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WR and Howe: Community Advocacy
Can a tweet make your city better? Yes. Absolutely. Definitely. At the first Kitchener City Council meeting that I ever attended, a senior staff member told those of us assembled […]
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WR And Howe: What Will Become of the Mayfair Site?
The recent sale of 48 Ontario Street in Downtown Kitchener brings attention back to the undecided fate of the empty lot left behind after the Mayfair demolition in 2015
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WR and Howe: Cambridge Should Change Proposed LRT Route Through Preston Neighbourhood
If the Region wants residents to embrace LRT, the tracks cannot go through a quiet neighbourhood
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WR and Howe: Local Politicians Need Active Websites
All the politicians elected to serve the people of Kitchener at city and regional council had a website for the 2014 election—except for John Gazzola who was acclaimed. I know […]
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WR and Howe: DTK Needs a One Stop Shop
A grocery store is at the top of the list of retailers desired in downtown Kitchener. Waterloo’s core has one, as does downtown Galt. The new J & P Grocery […]
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WR and Howe: Facilities First, and Then Summer Games
While Waterloo Region may have finished on the podium in the race to host the 2021 Canada Summer Games, Niagara Region came out on top. I’m OK with that, as […]
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WR and Howe: One Accident is One Too Many in Region
In 2016, 1,851 people were injured on the streets of Waterloo Region. That includes drivers, passengers, pedestrians and cyclists. Six died. Over each of the previous four years, nine or […]
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Traynor Fights for Its Walkable ‘Hood
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WR And Howe: A Modest Sidewalk Shoveling Proposal
Usually when city council makes a decision, it settles an issue. But when Kitchener City Council considered a report on its role in clearing snow off sidewalks, it set off […]
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Electoral Reform Where it Counts the Most
With all the national attention paid to electoral reform lately, you may have missed the news that Waterloo council had its own chance at electoral reform but chose to stick with the status quo
