Laurier hosts provincial pop-up rapid antigen test distribution
Wilfrid Laurier University and many other universities across Ontario have been hosting pop-up rapid antigen test distributions on campus With limited PCR testing...
Is Québec’s unvaccinated fine a mistake?
The government of Quebec has announced that it will place a financial penalty, in the form of a fine, on residents who refuse the COVID-19 vaccineJustification was found by...
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...
Astroworld: a preventable horror
Far too often at music festivals, thrill turns into disaster This was the case at rapper Travis Scott’s Astroworld festival on Nov 5, where a massive crowd surge left...
Noam Chomsky makes comments about people who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19
Contributed image World-renowned linguist and political commentator Noam Chomsky received significant media attention following his comments about people who refuse the...
COVID-19 update Waterloo Region and the politicization of vaccines and vaccine mandates
Photo by Darien Funk As of Monday Nov 1, there were 49 new cases of COVID-19 logged by health officials since Friday in Waterloo region, bringing the active number of cases to...
Eight new COVID-19 cases reported on Tuesday, October 26
Photo by Darien Funk Health officials logged eight cases in Waterloo region on Tuesday, Oct 26th, bringing the total number of active cases to 100 in the region There are...
‘After the Pandemic’ conference series, run by Laurier’s International Centre for Economic Analysis, starts Friday
Photo by Darien Funk Laurier’s International Centre for Economic Analysis (ICEA) is hosting a series of conferences on the topic of life after the COVID-19 pandemic The...
Total of 107 active COVID-19 cases and 302 total number of recorded COVID-19 related deaths as of Tuesday, Oct. 19
Photo by Darien Funk As of Tuesday, Oct 19, eight new COVID-19 cases were logged by health officials in Waterloo Region, bringing the total number of active cases to 107 Two...
11 new COVID-19 cases reported in Waterloo Region as of October 4
Photo by Darien Funk As of Monday, Oct 4, 11 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Waterloo Region In addition, the number of active cases decreased by four to 176 There are...