Tag: covid-19
A more detailed look into the made-in-Ontario Emissions Standards Program
The Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks recently announced the made-in-Ontario Emissions Performance Standards (EPS) Program – an Ontario-specific approach to regulate greenhouse gas...
“The Hockey Helps the Homeless Canada Life Cup”: The Virtual Fundraiser...
Local sports may be cancelled for the time being, but restrictions aren’t stopping Hockey Helps the Homeless (HHTH), a volunteer-driven charitable organization, from continuing...
What does moving into Orange Zone mean for Waterloo?
With the rapid increase of COVID-19 cases, the Ontario government has announced that Waterloo Region will face stricter COVID-19 restrictions beginning Nov. 16, 2020.
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Waterloo to launch interactive gathering space map in Spring 2021
Despite increasing regulations on social gatherings amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the City of Waterloo neighborhoods team is developing an interactive map of gathering spaces,...
UW student Ridhi Patel creates trivia game to combat COVID-19 misinformation
In March, 2020, UW, along with many other post-secondary institutions province-wide, declared it would be shutting down its campus until further notice. COVID-19, what...
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor,
I write in response to the new guidelines effective November 9th which make not following COVID-19 safety precautions a Policy 71 non-academic offense. ...
Advanced medical imaging testing in Canadian trials for COVID-19 detection
KA Imaging, a UW spin-off company, has developed Reveal 35C – a dual-energy X-ray detector that has the potential to be used for the...
Creative Ways UW Students Celebrated Halloween
While the pandemic might have raged on, it wasn’t enough to keep UW students from celebrating the spookiest season of the year. Students at...
Virtual Walk & Run for rare Promotes Conservation of Waterloo’s Land...
From Sept. 1 to Sept. 27, supporters from around Canada participated in Waterloo’s ‘Walk & Run for rare’. This event raised over $41,000 to...
Sixteen new cases of COVID-19 in KW
On Oct. 21, 2020 the Region of Waterloo Public Health department reported 16 new cases and 8 new hospitalizations for COVID-19 in the Waterloo...