Questions raised over pension deficits
University pension plans across Canada are generally in such condition instability that they will increasingly affect the proportion of budgets available for the classroom Due...
Kwanzaa’s cultural significance
Kwanzaa is an African American cultural celebration that, unlike many of the holidays over the next month, was created by Ron Karenga, an American university professor, political...
Take a seat with Wilf
Wilfrid Laurier University has finally chosen the design for a statue of its namesake, the seventh Prime Minister of Canada, that will be unveiled on campus next fall The design...
Becoming accessible
The Ontario provincial government introduced the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) in 2005, meant to usher in a new era of equality for those with cognitive...
Disputing the north
“It’s nice to talk about arctic sovereignty, it’s kind of sexy,” said Michael Byers, author and Canadian Research Chair, “but all of the stuff that we’ve done here —...
Celebrating a decade of research
Canada’s strength in research and academia is developing with the help of ten years of the Canadian Research Chairs (CRC) program At the program’s two-day tenth anniversary...
Juggling passion
Nestled under the Princess Twin banner in Uptown Waterloo, it is easy to simply walk past one of the city’s most unique places of business Kind of Magic has been open since...
Uptown open for business
The holiday season was officially kicked off in Uptown Waterloo with the annual open house organized by the Business Improvement Area (BIA) On Nov 23 and 24, the event drew people...
GO Transit coming to Waterloo Region
On Nov 12, GO Transit, with support of the provincial government, announced they will be expanding their rail service from Georgetown to Guelph and Kitchener-Waterloo The project...
KW in brief: Nov. 24, 2010
Ward 9 recount applied for Kitchener candidate for Ward 9 Debbie Chapman has applied for a manual recount after losing the councillorship of the ward by one vote According to...