January 18, 2025

Waterloo council swings in funding for fully accessible playground

Waterloo city council approved $25,000 of funding towards a disability charity’s initiative to build a fully accessible playground in Ward 4 on Monday. A locally based centre for child development says it may be the only one considered “fully accessible” in the region.

City council wasn’t chicken

BY SCOTT BLINKHORN The decision by Kitchener city council to allow residents to keep chickens in their backyards is a step in the right direction. When the average person sits down in the morning to a breakfast of eggs and toast he has no idea where his food has come from, supermarket aside. It is a problem that extends to virtually all food eaten today. The disconnect between consumers and … Continued