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Visiting historic Waterloo
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Doors Open Waterloo Region celebrated its 10th annual event on Sept. 18. It allowed the public access to old or interesting buildings which would not be open for viewing at other times of the year. This year, 41 sites across the region participated in activities up from last year’s 36 sites, which logged more than…
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Construction woes move businesses
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The initial plan to build a 25-storey condominium building at the corner of King Street and University Avenue across from Wilfrid Laurier University has seemingly come to a halt. On the land directly north of the local Starbucks and Pizza Pizza now sits a fenced-in hole filled with mud. Tanem Developments Ltd., the owners of…
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Fairies battle in Waterloo Park
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“It’s like walking into a different world,” remarked visitors entering the Royal Medieval Faire this past Saturday. Held in Waterloo Park, the Faire entered its 13th season this year. With hundreds of volunteers and actors, food and gift merchants and activities for kids, the Faire attracts a variety of members of the community, children and…
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Light Rail Transit
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After the Waterloo City Council approved plans for a Light Rail Transit (LRT) system in June of 2009 that would link many popular destinations in the Kitchener-Waterloo region, funding from both levels of government has finally been pledged. On June 28 of this year, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty announced that the government would be providing…
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KW in brief: Sept. 15, 2010
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Election nominations closed Nominations for mayor and councillors for the Waterloo region closed on Sept. 10. The following are the candidates for Ward 6 and 7. Ward 6 Anne R. Crowe Mike Connolly Jeff Henry Ed Korschewitz Ward 7 – Erin Epp Edwin Laryea Duncan McLean Peter Wollstencroft Melissa Durrell Noel V. Butler High schools…
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City representatives visit students
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To welcome students to the city and provide information about the community, the annual door-knocker program will have an array of city officials visiting student homes around the university from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sept. 15 and 16. The initiative is part of the It’s Your Waterloo campaign that was launched last year…
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The dark side of busking
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“I know it’s not most popular and most people, especially people in university, look down upon it,” said Toronto Batman. After a weekend of cheering crowds across Waterloo’s Uptown in part of the 22nd annual Busker Carnival, Batman revealed the challenges and benefits of working as a street performer. Batman, who chose not to disclose…
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Armstrong leads local fundraiser
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On Saturday, Aug. 28, cyclists participating in the third-annual Grand River Hospital Foundation (GRHF) Ride with Lance were motivated by hope. The fundraiser saw around 60 individuals ride 120 kilometres around Waterloo Region alongside Tour de France greats Lance Armstrong and George Hincapie in support of the Grand River Regional Cancer Centre. All participants in…
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Balsillie School of International Affairs an innovative campus
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The construction site for the Balsillie School of International Affairs at Erb St. and Caroline St. is bustling with contractors hard at work to provide the area of uptown Waterloo and the students of the school with a campus by the summer of 2011. The school is a partnership between the Centre for International Governance…
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KW in brief: September 2, 2010
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New Ward 7 candidate Melissa Durrell, a news reporter for CTV Southwestern Ontario is taking leave from her job to run as a candidate for Waterloo City Council in this October’s election. In a statement released last week, Durrell lists “respecting residents’ tax dollars, a vibrant uptown and keeping citizens connected to City Hall” as…
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