Tag: government
Province extends tuition freeze for Ontario residents
On Mar. 23, 2022, the government of Ontario announced that tuition fees for Ontario residents attending post-secondary institutions in the province will not rise...
OUSA advocating to end OSAP clawbacks by provincial government
In 2020, the Canadian government doubled its contribution to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) with the promise to continue to invest this amount...
This election, vote for what matters to you
Every time an election comes around, the old adage that “elections matter” gets trotted out along with the cliché that young people don’t vote....
Canadian mining companies are devastating Mexico’s biodiversity as environmentalists are killed
While on UW’s School of Environment, Enterprise, and Development trip to Mexico, we visited La Mancha lake in the state of Veracruz.
La Mancha is...
META Growth rolls up into Kitchener
One week apart, the Waterloo Region receives its second and Kitchener’s first legal cannabis store — META Growth corp. On Feb. 28, the store...
Weed is coming to you
On Nov. 6th, the Ontario government said they would amend provincialregulations to allow private online recreational cannabis sales, paving the way for Waterloo’s Verda.
Verda...
Most Ontario teachers ready to strike
Ontario high school teachers have joined their elementary counterparts in voting overhwlemingly in favour of a strike.
The Ontario Secondary School Teacher’s Federation voted 95.5...
Cut vs. complete: UW denies funding cuts
Matthew Grant, UW Media Relations Director, denied reports in the Toronto Star that the provincial government has cut its $25 million funding to the...
Lebanon: A leaderless revolution
Joseph Mouallem and Lara El Mekkawi are both UW researchers from Beirut.
Lebanon, a multicultural, multi-religious country in the Middle East, is undergoing an unprecedented...
Students hold vigil for Hong Kong protest victims
Students at UW held a vigil on Oct. 28 at SLC Great Hall for Hong Kong protestors who have died in riots against the...