minimum wage
-
Ontario set to increase minimum wage
/
Earlier this month, the Ontario government announced that it will increase the minimum wage from 14.35$ per hour to 15$ per hour on Jan. 1, 2022. This increase will also affect those in the service industry, who are currently compensated at 12.55$ per hour, as it will increase their wage to the same 15$ an…
-
Effects from the minimum wage increase are slowly materializing
/
With the provincial election quickly approaching, current Premier of Ontario, Kathleen Wynne, has made a series of desperate attempts to win over voters – lowering hydro costs, OHIP+, improving the Ontario Student Assistance Program and majorly increasing the minimum wage. In theory, a high minimum wage that allows workers to provide for themselves and their…
-
Waterloo Region increases new minimum wage for 2018
/
The Living Wage Waterloo Region released their most recent report on the hourly wage for 2018 last week. The new living wage for the Waterloo Region sits at 16 dollars and 10 cents per hour for 2018. The living wage is the hourly wage an employee needs to earn to cover their family’s basic expenses…
-
The ups and downs of increasing minimum wage
/
I got my first job when I was 15-years-old. It was at the Tim Hortons in the small town I grew up in, Virgil, Niagara-on-the-lake. I worked mornings, cleaning, and serving some of the most interesting – and hungover – characters I have ever met. Once, when I was walking up to my workplace, having…
-
Complaining over exam season gets you nowhere
/
That time of year is quickly approaching. No, not the part when summer starts and everything is well in the life of a student — it’s rather the part that every student in history is guilty of whining about: when people bring all of their belongings to the library to campout and also the time…
-
The scariest transition is the step after Laurier
/
Four years ago, I couldn’t picture the end of my university career. It seemed so far away and I figured these four years would be about the longest of my life. Looking back on it, I couldn’t have been more wrong. Moving a couple hours away from home seemed like it was going to be…
-
The best courses are the ones that apply beyond the classroom
/
Regardless of your major, everyone has encountered a course that you need in order to graduate. Most students are required to take courses that are irrelevant to their major and often a course that they don’t have any interest in. So why aren’t universities implementing required courses that can apply to everyone — ones that…
-
V-Day on a budget – Optimizing the romance without breaking the bank
/
The Cafe Bookworm Date For couples who share a mutual interest of books and reading, why not head out for a bookstore crawl and some intimate conversation at a café. For those who like to read, spending a couple hours wandering around a bookstore can actually be pretty fun. Not only do you get to…
-
Politicians that stood effortlessly at the intersection of fashion and politics
/
Social Media Coordinator Brittany Ditizio weighs in on politicians past and the impacts of their fashion choices Behind the intelligence and leadership qualities of influential politicians is a closet, open to populations on a global scale. It is often these leaders that become noted in history as being ones able to balance both a country and its challenges, along…
-
Succulents: Are these the new pet rocks?
/
You’ve seen them at grocery stores and garden centres and chances are, you now have one on your bedside table. The Tamagotchi of your youth has now turned into a leafy, cacti-looking plant, a succulent to be exact. Succulents are plants with thick stems and leaves that help them retain water, quite similar to plants…
Featured stories
The Tie That Binds WLU Since 1926
Serving the Waterloo campus, The Cord seeks to provide students with relevant, up to date stories. We’re always interested in having more volunteer writers, photographers and graphic designers.