HMV closure
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Muslim Chaplaincy provides Ramadan services to Laurier students
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As the term comes to an end, Muslim students on campus are observing the holy month of Ramadan, a yearly spiritual time for reflection and fasting. “Ramadan is a very special time period for Muslims,” said Selda Sezen, faculty and Muslim Chaplain at Wilfrid Laurier University. Ramadan follows the lunar calendar and this year it…
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Unsigned: HMV’s closing is the end of an era for the music industry
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Last Friday, HMV announced that they are closing their Canadian doors for good. As the last major chain music store in Canada, this represents the end of an era. A lot of people have had the rhetoric of “it’s about time,” or “it’s a long time coming.” These people are missing the humanity in the…
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Kitchener mourns victims of Quebec attack
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On Sunday Jan. 29 at 7:50 p.m. emergency responders received a frantic phone call from various individuals reporting an attack at the Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec. The attack involved several gun shots, killing six men and putting five others in critical condition. The shooting took place in a mosque, where people of Muslim faith…
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