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  Thread: General Politics Discussion
Post: RE: General Politics Discussion
tomh009 Wrote: (12-02-2023, 09:15 AM) -- danbrotherston Wrote: (12-02-2023, 04:33 AM) -- This is another reason ranked choice is better, it can eliminate the need for additional byelections. -- Ma...
   panamaniac Politics 448 156,080 12-02-2023, 09:30 AM
  Thread: General Politics Discussion
Post: RE: General Politics Discussion
Given the amount of time remaining until the next municipal election (October 2026), they'll certainly call a byelection, no?
   panamaniac Politics 448 156,080 12-01-2023, 07:21 PM
  Thread: General Politics Discussion
Post: RE: General Politics Discussion
So, a blowout for the Greens.
   panamaniac Politics 448 156,080 11-30-2023, 10:58 PM
  Thread: General Business Updates and News
Post: RE: General Business Updates and News
Bytor Wrote: (11-29-2023, 12:30 AM) -- panamaniac Wrote: (11-22-2023, 11:23 PM) -- The report is part of an ongoing series of reports on major cities' economies. -- But who commissioned it? -- I...
   panamaniac Waterloo Region Economy 587 557,828 11-29-2023, 10:02 AM
  Thread: 102 Fountain Street South (former Preston Springs Hotel) | 26, 24 & 22 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 102 Fountain Street South (former Preston Spri...
Setbacks are ugly?
   panamaniac Urban Areas 30 3,537 11-28-2023, 11:12 PM
  Thread: The Junction | 37 & 33 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: The Junction | 37 & 33 fl | Proposed
CP42 Wrote: (11-28-2023, 12:16 AM) -- panamaniac Wrote: (11-27-2023, 07:47 PM) -- Or Farm Boy.  Or Longo's.  Or maybe a Sobey's? -- All of those brands are part of Empire Company Limited. -- Yep.
   panamaniac Urban Areas 119 31,627 11-28-2023, 08:54 AM
  Thread: The Junction | 37 & 33 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: The Junction | 37 & 33 fl | Proposed
ac3r Wrote: (11-27-2023, 01:43 PM) -- Discount grocery stores are generally not the sort of people who would move into the ground floor of a skyscraper project like this. It would probably end up bei...
   panamaniac Urban Areas 119 31,627 11-27-2023, 07:47 PM
  Thread: The Junction | 37 & 33 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: The Junction | 37 & 33 fl | Proposed
Developers should not dangle supermarkets until they've got one signed and sealed. I think Ottawa has had about 27 supermarkets promised in the core in recent years. Ok, not 27, but a lot.
   panamaniac Urban Areas 119 31,627 11-23-2023, 10:00 PM
  Thread: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Post: RE: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
ac3r Wrote: (11-22-2023, 11:33 AM) -- ijmorlan Wrote: (11-22-2023, 01:04 AM) -- Hilariously, their site says “Dear customers, due to circumstances beyond our control, we have had to close the restau...
   panamaniac Food, Dining and Nightlife 2,267 1,940,672 11-22-2023, 11:24 PM
  Thread: General Business Updates and News
Post: RE: General Business Updates and News
Bytor Wrote: (11-22-2023, 07:56 PM) -- ac3r Wrote: (11-22-2023, 01:12 PM) -- Waterloo Region’s economy has ‘every reason for optimism,’ report says: https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/wa...
   panamaniac Waterloo Region Economy 587 557,828 11-22-2023, 11:23 PM
  Thread: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Post: RE: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Wingers19 Wrote: (11-20-2023, 01:36 PM) -- Cora's Restaurant in Waterloo Towne Square closed: https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2023/11/18/coras-restaurant-in-waterloo-closes-after-failing-to-pay-rent...
   panamaniac Food, Dining and Nightlife 2,267 1,940,672 11-20-2023, 06:42 PM
  Thread: 417 King St W | 55 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 417 King St W | 55 fl | Proposed
jeffster Wrote: (11-20-2023, 02:05 PM) -- ZEBuilder Wrote: (11-20-2023, 01:47 AM) -- Yeah it's certainly a strange situation, I couldn't find any logical reasoning behind it since it is no where nea...
   panamaniac Urban Areas 73 12,153 11-20-2023, 06:41 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
plam Wrote: (11-20-2023, 04:52 PM) -- danbrotherston Wrote: (11-20-2023, 02:52 PM) -- Indeed...that rather threw me. And even if he wanted to argue "reliability and punctuality"....well...it hasn't ...
