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U Sports: Women's field hockey bronze medal match - Waterloo vs. UPEI • Nov. 3, 2024, 1:44 AM ET (CBC)
'Violence is not good for any reason,' University of Waterloo stabber says in apology at sentencing • Oct. 26, 2024, 2:38 AM ET (CBC)
Crown details prison terms sought for University of Waterloo stabber if actions ruled hate, terror • Oct. 24, 2024, 11:43 PM ET (CBC)
University of Waterloo stabber's COVID-19 isolation may have worsened his mental state, sentencing court told • Oct. 24, 2024, 8:56 AM ET (CBC)
Defence speaks on University of Waterloo stabber's mental state • Oct. 23, 2024, 2:43 PM ET (CBC)

University of Waterloo, Public university in Waterloo, Ont., Can., founded in 1957. It has faculties of applied health sciences, arts, engineering, environmental studies, mathematics, and science, as well as schools of accounting, architecture, optometry, and urban and regional planning. Special facilities include museums of optometry and of games.

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