Tag: St.Patricks Day
Students Party on St. Patrick’s Day, Police Baffled: “but we put...
Since St. Patrick’s Day, COVID cases have begun to rise in Waterloo Region. Police officers across the city are dumbfounded by the surge in...
St. Patrick’s Day 2022
For this year’s St. Patrick’s Day, in anticipation of large street parties, police fenced off Ezra Avenue, hoping to prevent the disruptive event from...
A Quiet St. Patrick’s Day
Thousands of students typically gather on Ezra Avenue for an unsanctioned street party on St. Patrick's Day. However, the COVID-19 pandemic kept things very...
Ezra Ave. empty on St. Patrick’s Day following COVID-19 outbreak
Last year, Ezra street’s St. Patrick's Day party hosted over 33,000 people on Mar. 17 — this year, Waterloo Regional Police Officers were the...
What do University of Waterloo students think about Ezra Avenue street...
When Mar. 17, 2020 rolls around, students from around KW and throughout Ontario will be attending this year’s St. Patrick’s Day event on Ezra...
Campus Question: Do you think there is a problem with large...
“Yes it is a problem. I don’t really know how it should be dealt with, but it shouldn’t be too bad this year because...
A Brief history of St. Patrick’s day (Part 1)
Every year, thousands of people from across Ontario flock to Waterloo to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. In 2019, the figure was 33,000, the largest...
Sanction Ezra Street parties or stop complaining
This city hates its golden goose. Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge is home to Canada’s eleventh-highest median income, in no small part because of its universities.
But every year...
The end of an E(z)ra?
Twice a year, thousands of students from Waterloo and beyond gather on Ezra Ave. to celebrate Homecoming and St. Patrick’s Day.
Many students view this...