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Each designation carries a height limit. with high density allowing up to 25 storeys. medi- um-high density allowing up to 12 storeys. medium density allowing up to six storeys and low density allowing up to four storeys. The previous policy con- tained only two designations - high and residential. Neither had a height limit. City planner Dan Currie said Some say it's too much. Oth- ers say it's not enough. Whatever the case, building sizes in Waterloo could change dramatically in the next few years in accordance with the city's new Height and Density policy. - Waterloo city council approved amendments to the Official Plan Monday night that allow for future high, medium- high, medium and low density development in certain areas of the city. density plan passed WATERLO - RONICLE Height 'T find the proposed changes unacceptable - there is too much density, it will destabilize uptown residential areas, and there is no compelling reason for the changes. " BYANDREABApg concerned resident Chmniclejlal Condnuedonms WATERLOO PUBUC LIBRARY - Sor WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2003 . WATERLOO, ONTARIO Local election race too close to call " loo close to call. Despite polls suggesting a [her al landslide around the province in tomorrow's provincial election. the local races are a little harder to call, said Wilfrid Laurier University polit- ical science professor Barry Kay who has made a career of project ing federal and provincial elections since 1980. And his track record has been nothing short of amazing. He has been within four seats of calling every federal election correctly in that time, and an even more remarkable two seats of calling every provincial election. And while he's projecting a Lib- eral sweep of the province with 74 seats going to the Liberals com- pared to 20 seats for the Tories and nine for the NDP. based on the lat- est polls from reputable polling Wilfrid Laurier University celebrated its annual Homecoming last weekend with festivities centred around Saturday afternoon's football game against the Western Mustangs. More than 5,000 fans came out to sum port the Hawks and catch up with old friends, including the gang known as the Mullet Men, pictured above. In addition to sporting the famous 1980s hair do, the group made up of Mike O'Donnell, Daniel Palma. Aaron Huskins, Chris Hurst. Dan Marley, and Justin Skinner (not pictured) made it abudantly clear who they were cheering for with G'HAWKS emblazoned on their chests. Boa VII-ANAL “may Serving your community since 1856 "The poll produced results that suggested that Kitchener-Centre would be won by the liberals by 20 per cent. Kitchener-Waterloo by 18, Waterloo-Wellington by 18 and in Guelph by a comparable amount is suspect," said Kay. "Anything that produced results that showed Kitchener-Centre, Kitchener- Waterloo and Waterloo-Wellington were virtually all the same in the support of the two leading parties should have caused somebody to suspect a problem in that particular “It so happens that I think that Kitchener-Waterloo is a horse race because there's a high-profile can- didateimolvedanditisgoingtobe close." firms like EKOS and lPSOS-Reid, he said the local races, particularly in Waterloo, are too close to call despite what some local polling numbers might suggest. And that high profile candidate, Go Hawks Gol Deputy Premier Elizabeth Wilmer. said she still had her running shoes on going into the final week. She continued to canvass neighbour- hoods within her riding three times a day, knocking on doors and gang; ing people's reaction to her party's platform. . “I just find it gives people an opportunity to ask me questions and give me advice. and when I've been elected I feel that I'm better able to represent them knowing what's on their mind." said Wilmer. the province's current education minister. The issues most dominating those doorsteps discussions have been health and leadership, but she's also been surprised by some that haven't been mentioned, "Education hasn't come up as much an I though it man because there's a big group of people out there who don't have children in $1 INCLUDING GST omttrtuedonpqres 'ra,'fg,'."" '13,495 TM all Saturn ION Arts Calendar 23 Viewpoint You Said It Hawks suffer first defeat at annual homecoming game. The "Proof " of life at Theatre and Company. ”tum 663mg N ”45811 WHAT'S INSIDE Building Box'. Westhill Meadows' ivitH'rr Page14