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Fife: ‘Two-way commmunication’ with students is key
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Catherine Fife didn’t wait to be sworn in as Kitchener-Waterloo’s newest MPP before getting busy at Queen’s Park. The NDP representative, who was elected in last Thursday’s byelection, was getting ready to attend her first caucus meeting Tuesday morning. Fife, a former Waterloo Region School Board trustee and chair, as well as mother of two,…
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Davis settles for third; Liberals fall short of majority
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Ontario’s Liberal government came no closer to a majority after one loss and one win in the highly-anticipated byelections led only to gains for the NDP. While candidate Steven Del Duca managed to hold the Liberal riding in Vaughan, Liberal representative Eric Davis came up short in Kitchener-Waterloo. Unofficial results showed Davis in third with…
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Putting a face to homelessness
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Will Faulkner doesn’t appear noticeably different from your average 18-year-old. Shaggy brown hair, an oversized orange sweater and a fitted hat – first impressions tell nothing of Faulkner’s tumultuous past and ongoing struggle with homelessness. “On Christmas Eve, four years ago, my mother looked at me and said ‘I want ten bucks for crack, or…
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Students rally high tuition despite 30% grant
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Students nation-wide rose up in solidarity against rising tuition costs and barriers to educational access on Feb. 1 in accordance with the Canadian Federation of Students’ (CFS) National Day of Action. For many in Ontario, concerns surrounding lack of access to the Liberal tuition grant were the driving motivation behind engagement in protest. “My opinion,…
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Issues raised by G20 remain heated
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A plea bargain negotiated last week may represent the beginning of the end of ongoing legal struggles regarding charges against protesters as a result of their actions during the G20 summit of June 2010. Charges were dropped against 11 people, while six decided to plead guilty to lesser charges. On Nov. 28, G20 protesters Adam…
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