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We Day hits Waterloo region
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“You are the generation I’ve been waiting for,” cheered actress and filanthropist Mia Farrow to a crowd of over 6,000 youth that filled the Kitchener Auditorium last Wednesday, Nov. 17, for K-W’s second annual We Day. We Day is the largest youth empowerment event of its kind. Led by Craig and Marc Kielburger and their…
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Tuition grant ready for January
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It sounds too good to be true. A 30 per cent tuition grant, which roughly translates to $1,600 off any dependent student’s tuition, whose parents make under $160,000, is to be set in motion this January 2012. But it is true. The Ontario Liberal party, led by premier Dalton McGuinty, who promised this post secondary…
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Occupy movement nears its end
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Occupy protests, which began in Canada on Oct. 15 seem to be nearing the end of their days. Protestors in Ottawa, Toronto and Edmonton, among other Canadian cities, have been given their eviction notices, and some have already been forced to leave. As of early Tuesday morning, tents were dismantled along with the Occupy Movements…
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Idolization of Paterno does not excuse his alleged role in child abuse case
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In the past month, media outlets have been buzzing with the news of Jerry Sandusky’s Nov. 5 arrest, following a grand jury report outlining 40 criminal charges which include involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated indecent assault, corruption of minors and endangering the welfare of a child. Sandusky, who founded a charity to help troubled youth…
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Policy toward Iran should be ‘better safe than sorry’
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Imagine living in a region where the extremist president of one country would like to see your country wiped off the map. Now imagine that the hostile country has developed nuclear weapons and missiles with which they can destroy your home. This is a situation that Israel may face if the International Atomic Energy Agency…
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Keystone pipeline good for the American economy
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The Keystone pipeline would run from Hardisty, Alberta to Steele City in Kansas and from there it would be redirected to the Gulf of Mexico through Cushing, Oklahoma. The project has been delayed by the Obama administration because of the environmental concerns of running the pipeline through the Sand Hills. However, now that it has…
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Oscar drama continues
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After last year’s Academy Awards ceremonies were widely considered to be the worst in years, the Academy was left in a dark place. As co-host Anne Hathaway’s bubbly enthusiasm failed to counterbalance the dead weight that was her hosting counterpart, the leaden James Franco, who was infamously rumoured to be high during the ceremonies, it…
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The Darcys play abbreviated Maxwell’s set
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One of Toronto’s latest up and coming rock bands, The Darcys, played a show alongside Amos the Transparent on the stage of Maxwell’s Music House this past Thursday evening. The venue provided an intimate setting for the young musicians, placing them in close range to a rather modest and scattered audience. With a hauntingly mellow…
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Faculty of Music presents: Such Sweet Sorrow
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The Wilfrid Laurier University faculty of music’s latest production, Such Sweet Sorrow: an Evening of Modern Opera Excerpts, successfully accomplished the task of appealing to Wilfrid Laurier students and alumni alike. Such Sweet Sorrow is a poignant production dealing with themes of religion and the consequences that result in a lack of faith. The production,…
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Proposed LRT routes adjusted
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A vote this past June 15 concluded an eight-year discussion on future transit options in Waterloo Region with the decision of regional council to implement Light Rail Transit (LRT). However, though LRT support was considered overwhelmingly positive by most of the city, complications still arose and adjustments have still been made. “The biggest change to…
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