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How will the April Fools’ computer worm affect you?

Mar 31st, 2009 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: Announcements, Community
   (CNN) -- Remember the dire predictions surrounding the "millennium bug?" The doom-and-gloom scenarios bandied about by security analysts on how computers could act when their clocks turned to January 1, 2000? Computer users will not know that Conficker.c has infected their machine. Well, researchers are hoping that a potential April Fools' ... Full Story

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One more month for ” Tony Roberts”

Mar 31st, 2009 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: Announcements, Community, Local Folks
Aprils.. Person of the Month "Tony Roberts"           There are so many people of Cambridge who deserve Person of The Month . By Joe Lethbridge    We are a diverse community with so many giving people . I think Tony Roberts is one of these. Tony has been doing amazing work with his Turkey and ... Full Story

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Ohio man seeks trial over getting DUI on motorized barstool

Mar 31st, 2009 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: Community, Humour and Satire
CNN) -- An Ohio man says he is seeking a jury trial on a charge of driving under the influence that was slapped on him after he crashed the vehicle he was piloting -- a barstool. The barstool was welded to a small metal frame attached to a five-horsepower lawnmower engine. "It ... Full Story

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Reminder: History on the Grand, Industry and the Environment

Mar 31st, 2009 | By Karen Dearlove | Category: Announcements, City Issues, Community, Environment & Health
Just a reminder that the deadline is approaching for submitting paper proposals for History on the Grand: Industry and the Environment. The one-day symposium takes place Saturday October 17, 2009, at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture in Cambridge. The overarching aim of this symposium is to provide ... Full Story

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Locals share most memorable April Fools’ Day gags

Mar 31st, 2009 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: Community, Humour and Satire
Warning: Don't try these on YOUR grandmother! April Fools tricks.Mary Francis illustration By Jeanné McCartin features@seacoastonline.com March 29, 2009 6:00 AM Forget the Ides of March. Best beware April the First — April Fools' Day. That it's a day of tomfoolery for some should make it one of caution for ... Full Story

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Are region’s residents paying too much for political leadership?

Mar 31st, 2009 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: City Issues, Politics
Four leaders, $545,000 March 31, 2009 Jeff Outhit RECORD STAFF WATERLOO REGION Our four top local politicians earn big salaries to lead small governments, financial records reveal. Last year, three city mayors and the regional chair earned salaries estimated at $545,000. Are taxpayers getting good value for money by employing four heads of council at high salaries? "No," said ... Full Story

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City switches gears on paid on-street parking

Mar 31st, 2009 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: Announcements, City Issues
March 31, 2009 Kevin Swayze RECORD STAFF CAMBRIDGE Paid, on-street parking will return to the city's core areas in 2011. Maybe. The key recommendation of a 20-year, citywide parking strategy was revived last night, after it was originally scrapped in a 5-1 vote last week. Today, there's two-hour free parking on streets in the Galt, Hespeler and ... Full Story

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City names Jim King new chief administrator

Mar 31st, 2009 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: Announcements, City Issues
March 31, 2009 Record staff Cambridge Jim King is the city's new chief administrative officer. Council appointed King, a 33-year city employee and previously community services commissioner, to the post last night. Councillors Ben Tucci and Linda Whetham voted against the appointment, because the position wasn't advertised. Mayor Doug Craig said Cambridge needs ... Full Story

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California plant recalls 1 million pounds of pistachio products

Mar 30th, 2009 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: Announcements, Community, Environment & Health
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A California food processing plant is voluntarily recalling up to 1 million pounds of roasted pistachio products that may have been contaminated with salmonella, the Food and Drug Administration announced Monday. Salmonella strains were found last week during routine test by ... Full Story

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Ontario backpedals on minimum wage

Mar 30th, 2009 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: Announcements, Community, Politics
KAREN HOWLETT Globe and Mail Update  March 30, 2009 at 11:27 AM EDT TORONTO — Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty says the increase in the province's minimum wage will go ahead next year after all. “This calls for some clarification. I take responsibility for muddying the waters,” Mr. McGuinty said in Question Period today. “We ... Full Story

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