Canada in brief Nov. 17, 2010
More students find it cool to stay in school: StatsCan OTTAWA (CUP) — The dropout rate for Canadian high school students has nearly halved over the last two decades, according...
Canadian colleges confront a looming skilled labour shortage
Two week ago, the heads of colleges across the province of British Columbia met at the Advance 2010+ conference to face, head on, the challenge of a growing skilled labour...
Mayor meets with students
With the municipal election now complete and new council members getting comfortable in their roles, the Mayor’s Student Advisory Council (MSAC) has begun meeting again The...
Vigil celebrates religious unity
On Nov 11, members of nearly a dozen faiths came together in Uptown Waterloo’s public square for an interfaith candle vigil honouring the veterans of the many wars that have...
Campus mourns student’s passing
Deanna DiClemente, 21, a fourth-year BBA student at Wilfrid Laurier University passed away Friday morning in a Hamilton hospital after a battle with leukemia DiClemente, who was...
Fire department dispatched to Laurier’s Athletic Complex
Just before 8:00 pm on Nov 14, the City of Waterloo Fire Department was dispatched to Laurier's Athletic Complex (AC) as a result of a malfunctioning equipment in the building's...
Speech by columnist Christie Blatchford sparks protest
What was scheduled as a speech by Globe and Mail columnist Christie Blatchford turned sour tonight as protesters opposing the journalist's new book Helpless: Caledonia’s...
Remembrance day across campus
The Concourse was filled with members of the university community Thursday morning for Wilfrid Laurier University’s annual Remembrance Day ceremony Hosted by the Wilfrid...
Canada in brief: Nov. 10, 2010
Troops to remain in Afghanistan past 2011 The Globe and Mail has reported that the Harper government is considering putting forward a proposal to keep hundreds of Canadian troops...
eHealth provides electronic records
The government of Ontario has made progress in its campaign to convert the province’s health records from paper files to electronic files The number of patients whose health...