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Byron Williston: Green Party candidate, Kitchener Centre For most university professors, the month of April is dominated by grading term papers and proctoring final exams. But this year, Wilfrid Laurier University philosophy prof Byron Williston has found himself doing something a little different. As the Green Party candidate for Kitchener Centre, Williston’s month has been…

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On April 19, the seven Member of Parliament (MP) candidates for the Kitchener-Waterloo riding in the upcoming federal election gathered at RIM Park to debate. Present were Peter Braid of the Conservative party, the riding’s incumbent MP, Andrew Telegdi of the Liberals, Bill Brown of the NDP, Green candidate Cathy McLellan, independent Richard Walsh-Bowers, Pirate…

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On Apr. 20, the University of Waterloo (UW) joined a list of Canadian universities that have been mobilizing student election participation through “vote mobs.” The mass demonstrations were inspired by a call to action from Canadian celebrity and political commentator Rick Mercer. The first vote mob was seen on Apr. 4 at the University of…

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Illegally placed campaign signs removed by city According to the Waterloo Chronicle, the Region of Waterloo had to contact local Member of Parliament (MP) candidates regarding the illegal placement of campaign signs last week. Director of protective services Jim Barry did not mention the party campaign represented by these illegally placed signs, but reiterated that…

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A large crowd gathered in Wilfrid Laurier University’s Concourse on Sunday afternoon to hear Liberal Party candidate for Toronto Centre, Bob Rae, speak about mobilizing Canada’s youth. “It’s so important for this generation of Canadians to take hold of the wheel, to say ‘we have issues that we want to raise, we have things we…

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The room was packed with several hundred voters, but it was the stage that appeared even more crowded as seven candidates took part in Thursday night’s Kitchener Centre debate, hosted by the Waterloo Region Record. There were the Conservative, Liberal, NDP and Green parties, represented by Stephen Woodworth, Karen Redman, Peter Thurley and Laurier philosophy…

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WATERLOO, Ont. (CUP) — Stemming from political commentator Rick Mercer’s call to action, 18 “vote mobs” of students encouraging youth to participate in next month’s federal election have sprung up across the country. Spreading from an original vote mob at the University of Guelph, which took place on March 31, videos of students nation-wide have…

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OTTAWA (CUP) — Post-secondary announcements from the New Democratic Party of Canada will be tracked here throughout the campaign. Lowering tuition fees In their platform, released April 10, the NDP pledged to lower tuition fees through a dedicated $800-million transfer to the provinces, as laid out in their previously proposed post-secondary education act. Financial assistance…

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Injured/Sick Person Location: John Aird Centre Reported: April 4, 2011 @ 3:10 p.m. SCS officers and EMS personnel attended to the a/m location in response to a call for medical assistance. A 19-year-old female student was complaining of not feeling well after having taken an excessive amount of medication to relieve a headache. She was…

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On Friday Apr. 8, Kitchener hosted Prime Minister Stephen Harper and local Conservative Members of Parliament (MPs) at Bingemans Convention Centre, for a rally with community supporters. “We all know the country didn’t want this election,” Harper began, “… but we’re going out to fight this election, and we’re going to win this election.” The…

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