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  Thread: Hospitals in KW
Post: RE: Hospitals in KW

The 50-acre requirement is so weird for all the reasons that have been outlined here. I can only assume it's meant to exclude certain sites in order to tilt the process in favour of one or more of the...
  greybird Urban Issues 216 34,780 01-10-2024, 02:16 PM
  Thread: The COVID-19 pandemic
Post: RE: The COVID-19 pandemic

danbrotherston Wrote: (11-04-2020, 07:53 PM) -- panamaniac Wrote: (11-04-2020, 06:41 PM) -- Not that I’ve envied Doug Ford, but I definitely don’t envy politicians trying to balance public health/de...
  greybird General and Off-Topic Discussion 4,356 840,908 11-07-2020, 06:49 PM
  Thread: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Post: RE: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News

I believe the building will be split into a smaller restaurant and a hair salon.
  greybird Food, Dining and Nightlife 2,286 2,014,284 01-05-2020, 10:33 PM
  Thread: WRDSB
Post: RE: WRDSB

School boards are often hesitant to start boundary reviews, much less make major changes through them, because of the outcry from parents of affected children.
  greybird Politics 53 19,986 09-22-2019, 04:01 PM
  Thread: North (formerly Thalmic Labs, now Google)
Post: RE: North (formerly Thalmic Labs)

robdrimmie Wrote: (02-26-2019, 02:43 PM) -- Rampant speculation follows. It may be the case that owning the manufacturing process outright was the wrong choice. Perhaps after a few months of reali...
  greybird Waterloo Region Economy 84 40,055 03-02-2019, 01:28 PM
  Thread: Fire Departments
Post: RE: Fire Departments

Rainrider22 Wrote: (02-07-2019, 02:36 PM) -- KevinL Wrote: (02-07-2019, 02:02 PM) -- I hadn't realized this, but fire dispatch was already merged for the northern townships and KW, and for Cambridge...
  greybird Urban Issues 27 20,302 02-10-2019, 08:49 PM
  Thread: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Post: RE: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News

That took what, a few months?
  greybird Food, Dining and Nightlife 2,286 2,014,284 10-27-2018, 07:58 AM
  Thread: General Politics Discussion
Post: RE: General Politics Discussion

tvot Wrote: (10-03-2018, 09:20 PM) -- Spokes Wrote: (10-03-2018, 10:20 AM) -- LOVE this idea [twitter]https://twitter.com/samnabi/status/1047487383392985088[/twitter] -- Agreed. (and on the fol...
  greybird Politics 455 172,385 10-09-2018, 11:01 AM
  Thread: Other Forum Issues
Post: RE: Other Forum Issues

Also getting the pop-up ads on desktop. Seems to happen whenever I click on a link to enter a thread, move to a new page, etc.
  greybird Forum Issues 418 293,571 09-15-2018, 08:02 AM
  Thread: City Centre/Young Condominiums | 17, 25 & 6 fl | U/C
Post: RE: City Centre/Young Condominiums | 67 & 46 m | 1...

Sales are still in the 'friends and family' stage from what I understand.
  greybird Urban Areas 690 411,149 08-03-2018, 08:34 AM
  Thread: Waterloo Region Council Election Discussion
Post: RE: Waterloo Region Council Election Discussion

It's interesting that Rob Duetschmann's website makes no mention of "holding the line" on tax increases, even in a lip service kind of way. He does say he wants to lobby the province/feds for a greate...
  greybird 2018 Municipal Elections 192 92,853 07-27-2018, 08:51 AM
  Thread: Cambridge City Council Election Discussion
Post: RE: Cambridge City Council Election Discussion

Chicopee Wrote: (07-19-2018, 11:13 AM) -- I'd be interested to know what the fine people of Cambridge think about Doug Craig. It's been interesting to see his stance over the years on things such as ...
  greybird 2018 Municipal Elections 16 12,796 07-20-2018, 08:37 AM
  Thread: The Breithaupt Block Phase III | 11 fl | U/C
Post: RE: The Breithaupt Block Phase III | 12 fl | Propo...

