Strangulation law in Ontario targets domestic violence in Waterloo region
Photo by Tim Harrison In 2019, strangulation was added as a separate offense under the Criminal Code and there have been over 200 strangulation-related charges in Waterloo...
Sending children back to school in the fall may be more complicated than it looks
File photo With thousands of students across Ontario planning return to school in this fall, many parents are in the difficult position of deciding whether they will...
Ontario Divisional Court deems Ford’s Student Choice Initiative unlawful
On Nov 22 it was announced that the Student Choice Initiative was deemed “unlawful” by the Ontario Divisional Court and a violation of university autonomy The initiative,...
Legalization of marijuana brings forth boycott event
On July 1, 2018, marijuana will become legal in certain quantities across Canada Because of the conditions of the bill, the specific details regarding quantities,...
The problems with how marijuana will be sold in Ontario
During the 2015 election, I spoke to many people – the majority of whom did not understand politics all too well – that planned to vote for Justin Trudeau because of his...
Unsigned: Teaching financial literacy is a step in the right direction
After a successful petition, the Ontario government is now introducing a pilot project to teach financial literacy to grade 10 students This is undeniably something that will be...
Letter to the Editor: 10-hour rule
In the 1990’s the Ontario Government sought support from the Ontario Council on Graduate Studies for something called the 10-Hour Rule, which states that graduate students are...
Freezing tuitions with OUSA
The Students’ Union is educating Laurier students on OUSA’s campaign for a fully funded tuition freeze from the Ontario government