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Regional budget slashed
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It’s going to be a belt-tightening budget year for regional council. In order to minimize tax increases for regional citizens, staff and councillors are working to find at least $7.5 million in budget reductions for 2014. Last week, staff recommendations for items to reduce the budget were presented to council. They were able to find…
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Canada in brief
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Weather experts predict a long, cold winter According to weather experts, Canadians should brace themselves for wild winter weather in the coming months. Interchanging periods of intense storms and periods of calm are being predicted by Weather Network meteorologists. Fluctuations in temperature are also expected. The weather pattern that will bring the swings up and…
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Bill C-31 combats cyberbulling
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On Nov. 20, new legislation was announced with the purpose of combatting cyberbullying in light of Bullying Awareness Week. Bill C-31 was tabled on Wednesday by the federal government. The bill, if passed, would close an identified gap in the Criminal Code relating to cyberbullying by creating a new criminal offence prohibiting the non-consensual distribution…
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Summit pushes social change
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On Nov. 20, Wilfrid Laurier University hosted the university’s first Inspired Change Summit. The event was held for people who were passionate about creating a positive change in their communities, focusing in particular on social entrepreneurship. Social entrepreneurship is the process of pursuing innovative solutions to social problems. “The purpose of the event was to…
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Inspiration delivered through ‘Wise Words’
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“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” This quote from Nelson Mandela is one of many inspirational statements featured on postcards as part of a Kickstarter Campaign started by a current student and two alumni of Wilfrid Laurier University. The Kickstarter is “Wise Words- Inspiration…
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Motion supports housing strategy
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Regional council is set to take a renewed look at affordable housing across its cities — and across the country. Last week at the regional council meeting, Kitchener Mayor Carl Zehr put forth a proposal in support of a campaign by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities called Fixing Canada’s Housing Crunch. It will be voted…
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CAS contract talks moving on to mediation; 90 per cent of CAS vote in favour of strike
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A date has been set for Contract Academic Staff (CAS) representatives and Wilfrid Laurier University officials to return to contract negotiations. The parties will meet for mediation on Nov. 26, only two days before CAS is in a legal strike position and the university is in a legal lock-out position. “The university is glad to…
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WLUFA, Laurier to undergo mediation before strike deadline
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Contract Academic Staff will be in a legal strike position as of Nov. 28, as the Ontario Ministry of Labour has issued a No Board report that was requested by the Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Association. CAS instructors – which includes 376 part-time professors – voted 90.6 per cent in favour of a strike. The union can call…
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WLU reinstates ceremony
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Remembrance Day is a time to remember the actions and lives of the brave men and women who fought in the name of Canada. Wilfrid Laurier University’s History Student Association (HSA), in conjunction with the Students’ Union, held a ceremony in the Concourse to remember those individuals on Monday. The service started at 10:45 a.m.…
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Story of survival
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Edith Gelbard spent her entire childhood running from Nazis. Last Wednesday, Gelbard spoke to students and community members at the University of Waterloo and shared her remarkable Holocaust survival story. Gelbard’s visit was a part of Holocaust Education Week (HEW), which explored different national, generational and cultural narratives of the Holocaust and its aftermath. Hillel,…
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