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New plan to make Library more accessible
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The Wilfrid Laurier University Library has been under construction since the beginning of May, with the entrance being the main renovation. The construction of the entrance, according to university librarian Gohar Ashoughian, is the first step of a project to make renovations to the building that will make it more usable and accessible for students…
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Student houses set for demolition
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Student housing is continuously fluctuating in Waterloo. In many cases, this involves houses being demolished in order for new apartments to be built. Homes from 72 to 80 Balsam Street, 265, 269, 273 and 275 Larch Street, 69 to 77 Hickory Street West and 260 to 272 Hemlock Street were fenced off to prepare for…
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Efforts made in student engagement
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In the June 12 provincial election, local NDP incumbent Catherine Fife was elected MPP for Kitchener-Waterloo with 37.4 per cent of the vote. Efforts were made by both universities, however, to engage students in the election. As in the past, Elections Ontario reached out to the students’ unions at both Wilfrid Laurier University and the…
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Twitter pays off with @HiddenCash519
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Keeping a constant eye on social media may start paying off for residents in Kitchener-Waterloo. On May 31, the Twitter account @HiddenCash519 appeared, tweeting that the cash scavenger hunt would be coming to K-W, Cambridge, Guelph and the surrounding area. Since then, the account has been tweeting out clues to the location of cash that…
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Fife re-elected in Kitchener-Waterloo
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Catherine Fife was re-elected as MPP of the Kitchener-Waterloo riding on June 12, bringing the community under NDP representation once again. “You always win when you have good people around you. I just want to say how proud I am of all of you,” she said in her speech, after arriving at the Legion where…
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Ontario election social media coverage
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We have reporters and photographers at the victory parties for the four major candidates running in the Kitchener-Waterloo riding.
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PCs push for post-secondary math and science expansion
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Changes may be in sight for post-secondary students if the Progressive Conservatives are elected on June 12. The PCs are proposing for extra emphasis to be placed on math, science, engineering and business programs in universities and colleges. They claim this push to expand post-secondary math and science education will help foster job creation and…
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Benny’s set to reopen at the end of June
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Benny’s Restaurant will soon be open for business again, bouncing back from a fire last summer that caused them to shut down for what was labelled an indefinite period of time. Though they were hoping to open June 15, owner Dino Damianakis said they are now aiming to have a soft opening at the end…
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Candidates debate for Kitchener-Waterloo riding
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Yesterday afternoon at the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex four of the provincial election candidates for the Kitchener-Waterloo riding gathered in front of a full room to discuss important issues province-wide and at the local scale. The forum, hosted by the Greater Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce, had NDP incumbent Catherine Fife, Green party candidate Stacey…
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate speaks at CIGI
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Muhammad Yunus really is a man who needs no introduction. On June 2, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate spoke at the Centre for International Governance Innovation to a packed auditorium. CIGI president Rohinton Medhora introduced Yunus, saying “it’s often said that here we have someone who needs no introduction, but this is really the case.”…
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