problem in K-W Contraband tobacco consumption is taking a hit in Waterloo after a council meeting presentation by Dave Bryans, the Ontario...
Shedding light on abuse
This year for Ontario’s Woman Abuse Awareness Month, the Women’s Crisis Services of the Waterloo Region is launching a campaign to do exactly what the month is for: raise...