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Fracas given opportunity at Tiger-Cats camp
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James Fracas has spent the last the week in Hamilton, participating in the Tiger-Cats training camp. The quarterback on Wilfrid Laurier University’s football team was invited to work with the coaching staff to develop his skills surrounded by other talented players. The camp is part of the Canadian Football League’s initiative to assist in the…
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Laurier drops in OUAC rankings
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Wilfrid Laurier University is seeing a fall in students selecting the school as their first choice on their Ontario Universities’ Application Centre application. According to new data released by OUAC on June 12, out of the 20,511 secondary school applicants who applied to Laurier this year, only 3,390 selected it as their first choice. Of…
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Ontario elections: student issues at a glance
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Your Kitchener-Waterloo riding candidates: Jamie Burton – Liberal Stacey Danckert – Green party Catherine Fife – NDP Tracey Weiler – Progressive Conservative Platform points Post-secondary Education NDP plans to: Freeze post-secondary tuition at their 2014 levels Make provincial student loans interest-free Liberals plan to: Continue the 30% off tuition grant Provide funding to build new…
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Candidates debate for Kitchener-Waterloo riding
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Yesterday afternoon at the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex four of the provincial election candidates for the Kitchener-Waterloo riding gathered in front of a full room to discuss important issues province-wide and at the local scale. The forum, hosted by the Greater Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce, had NDP incumbent Catherine Fife, Green party candidate Stacey…
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate speaks at CIGI
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Muhammad Yunus really is a man who needs no introduction. On June 2, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate spoke at the Centre for International Governance Innovation to a packed auditorium. CIGI president Rohinton Medhora introduced Yunus, saying “it’s often said that here we have someone who needs no introduction, but this is really the case.”…
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Bringing Egypt to downtown Kitchener
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On May 15, THEMUSEUM in downtown Kitchener welcomed the Unwrapping Egypt exhibit, which hosts approximately 400 replications of ancient artifacts beginning with early Egyptian culture and expanding into Cleopatra VII’s endeavour to generate a coalition with the Roman Empire. Busts of Marcus Antonius and Julius Caesar are intriguing features of the eventual Roman association. However,…
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Students work towards a more accessible Ontario
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The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act aims to make Ontario the most accessible province by 2025. Inspired by this, the Council of Ontario Universities held its annual Innovative Designs for Accessibility student competition on May 13. Max Blouw, COU chair and Wilfrid Laurier University president, explained the premise of the competition. “It is a…
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Analyzing the Toronto Maple Leafs
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The Maple Leafs had a season full of ups and downs, and as they watch the playoffs wrap up from a golf course somewhere in Florida, it might be worth taking a look at how exactly they faired this past season. Forwards – B+ The obvious – Phil Kessel is one of the league’s best…
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Updated: Marshall Street fire causes massive damages
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On Sunday morning a fire caused massive damages to a home on Marshall St. Neighbours believe students live in the residence, however no one was home at the time of the fire. The blaze started in a vehicle parked just outside the home, then spread to the car port and attic. By the time Waterloo…
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Rob Ford’s cracked odyssey
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For almost a year now, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has been the centre of media frenzy after a report claimed he had been caught smoking crack cocaine on camera. Since then, he has dug himself into a deeper hole by running around in a drunken stupor, making highly inappropriate comments about his personal activities with…
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