   panamaniac Transportation and Infrastructure 17,404 10,142,855 11-20-2023, 06:38 PM
  Thread: 417 King St W | 55 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 417 King St W | 55 fl | Proposed
I don't know who raised the issue, but I imagine it's just a matter of due diligence. Not the kind of thing you want to learn about after the building goes up!
   panamaniac Urban Areas 73 12,153 11-20-2023, 08:37 AM
  Thread: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed
Post: RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed
ac3r Wrote: (11-18-2023, 05:38 PM) -- Does anyone know how long those silly neon lights on this building have been broken? The strips closest to the intersection haven't been working for some time. -...
   panamaniac Urban Areas 1,392 544,906 11-18-2023, 05:59 PM
  Thread: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
Post: RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
danbrotherston Wrote: (10-25-2023, 01:20 AM) -- Lol...I've never had any airline status. But now that I'm travelling with family, well they stick all the families together in the back of the plane. W...
   panamaniac Transportation and Infrastructure 1,321 1,063,827 10-25-2023, 04:52 PM
  Thread: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
Post: RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF
Is Pivot still in the picture, or has the plan for flights to YOW and YUL died?
   panamaniac Transportation and Infrastructure 1,321 1,063,827 10-24-2023, 12:47 PM
  Thread: Bramm Yards Master Plan
Post: RE: Bramm Yards Master Plan
The land was acquired specifically for employment purposes, no?
   panamaniac Urban Areas 23 2,569 10-06-2023, 05:59 PM
  Thread: General Arts and Culture News
Post: RE: General Arts and Culture News
ac3r Wrote: (10-03-2023, 08:39 PM) -- JoeKW Wrote: (10-02-2023, 03:12 PM) -- I went to the Waterloo Region Museum on Huron Road this weekend and they're severely short staffed.  They only seemed to ...
   panamaniac Arts and Culture 511 450,840 10-03-2023, 08:43 PM
  Thread: Racism in the Region
Post: RE: Racism in the Region
Increased?  No.  More visible thanks to social media and a growing willingness to report/complain?  Probably.
   panamaniac General and Off-Topic Discussion 32 2,351 10-03-2023, 06:46 AM
  Thread: General Arts and Culture News
Post: RE: General Arts and Culture News
If you're up for a bit of high brow, the KW Chamber Music Society (worth checking out) is hosting a pay what you can fundraiser with players from the former KW Symphony. This Wednesday at 7:00pm at ...
   panamaniac Arts and Culture 511 450,840 10-02-2023, 09:12 PM
  Thread: General Arts and Culture News
Post: RE: General Arts and Culture News
One thing that puzzles me about the Regional History Museum is the lack of public fundraising. There's a small "friends of the museum" group, but the Museum itself seems to run on government grants.
   panamaniac Arts and Culture 511 450,840 10-02-2023, 09:07 PM
  Thread: 83-87 Weber St E | 32 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 83-87 Weber St E | 25 fl | Proposed
jordan2423 Wrote: (10-02-2023, 08:56 PM) -- Can we please make sure she's NOT voted in as the kitchener center MP? pleaseeeeeeee. Election is soon! -- Well, that would at least get her out of City ...
   panamaniac Urban Areas 46 5,180 10-02-2023, 09:05 PM
  Thread: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph
Post: RE: Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph
SF22 Wrote: (09-28-2023, 12:46 PM) -- cherrypark Wrote: (09-28-2023, 12:06 PM) -- Buses use highways too. The induced demand remains a drain on transit demand, but this also benefits enabling Victor...
   panamaniac Transportation and Infrastructure 922 798,381 09-28-2023, 01:58 PM
  Thread: 369 Frederick St (A.R. Goudie Eventide Home expansion) | 4 fl | proposed
Post: RE: 369 Frederick Street, Kitchener (A.R. Goudie E...
Isn't there already a thread for this project?
   panamaniac Urban Areas 10 1,081 09-28-2023, 01:56 PM
  Thread: 30-40 Margaret Ave | 3 fl townhouses | Planned
Post: RE: 30-40 Margaret Ave | 3 fl townhouses | Planned
ac3r Wrote: (09-28-2023, 01:47 PM) -- About damn time. That property has been empty as long as I've been alive and every development has been held up by a bunch of people with nothing better to do. I...
   panamaniac Urban Areas 251 86,930 09-28-2023, 01:55 PM

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