Home ownership celebrated
Habitat for Humanity Waterloo Region held its house dedication ceremony this past Saturday to celebrate home ownership with its partner families The event acknowledged the...
Sea lamprey invading Great Lakes
The Great Lakes have a pesky invader: the sea lamprey The lamprey is an eel-like fish that is indigenous to the Atlantic Ocean The presence of the sea lamprey has proven to be...
Starbucks and Pizza Pizza moving
Although some businesses have appeared to begin moving out of the plaza at the corner of King Street and University Avenue across from Wilfrid Laurier University, a definite...
News in brief: Nov 4
Laurier students organize blood drive Four students in Wilfrid Laurier University’s masters of social work community intervention course have taken a group project and used it...
KW in brief: Nov. 4, 2009
CareShare expands in KW As part of the Grand River CarShare program, Wilfrid Laurier University has been home to a Mini Cooper for the past year, and now the university district...
Canada in brief: Nov. 4, 2009
Stem cell research funded The Ontario government has invested $10 million in support of a global stem cell research project to assist in developing treatments for major health...
McMaster TAs and RAs strike
On Nov 2, CUPE 3906 Unit 1 representing teaching assistants (TAs) and research assistants (RAs) at McMaster University went on strike “The big issues at the moment are getting...
Laurier students organize blood drive
By Idil Herzi Four students in Laurier’s masters of social work community intervention course have taken a group project to both encourage involvement from the Laurier...
Fact sheet: H1N1 Vaccine
MONTREAL (CUP) – Health Canada approved the H1N1 vaccine earlier this month, and is administration is slowly underway Because the shots are being administered by the provincial...
Construction accident on campus
Late Saturday afternoon outside the Fred Nichols Campus Centre (FNCC), skyjack lift operator Michael Plecidy received an unexpected interruption to his work when the retaining...