AUDIO: Kitchener launches virtual cooking classes amid lockdown
Michele McBride-Roach, event and program coordinator at the Kitchener Market, says these classes have already gained popularity across the community.
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Kitchener residents could get fined up to $400 for not clearing snow
Kitchener announced it is expanding its winter sidewalk maintenance program to include proactive bylaw inspection to help keep the community moving safely. A flyer is being mailed out to residents this week to help explain what is new.
Kitchener spends $25,000 to reprint ballots
EDITORIAL By Kaitlyn Mullin/ Spoke News A discrepancy between the City of Kitchener and a candidate in the upcoming 2018 municipal election has sparked controversy over the use of tax dollars. The city will spend $20,000 to $25,000 to reprint 19,500 ballots after one candidate’s middle name wasn’t included. Regan Sunshine Brussé, running for Ward 2 in the Oct. 22 election, had asked the city clerk to include all three … Continued
Zehr puts leadership before legacy
BY JOSH BURY After nearly 30 years in politics, it would have been easy for Kitchener Mayor Carl Zehr to spend his State of Our City address running a proverbial victory lap. Indeed, Zehr has no lack of past projects to point to. But Zehr, who recently announced that he would not run for re-election, has spent much of his time in office looking to the future of Kitchener. His … Continued
The man who built Kitchener
BY SCOTT DIETRICH For the most part the City of Kitchener has done an outstanding job of preserving its local history. It has a lot of museums relative to its size and has honoured the founders that made the city what it is today. One of the ways the 19th and 20th century titans of industry are preserved is by attributing their name to local landmarks. Local shoe manufacturer A.R. … Continued
