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Woman posing with a Ryobi battery-powered chainsaw in Bois de Roly, Belgium CKMS News – 2024-04-27 – “Pivot Net Zero” to continue energy transition and electrification of Kitchener’s fleet as part of updated climate action plan. CKMS News -2024-04-27- “Pivot Net Zero” to continue energy transition and electrification of Kitchener’s fleet as part of updated climate action plan. by: dan kellar Kitchener – Kitchener’s Corporate Climate Action Plan, has been guiding the city’s to transition away from carbon intensive energy sources, with version 2.0 prominently featuring “Pivot Net Zero”. The electrification … Continue reading CKMS News – 2024-04-27 – “Pivot Net Zero” to continue energy transition and electrification of Kitchener’s fleet as part of updated climate action plan. →
Warm light illuminating a platform at a train stop on a rainy dark night. The digital display notes how long until the next 2 trains arrive. Transit desert shrinks with restored late-nite bus service in Waterloo MP Holmes Kitchener, ON Waterloo Region Council agreed to restore a late night bus three nights a week, which will help deal with the “transit desert” that has impacted late-night GO bus riders. The last transit bus of the night leaves the University of Waterloo Station by 12:20 am but still four more GO buses … Continue reading Transit desert shrinks with restored late-nite bus service in Waterloo →
an empty bench faces the a downtown lake, the ground is covered with snow and although the lake has snow on it, large circles of warmer areas expose warmer areas in the lake. There is a lone park bench in the lower left corner. After a mild winter, get ready for a hot summer in the city MP Holmes Kitchener, ON   The weather last winter in Waterloo Region was mild and unstable, just as predicted. This variable weather is expected to continue into a hot, dry summer with potential serious repercussions on our community. These predictions follow an unusual year of weather, complicated by global weather disturbances, including El Niño. According to … Continue reading After a mild winter, get ready for a hot summer in the city →
A picture of Waterloo City Centre, a leased building where city council meets and have their offices. The picture shows the front of the 3 story light brown brick building with windows and the words "Waterloo City Centre" on the building in a serif font. There are red flowers in a garden bed in the front of the building. CKMS News -2024-04-22- Waterloo’s housing accelerator program gets CMHC approval CKMS News -2024-04-22- Waterloo’s housing accelerator program gets CMHC approval by: dan kellar Waterloo – At the April 15th council meeting of the city of Waterloo, the senior policy planner for growth management, Michelle Lee, presented on the city’s housing accelerator program, including potential add-on effects from the recent federal budget. While funding for the … Continue reading CKMS News -2024-04-22- Waterloo’s housing accelerator program gets CMHC approval →
A photo of a woman wearing a tank top shot from the neck down, holding a green beansprout in a ball of soil. Recycling and giving back — celebrating Earth Day in Waterloo Park MP Holmes Kitchener, ON Amid bursts of hail, rain and snow, Earth Day celebrations in Waterloo Park included collecting e-waste to raise funds for the Tune Up the Playground project. The Earth Day event, organized by Friends of Waterloo Park, also featured sunflower seed planting, a park clean up and community organizations, such as the KW Library of … Continue reading Recycling and giving back — celebrating Earth Day in Waterloo Park →
A photo of the front of Kitchener City Hall. In the background, the sky is grey, in the foreground, much of city hall is grey. There are people sitting in front of city hall on chairs and benches. A few people playing giant chess. The words "Kitchener City Hall" are on a veranda above the front doors CKMS News -2024-04-19- Kitchener’s RISE Fund address systemic barriers and underfunding of Black, Indigenous and racialized community organisations CKMS News -2024-04-19- Kitchener’s RISE Fund by: dan kellar Kitchener – Applications for Kitchener’s Racialized and Indigenous Supports for Equity (RISE) Fund are open until May 2nd and the city has already received more applications than in past funding cycles. Since 2022, the RISE Fund has awarded nearly 250,000$ to 34 organisations. The grants have … Continue reading CKMS News -2024-04-19- Kitchener’s RISE Fund address systemic barriers and underfunding of Black, Indigenous and racialized community organisations →
A photo of a spring day in Uptown Waterloo where a behind the car angle of a Waterloo Region police service cruiser parked on a the road AND the sidewalk out side of a doughnut and coffee shop, directly infront of a "No Stopping" sign. The motto "People Helping People" is visible on the trunk, along with the car's designation 656-N. CKMS News -2024-04-19- Lawyer contracted by Waterloo Police Services fired as a result of charges in Thunder Bay CKMS News -2024-04-19- Police Lawyer Fired After Being Charged With Obstruction And Breach Of Trust by: dan kellar Kitchener – On April 9th 2024, an external counsel for the Waterloo Regional police and the former internal legal counsel for the Thunder Bay police, Holly Walbourne was arrested by the OPP and charged for actions which they … Continue reading CKMS News -2024-04-19- Lawyer contracted by Waterloo Police Services fired as a result of charges in Thunder Bay →
A man in a climbing harness climbs up an orange and red wall in a climbing gym CKMS News -2024-04-09- Local climbing gym fights a developer and displacement CKMS News -2024-04-09- GRR at City Council MP Holmes. Kitchener – For the second time in as many years, Grand River Rocks, a climbing gym in Kitchener, Ontario, is fighting to stay in business due to urban development plans. At the Kitchener City Council Planning and Strategic Initiatives Committee meeting on Monday April 8, the owners … Continue reading CKMS News -2024-04-09- Local climbing gym fights a developer and displacement →
A black and white photo of two children sit unfocused in the background, staring at some polio vaccine being dripped from a dropper on a sugar lump which is being held on a spoon which is being held by a hand. CKMS News -2024-04-12- Public Health orders student suspensions over vaccinations records while facilitating adherence to immunization rules CKMS News -2024-04-14- Public Health orders student suspensions over vaccinations records while facilitating adherence to immunization rules by: dan kellar Waterloo – Nearly 7,000 secondary school students in Waterloo Region have been told they will be suspended on May 1st for having out-of-date vaccination records.  The order, from Region of Waterloo public health was announced … Continue reading CKMS News -2024-04-12- Public Health orders student suspensions over vaccinations records while facilitating adherence to immunization rules →
Two swallowtail butterflies are photographed from below while feeding on a flowering bush Blooming roadsides restore habitats for pollinators MP Holmes Kitchener, ON A few years ago, it was common for car windshields to be spattered with bugs after a drive in the country. According to Jennifer Leat of the Pollinator Roadsides Project, that’s not happening so much anymore. There are fewer bugs, and fewer bugs equals fewer pollinators. A community driven project to help … Continue reading Blooming roadsides restore habitats for pollinators →

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