Canadian history
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Honouring those affected by residential schools
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Reconciliation day is an annual event to commemorate residential school victims Sept. 30, 2025, is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, celebrated throughout Canada. Known also as Orange Shirt Day, Sept. 30 is a day to commemorate and reflect on the tragedy of residential schools, as well as the ongoing impacts of trauma inflicted…
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Is Canada as accepting as it seems to be?
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Growing up I was always taught that Canada was a loving and accepting place for every person no matter what they looked like or where they came from. Since hearing that, I was always proud to be a Canadian. I wa proud to see that the country I was born into was one of…
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A novel review of Indian Horse
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It’s been almost six years since Richard Wagamese wrote his novel Indian Horse, and yet it continues to catch the hearts and minds of many readers up to this day. Richard Wagamese is an Ojibway, Canadian writer born in Northwestern Ontario. With experience as an author and journalist, Wagamese’s pieces of work contain no shortage…
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Remembering a Canadian legend
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When I heard the news that Gord Downie had passed away, I felt feelings of contempt wash over me. Those feelings were mostly directed inside, I’ll admit, but let me explain. Growing up in southern Ontario I can confidently say that I had hundreds of opportunities to see The Tragically Hip; some of them even…
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Waterloo gives the community a walk to remember
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“It’s sort of fun to learn what was here in the past,” Janet Seally, manager of information services and local history at the Waterloo Public Library, said regarding the walking tour of Waterloo Park she led on August 12. Oftentimes, we seem to take our surroundings for granted and we don’t think about local history.…
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The man behind the name of Laurier
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Wilfrid Laurier: a career politician, boasting a 40-years-plus record as Member of Parliament and as leader of the Liberal party. As leader, his term started in 1887 and ended in 1919. However, within this period were the almost 15 years he led this noble country as the chief among civil servants. Few politicians in Canadian…
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King Street opens to traffic in Waterloo
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King Street, in uptown Waterloo, was opened up to two-way traffic last Wednesday night after almost a year of LRT construction caused the road to be closed from Union St. to Erb St. GrandLinq announced early in November that it was their intent to open the street and finish the main portion of LRT construction…
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