jeffster Wrote: (06-27-2018, 05:25 PM) -- welltoldtales Wrote: (06-26-2018, 10:46 PM) -- July 27 at 2PM is the deadline. -- This is correct. I was just speaking to Kelly who's runny for mayor of W...
  greybird Urban Areas 633 291,867 06-28-2018, 09:00 AM
  Thread: Waterloo City Council Election Discussion
Post: RE: Waterloo City Council Election Discussion

He ran for mayor in 2014, did he not?
  greybird 2018 Municipal Elections 30 15,041 05-17-2018, 09:03 AM
  Thread: General Sports and Recreation News
Post: RE: General Sports and Recreation News

That's a shame. The support was loyal, but small. Can't be good for our chances of landing a CPL team.
  greybird Sports and Recreation 278 304,830 05-06-2018, 09:12 AM
  Thread: St. Patrick's celebrations
Post: RE: St. Patrick's celebrations

2012 might have been the biggest in a long time but it wasn't the first of the current batch. I remember parties on Ezra in the late 2000s.
  greybird Urban Issues 438 204,593 04-21-2018, 09:17 AM
  Thread: High-Speed Rail (HSR) - Toronto/Pearson/Kitchener/London
Post: RE: High-Speed Rail (HSR) - Toronto/Pearson/Kitche...

Pheidippides Wrote: (04-14-2018, 09:19 PM) -- tomh009 Wrote: (04-14-2018, 02:49 PM) -- What kills this (and makes real HSR difficult, too) is the plethora of level crossings and slow segments throug...
  greybird Transportation and Infrastructure 431 387,749 04-15-2018, 08:26 AM
  Thread: Mixed-use developments and affordable housing
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

Bob_McBob Wrote: (02-05-2018, 09:52 AM) -- Study highlights a downside of the LRT (https://www.therecord.com/news-story/8109535-study-highlights-a-downside-of-the-lrt/) -- Study highlights a downsi...
  greybird Urban Issues 31 22,158 02-05-2018, 10:32 AM
  Thread: Benton St reconfiguration
Post: RE: Benton St reconfiguration

tomh009 Wrote: (02-03-2018, 04:13 PM) -- Regional traffic counts for Benton (and for Frederick up to Lancaster, too, although that's out of scope for the region's current planning exercise) for 2015:...
  greybird Transportation and Infrastructure 10 7,271 02-04-2018, 09:59 AM
  Thread: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit

danbrotherston Wrote: (11-19-2017, 10:56 PM) -- tomh009 Wrote: (11-19-2017, 10:50 PM) -- That must be based on the collapse of the property values near the LRT in Kitchener and Waterloo so far ...  ...
  greybird Transportation and Infrastructure 1,133 691,956 11-20-2017, 10:15 AM
  Thread: General Road and Highway Discussion
Post: RE: General Road and Highway Discussion

Victoria is only closed on weekends.
  greybird Transportation and Infrastructure 3,086 2,212,107 09-11-2017, 08:26 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

Canard Wrote: (05-25-2017, 01:05 PM) -- Little birdies are indicating Train 2 may very well be the first to hit the test track.  :angel: -- Why would that be the case?
  greybird Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,468,694 05-26-2017, 09:15 AM
  Thread: Streetlight LED Conversion
Post: RE: Streetlight LED Conversion

boatracer Wrote: (04-04-2017, 04:09 PM) -- They certainly are moving along in south Cambridge. -- Looks like the Republicans still have the popular vote though.
  greybird Transportation and Infrastructure 169 141,508 04-04-2017, 08:53 PM
  Thread: Walking in Waterloo Region
Post: RE: Walking in Waterloo Region

On Stanley Park Mall, the buses all stop near the Holborn exit, so there are typically a lot more pedestrians in that area.
  greybird Transportation and Infrastructure 1,401 1,165,653 03-04-2017, 10:27 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

Paving behind City Hall this morning!
  greybird Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,468,694 11-26-2016, 10:20 AM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

Duke and Water has reopened
  greybird Transportation and Infrastructure 17,473 10,468,694 10-29-2016, 05:40 PM

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