Hefty price for expansion
Wilfrid Laurier University is expanding its boundaries And it’s not cheap In a deal made on Thursday, the university conducted a $589 million acquisition of ten apartment...
Waterloo region: a year in review
Occupy Movement comes to Waterloo Last October, the Kitchener-Waterloo area welcomed its own form of the Occupy movement, which was a short-lived international phenomenon Although...
Students produce local TV series
Students in the television broadcasting program at Conestoga College are being given a unique opportunity to develop practical skills by writing and producing a weekly 30-minute...
United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is a success
Last Wednesday, the Kitchener City Hall Rotunda gallery was packed full of people for the United Nations (UN) International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Aside...
Women’s Crisis Services Reaches Near Capacity
Recently, Anselma House, a non-profit organization part of the Women’s Crisis Services of Waterloo Region (WCSWR) that aims to provide shelter, education and outreach services...
Top campus news stories for 2011-12
GIE building announced The not-so-beloved St Michael’s campus eventually met its demise this year, as the first phase of construction for the Global Innovation Exchange (GIE)...
Future prospects for grads
While many students from Wilfrid Laurier University are still struggling to find summer employment, graduates are beginning their search for careers Jan Basso, Laurier’s...
Every Drop, Every Ripple
In the spirit of World Water Day last week, organizations across the country are beginning to implement new strategies and have fine-tuned existing initiatives in an effort to...
OHS study biggest success yet
Over 183,000 Ontarians have joined the Ontario Health Study (OHS), designed to help scientists understand the complex factors behind heart disease, cancer, diabetes and other...
Dollars for care
Premier Dalton McGuinty’s action plan for health care is now ensuring changes to hospital funding, as it will now take that of a patient-based funding model The new...