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The front entrance of a grey building taken at night in the snow. There is a row of front doors with an oval window above. Kitchener Centre by-election: candidates’ ideas and approaches to the redevelopment of the former Charles Street bus station In the middle of downtown Kitchener, in between City Hall and Victoria Park, is one of the last pieces of available prime real estate in downtown Kitchener. The former Charles St. bus terminal at Gaukel St and Charles St, which sits on 2.94 acres, has sat empty and for the most part unused, since 2019. … Continue reading Kitchener Centre by-election: candidates’ ideas and approaches to the redevelopment of the former Charles Street bus station →
Large 3-feet tall letters spell out the word 'Kitchener' inside Kitchener city hall. Kitchener Centre by-election: candidates explain how progress can be made as a minority party at Queen’s Park. The Kitchener centre by-election is this week, November 30, and while the outcome is still far from clear, there is little faith that the elected representative will have any impact in the house. The four main candidates are Rob Elliott of the Progressive Conservatives, Debbie Chapman of the NDP, Kelly Steiss of the Ontario Liberal … Continue reading Kitchener Centre by-election: candidates explain how progress can be made as a minority party at Queen’s Park. →
Looking up at the Kitchener's water tower. There are clouds in the sky and on the water tower it reads "REGION OF WATERLOO KITCHENER" Kitchener Centre by-election: will the new MPP have any impact in Doug Ford’s Ontario? Residents of Kitchener Centre provincial election will choose their new MPP this week, in a by-election influenced  as much by party politics as much as local politics. The former MPP, Laura Mae Lindo, resigned the seat she held for the NDP in July. The NDP candidate is Debbie Chapman who has served on Kitchener City … Continue reading Kitchener Centre by-election: will the new MPP have any impact in Doug Ford’s Ontario? →
A child's hand steadys the top block of four blocks stacked on top of one another. The blocks have cartoon cariactures of a donkey, cats driving a car and holding an umbrella and a moose Kitchener Centre by-election: candidates offer ideas to solve child care chaos in the riding The reason the Kitchener Centre by-election was called is because the previous MPP, Laura Mae Lindo, stepped down and one of the challenges she cited was the difficulty of obtaining childcare. In a presentation this past April to regional council, the Region of Waterloo Community and Children’s Services reported as of February, a total of … Continue reading Kitchener Centre by-election: candidates offer ideas to solve child care chaos in the riding →
In a black and white photograph, a group of people, including doctors and nurses, stand in an operating room watching a doctor perform an operation. The clothes and hairstyles of the people in the room suggest the photo was taken in the mid-twentieth century. Kitchener Centre by-election: candidates discuss how they will attract medical professionals to the riding Whether you believe the Ford government is helping or hurting the healthcare system in Ontario, there is no question that the system is struggling with demand and labour shortages, among others. Earlier this year, the Region of Waterloo announced plans for a new hospital to meet the demands of a growing population. However, as the … Continue reading Kitchener Centre by-election: candidates discuss how they will attract medical professionals to the riding →
A picture looking south down the GO Train tracks on Duke Street in Kitchener. Tow of the tracks are visible although snow is covering the tracks but a train has recently passed because the tracks are clean Kitchener Centre by-election: waiting on a train that never arrives In early November the NDP leader Marit Stiles introduced a motion called on the government to provide a timeline and funding commitment for the Kitchener GO Line expansion, which was then promptly voted down by the Conservatives (66 to 30). With the Kitchener Centre by-election this week, CKMS took the opportunity to ask the four front-runner … Continue reading Kitchener Centre by-election: waiting on a train that never arrives →
A picture of the front of kitchener city hall Amid tax increases, Kitchener City Councillors struggle with previous cycling funding commitments, “We’ve gone way too far.” MP Holmes Kitchener, ON City of Kitchener Councillor Bil Ioannidis said that we have gone way too far with cycling infrastructure. The Councillor made the comments at the Finance and Corporate Services committee meeting on Monday, November 20. The committee was reviewing the city of Kitchener’s 2024 draft operating budget that is to go to … Continue reading Amid tax increases, Kitchener City Councillors struggle with previous cycling funding commitments, “We’ve gone way too far.” →
A screenshot from rentalregistry.ca. The webpage is split 15% on the left with a list of rental addresses and their prices near the radio station in Waterloo Region. To the right of that is a google map taking up the rest of the window with all of the locations in the database within the maps boundaries, showing up as clusters of different sized green dots. There are hundreds listed and as zoom in on the map, the clusters break out showing the individual locaitons. CKMS News 2023-11-21 – ACORN Ontario’s Rental Registry CKMS News -2023-11-21- ACORN Ontario’s Rental Registry by: dan kellar Waterloo – Over 8,000 renters have registered their units with ACORN’s Rental Registry since the grassroots social and economic justice organisation launched their map based online database at the end of the summer. ACORN Ontario told CKMS News in a statement that “the rental registry will … Continue reading CKMS News 2023-11-21 – ACORN Ontario’s Rental Registry →
The cover image for ACORN Canada's submission the the National Housing Council. A white background with Black ink. The ACORN Canada logo (an acorn) with the text at the top reading "ACORN CANADA October 30th 2023". There is a picture of folks holding a banner reading "End Apartment Sales To Predatory Landlords" On the left side text reading up the page "End Financialized Housing". And the text on the bottom right "ACORN CANADA Submission to the Review Panel on Financialization of Purpose-Built Rentals" CKMS News – 2023-11-17 – Reviewing the effects of the financialisation of housing CKMS News – 2023-11-17 – Reviewing the effects of the financialisation of housing by: dan kellar Waterloo – On Oct 30th ACORN, the grassroots social and economic justice organisation with chapters across the country, delivered over 400 tenant testimonials to federal liberal MPs including Waterloo’s Bardish Chagger. This action coincided with ACORN’s national housing spokesperson Tanya … Continue reading CKMS News – 2023-11-17 – Reviewing the effects of the financialisation of housing →
A cartoony illustration with a diverse crowd of folks painting on a big white wall the words "Report Hate" in a spectrum of colours. CKMS News – Report and support: Responding to hate motivated incidents in Waterloo with the coalition of Muslim Women CKMS News – 2023-11-16- Report and support: Responding to hate motivated incidents in Waterloo with the coalition of Muslim Women by: dan kellar Waterloo – With the recent release by the city of a new guide to navigate and report incidents of hate and discrimination in Waterloo, the Coalition of Muslim Women Kitchener Waterloo have yet … Continue reading CKMS News – Report and support: Responding to hate motivated incidents in Waterloo with the coalition of Muslim Women →

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