Students on Ezra Avenue continue to party on taxpayers’ dime
Police, paramedic and court costs keep spiralling upward, as a task force searches for ways tame the wild Waterloo parties.
Police, paramedic and court costs keep spiralling upward, as a task force searches for ways tame the wild Waterloo parties.
The Ezra Avenue St. Patrick’s Day booze fests are already the stuff of dubious legend. This year, police will have to deal with legal cannabis, too.
BY MELISSA HORTON On March 16 Conestoga Students Inc. hosted a St. Patrick’s Day Trivia at Conestoga College’s Cambridge campus. The facility, which opened in 2011, reach es a smaller demographic than the vastly larger Doon campus. With the focus of events usually taking place at the Doon campus for this reason, this event was a new experience for not only the students but Conestoga Students Inc. as well. “This … Continued
BY ANDREW BENNEY After the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations on Ezra Street in Waterloo came to a close, the event’s focus changed from excessive drinking to something a little more orderly. Over 25 volunteers took to the streets on the morning after the parties, doing their part for the community by cleaning up the solid layer of garbage on the street. On top of this, the volunteers were also forced … Continued