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SBE gets $1.25 million boost from BMO
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Wilfrid Laurier University’s school of business and economics got a big boost last week with the announcement of $1.25 million in funding from the Bank of Montreal (BMO). The donation is the largest that BMO has given to Laurier, although it has made other contributions in the past. “Laurier has had a long relationship with…
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Local MPPs, OUSA respond to Ontario budget
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With the Ontario budget tabled and set to be scrutinized, its attempts to address student concerns will come under serious consideration by constituents and political opponents over the coming weeks. This year’s budget contains a number of measures directed toward youth and students, including a $295 million fund to continue the employment and the maintenance…
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K-W: a year in review
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Historic result in byelection For the first time in the history of this region, a NDP candidate took the reigns as Kitchener-Waterloo’s MPP, closing a 22-year-long stint from the Progressive Conservatives. Catherine Fife was elected into office with 18,000 votes in the Sept. 6 byelection after Elizabeth Witmer stepped down. PC candidate Tracey Weiler came…
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TEDx explores meaning of ‘home’
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The auditorium was buzzing with excited energy, a room full of people who were anxiously awaiting the start to a day dedicated to considering, sharing and discussing ideas. On Wednesday, March 27, TEDxWaterloo was hosted at the Centre in the Square Theatre in Kitchener. A variety of speakers, each with very different backgrounds, took to…
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Mayor discusses influences on city growth
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“I know people will find this kind of strange, but I knew I was going to win. Even though everybody else doubted me and thought I was crazy,” recalled Waterloo mayor Brenda Halloran. Halloran, now mayor for seven years, didn’t have any political experience when she entered the race for community leadership, but she did…
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Budget may limit student priorities
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If the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) could have it their way, positive change would be in store for the province’s post-secondary students. The advocacy group, which represents the interests of over 150,000 undergraduate students in Ontario, issued a series of policy recommendations to the provincial government last week in the hopes of influencing this…
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Looking back: major headlines of the last year
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Quebec student protests continue When the Quebec student protests escalated in the spring of 2012, many students from Quebec, as well as the Confederation of Students (CFS) in Ontario, urged their Ontario counterparts to protest their tuition costs. Quebec was contesting a broken promise of a tuition freeze and rise in costs, whereas most students…
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K-W in brief
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Cambridge crash leaves woman with life-threatening injuries A collision that took place at approximately 3 p.m. on Tuesday has resulted in a 62-year-old woman being airlifted to a Hamilton hospital. The woman was driving a Honda SUV on Kossuth Road, when a man driving a Cadillac sedan in the eastbound lane crossed into the westbound…
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Canada in brief
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Abandoned bear cubs rescued Three bear cubs were discovered in a snowbank on a roadside ouside of Fredericton. A blanket and basket was also discovered near the cubs, leading provincial officials to believe that they may have been dropped off there. A couple discovered the cubs, two male and one female, while driving to…
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King and University to get overhaul
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In recognition of the danger the high volume intersection has posed to pedestrians, the Region of Waterloo is now taking steps to implement safety measures at the King St. and University Ave. crosswalks.
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