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Correction: Lost in transition
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On Oct. 13, 2011 The Cord reported in the article “Lost in transition” that Dinning Hall employees were unionized under Aramark when in fact they are unionized under Wilfrid Laurier University. The Cord apologizes for this error.
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Correction: Laurier’s new chancellor
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In the Oct. 5 article “Laurier’s new chancellor”, it stated that the Wilfrid Laurier University’s current chancellor is Michael A. Pollack when in fact the chancellor’s name is John A. Pollock. The Cord apologizes for this error.
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Correction: Giving back, one photo at a time
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In the Sept. 21 article “Giving back, one photo at a time” a quote by Matt Symes incorrectly read as though working for the organization Self-Help Alliance was difficult, when rather he meant that in previous years, attempting to reach out to organizations was difficult. His experience working with Self-Help has been a turnaround from…
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Correction: Horwath speaks at local nomination meeting
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In the Aug. 11 article “Horwath speaks at local nomination meeting” the event was stated as occurring at the Kitchener Rec. Complex when in fact, it occurred at the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex. There was also an extra word, “one”, in the last quote that has been removed. The Cord apologizes for this error.
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Correction: Artists return to Hillside
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In the July 27 article “Artists return to Hillside” the surname of Michael Wrycraft, MC of the festival mainstage, was misspelled as “Rycraft” with the quotes attributed to him. The misspelling of his surname has been corrected to Wrycraft in the online article. The Cord apologizes for this error.
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Correction: Equinox Summit day 4
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In the June 10 article “Equinox Summit day 4” it was stated that Robin Batterham was the president of the independent Australian technology company ATSE. This was not properly clarified, as Mr. Batterham, AO FREng FAA FTSE, is the president of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) – one of Australia’s four…
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Election aftermath and the defeat of Ignatieff and Duceppe
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The May 2 federal election gave Canadians an important opportunity to decide the future representation of their country. With a Conservative majority government officially in our future, The Cord asked political science associate professor Barry Kay to provide some perspective on what exactly went wrong for Michael Ignatieff and Gilles Duceppe on Monday night and…
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Youth thanked amid ‘orange crush’ success
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OTTAWA (CUP) — Canadians witnessed a series of astounding changes in their federal political landscape on May 2 as Stephen Harper’s Conservatives achieved their majority government and the New Democratic Party achieved official Opposition status for the first time in history. The so-called “orange crush” of NDP support swept through Quebec and even parts of…
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Cord Videography election wrap-up
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‘Surprise, we’re voting.’
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Students across Canada got involved for this upcoming election and spoke out against the accusation that the youth vote doesn’t count because young people don’t vote. Based on the decline in youth ballot numbers from last election, politicians assumed that the student vote was a wasted one, since students were considered unlikely to even go…
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