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Harper announces science initiatives from Waterloo
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Speaking before a capacity crowd at Waterloo’s Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced two major government-supported science initiatives. The Banting postdoctoral fellowship program is a $45 million, five-year commitment offering 70 grants to researchers in all fields of the sciences each year. The grants, which will provide successful applicants with $70,000…
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G20 protesting continues in UpTown
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On July 7, over 70 protesters marched up King Street in an effort to raise awareness regarding political prisoners. Carrying signs and banners with numerous slogans, the group made their way from the UpTown Square, circling around to the police station on Erb Street. With signs marked with everything from calls for an inquiry into…
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Harper announces science initiatives from Waterloo
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Speaking before a capacity crowd at Waterloo’s Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced two major government-supported science initiatives. The Banting postdoctoral fellowship program is a $45 million, five-year commitment offering 70 grants to researchers in all fields of the sciences each year. The grants, which will provide successful applicants with $70,000…
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Queen Elizabeth puts Waterloo on the map
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For a brief time this morning, the residents of Waterloo Region had royalty in their midst. One of only five stops on the nine-day Royal Tour, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip’s stopover in Waterloo brought the pair to Research In Motion (RIM), maker of the world-famous BlackBerry. The Queen was met by an impressive crowd…
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The Northdale debate continues
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For a number of years, the area bordered by King, Columbia, University and Lester streets, known as Northdale, has been a controversial talking point for area residents. However, a June 7 committee of the whole meeting, an evening devoted entirely to the neighbourhood, was expected to end the stalemate. While the evening’s agenda featured presentations…
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Transit improvements slated for Waterloo
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On June 28, the province announced that it would be contributing $300 million towards the foundation of rapid transit in the Region of Waterloo. This initiative will include light rail transit (LRT) in Kitchener and Waterloo as well as a bus rapid transit (BRT) system stretching to Cambridge. “It means first of all, it will…
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Oct 25 municipal election preview
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Mike Connoly With a resume that boasts eleven years of service as a regional councilor for the City of Waterloo, Mike Connoly is the most experienced of the candidates on a municipal level. As a candidate in Ward 6, Connoly acknowledges Northdale as a dominant issue and points to civic failure as a major factor…
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A new vision for Northdale
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Before a teeming boardroom on Monday evening, the Waterloo City Council voted unanimously in favour of using a prospective land-use study to assess their next step in the Northdale revisioning process. The long-awaited decision comes after months of town hall meetings and visioning sessions held by concerned area residents on how to best approach the…
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UW plans for expansion
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At the end of April, Waterloo city councillors approved preliminary plans for a project that will ambitiously expand the size of the University of Waterloo campus. The plans have outlined construction to continue at the research and technology park, located on the north end of campus, and at a plot of currently undeveloped land located…
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Possible changes to parking in student areas
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On May 17, a proposal was made to Waterloo city council to install parking meters along Bricker Avenue, Ezra Avenue and Clayfield Avenue. The reasoning for the motion was to increase turnover and reduce by-law infractions. Phil Hewitson, the city’s director of transportation, presented the idea for pay and display parking in the area immediately…
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