Christopher Robin
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C3 Innovation Lab’s Waterloo Night Market is hungry for student connectivity
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On Nov. 27 starting at 8 p.m., SE300 social entrepreneurship students from Wilfrid Laurier’s C3 Innovation Labs will be hosting their first ever “Night Market” for people to come together and enjoy a healthy social atmosphere with a number of other local businesses. According to their HAWKstarter page, the goal of the Night Market is…
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Inclusive DEO event endeavours to be a safe space on campus
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On Wednesday, Oct. 24, between 7:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., the Rainbow Centre, the Centre for Women and Trans People and Laurier Students’ Public Interest Research Group (LSPIRG) hosted their “Love Letters to Inclusive Feminism” event at Wilfrid Laurier. Located within the Macdonald House on the Laurier Waterloo campus, it offered a chance for individuals…
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Movember at Laurier: What to know before growing your mo’ for men’s health
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For the entire month of November, the annual event of “Movember” asks its community members to come together to discuss and increase awareness for men’s prostate and testicular cancer, as well as men’s mental health issues — and especially suicide. Both The Movember Foundation of Canada and clubs at Wilfrid Laurier University, like the Lazaridis…
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show continues its legacy after 43 years
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If you ever see a collection of eccentrically dressed individuals sauntering towards your local cinema this Halloween season with a seemingly random assortment of items — rubber gloves, rice, toast, a newspaper, squirt guns, playing cards — and sometimes even hot dogs, then they might just be going to see The Rocky Horror Picture Show.…
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The results of Waterloo Region’s municipal election
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Late Monday, Oct. 22, the unofficial winners of the 2018 municipal election were announced, putting Dave Jaworsky once more in the position of mayor of Waterloo and Tenille Bonoguore as the councillor for ward seven. Jaworsky won in a landslide victory at 17,307 votes, obtaining over three times the votes of the next candidate, Kelly…
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Conestoga’s Waterloo campus has finally opened to the public
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After 58 million dollars and just 18 months of construction, President John W. Tibbits of Conestoga College looks upon the recently finished addition to its campus, named in his honour, admiring 150,000 square feet of pristine Waterloo architecture. In a ceremony held at the new campus on Oct. 18, the college came together in supporting…
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A passion for the post-apocalyptic
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There is a simplicity, poignancy and versatility to the post-apocalyptic genre of entertainment that so often dives into the deepest, most primal parts of our brains, asking us “how would you survive if the world fell apart? Could you? Would you want to?” If you’ve ever watched shows like The Walking Dead, The 100 and…
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Laurier “three-peats” with a No. 1 ranking in student satisfaction for three consecutive years
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For the third consecutive year, Wilfrid Laurier University has ranked No. one in the “student satisfaction” section of Maclean’s annual rankings of Canadian Universities survey. More than 23,000 students were surveyed, across 15 universities, to get their insight on a number of topics to determine in what areas schools have been the most successful at…
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Coca-Cola could be adding a new flavour to its list of drinks
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If there was ever a time to start seriously considering consuming cannabis-based commodities — the time would definitely be now. When cannabis becomes officially legalized in Canada on Oct. 17 of this year, companies like Coca-Cola will be demonstrating their dedication to a burgeoning marijuana market through an increase in innovative products. That’s right Canada…
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Bike lanes installed to include cyclist, but doesn’t include safety
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On Sept. 29, the City of Waterloo hosted a celebration between 6:45 p.m. and 8 p.m., honouring the official opening of the Uptown Waterloo bike lanes running along King street, an undertaking that has been part of the larger “Uptown Streetscape Improvement” joint-project between the City and Region of Waterloo. This event was promoted and…
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