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Davis settles for third; Liberals fall short of majority
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Ontario’s Liberal government came no closer to a majority after one loss and one win in the highly-anticipated byelections led only to gains for the NDP. While candidate Steven Del Duca managed to hold the Liberal riding in Vaughan, Liberal representative Eric Davis came up short in Kitchener-Waterloo. Unofficial results showed Davis in third with…
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Tories see 22-year streak end
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For the first time in over two decades, Kitchener-Waterloo was something other than PC blue on election night. After a hard campaign and a gripping number of votes, Progressive Conservative Tracey Weiler lost the K-W byelection to NDP representative Catherine Fife Thursday night. Awaiting the results at the Waterloo Hotel, PC supporters watched the polls…
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Fourth-place finish encourages K-W greens
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“We’ve accomplished so much [in comparison] to what we’ve been able to accomplish in the past,” said Stacey Danckert, the Green Party of Ontario candidate in Thursday’s Kitchener-Waterloo byelection. While Danckert finished fourth out of the ten candidates, the party’s supporters were pleased with the result. “It’s just a matter of having the wind in…
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K-W byelection heats up
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Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Waterloo (UW) will be greeted with a provincial byelection on Sept. 6, a date that has been deemed not ideal for the student vote. “Well the timing is far from ideal for students because a lot of them won’t be back on campus yet, they’ll still be working…
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Fire claims family business
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Kamil Mytnik was in the middle of cashing out at a grocery store when he received a phone call he wished he never got. It was from an employee at his parents’ restaurant Ish and Chips in Uptown Waterloo. She told him there was a fire. “I just left everything as it was [at the…
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Your guide to the Fall Hawks
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Football The team will be on radar as they try to recover from a shocking and devastating early exit from the playoffs last season. With new addition quarterback Travis Eman and the largest recruiting class in recent history, the Hawks look forward to seeing if the young team can spark a surprising season. Players to…
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Student debt an increasing issue
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In a recent survey released by the Bank of Montreal, over half of the participating students revealed that they are expecting to graduate with roughly $20,000 in debt — a fate that is not uncommon for the typical Laurier student. Sabrina Brown, a fourth-year WLU student, expects to graduate — after finishing both her undergrad…
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Byelection candidates face open forum
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Four of the ten candidates for the Kitchener-Waterloo byelection — Eric Davis, Catherine Fife, Stacey Danckert and Tracey Weiler — were put in the hot seat Monday evening at the annual K-W open forum, hosted by the Waterloo Region Record. The forum, essentially a formal political debate, gives citizens the opportunity to ask the candidates…
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McGuinty visits Waterloo to talk about wage-freeze bill, byelection
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Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty joined a local family in Waterloo on Monday to announce what his party’s plan is with their controversial teacher’s wage-freeze bill that was introduced to Queen’s Park today. The bill, if passed, will not only impose a freeze on teachers’ pay, but would also temporarily ban strikes and lockouts. “If you…
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Fire in Uptown
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At about 3:15 Thursday afternoon, a blaze erupted at Ish and Chips restaurant and a vacant variety store near the corner of King and Dupont in Uptown Waterloo. According to Waterloo fire chief Lyle Quan, no one was injured during the blaze and they all escaped safely. “When crews arrived on scene, they saw visible…
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