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Connecting Technology, Entertainment and Design
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While “Disconnected” may have been the theme of the third-annual TEDxWaterloo, the day-long event held at Kitchener’s Centre in the Square achieved the opposite. The 12 diverse performers and speakers engaged and inspired the equally diverse live audience of approximately 1,400, along with 400 local high school students streaming the event from the Chrysalids Theatre.…
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For Allin, basketball runs in the blood
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Disappointing, upsetting, heart-wrenching. Just a few words that might come to everyone’s mind when you mention the Wilfrid Laurier University men’s basketball defeat in the first round of the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) playoffs to Guelph, but not Max Allin’s. The third-year guard may have missed that game due to food poisoning, but he’s not…
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Canada’s free trade with Japan a good sign
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Just recently, Canada and Japan announced that they will be holding free trade talks with each other. This is not the first time this government has discussed free trade. They also have received free trade with countries like Honduras, Colombia, Jordan, Panama, Peru and the European Free Trade Association. Currently they are in the process…
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Picking the right beer league for you
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With the school year finally coming to a close, many Golden Hawk students are finding themselves swapping their track pants for shorts, replacing their Starbucks with Icecaps, and trading in their beer for … well, colder beer. Yes, it is almost that time of year when exhausted students flock home for the long-anticipated and well-deserved…
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New website for Waterloo
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Maneuvering around the original city of Waterloo website used to be time consuming, frustrating and sometimes extremely unhelpful. However, the City of Waterloo is in the midst of updating the site to make it much more user-friendly. “We do have our current existing website,” said Gary Williams, director of communication and marketing for the City…
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Every Drop, Every Ripple
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In the spirit of World Water Day last week, organizations across the country are beginning to implement new strategies and have fine-tuned existing initiatives in an effort to preserve water. Canadian breweries in particular have spearheaded initiatives to reduce water consumption. The World Water Day theme this year was “water and food security”, to spread…
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OHS study biggest success yet
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Over 183,000 Ontarians have joined the Ontario Health Study (OHS), designed to help scientists understand the complex factors behind heart disease, cancer, diabetes and other common diseases. Such a large number of participants makes the OHS study the single largest study completed in Canadian history – and the number of participants just keeps getting bigger.…
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Dollars for care
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Premier Dalton McGuinty’s action plan for health care is now ensuring changes to hospital funding, as it will now take that of a patient-based funding model. The new patient-based funding model, which will be phased into hospitals over three years starting in 2012, will compensate health care organizations based on the number of patients and…
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Official opposition crowns new leader
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TORONTO (CUP) — Thomas Mulcair has been voted into the position of leader for the federal New Democratic Party. Members of the party voted over the course of a two-day convention in downtown Toronto, March 23–24. The winner emerged from an initial seven candidates that were cut down over the two days. Mulcair received 57.22…
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Sustainability up to the students
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Since their grand opening in Jan. 2012, Menchie’s has been exceptionally popular despite not having on-site recycling bins, particularly for their signature plastic spoon. Sustainable Waterloo Region’s executive director Mike Morrice suggested that it’s the customers who play one of the biggest roles in driving a business to becoming more sustainable. “To the extent that…
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