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  Thread: General Arts and Culture News
Post: RE: General Arts and Culture News
neonjoe Wrote: (01-16-2025, 09:40 AM) -- Like Tim Louis my MP? -- That's right!
   Acitta Arts and Culture 534 557,584 01-16-2025, 10:28 AM
  Thread: General Arts and Culture News
Post: RE: General Arts and Culture News
Cambridge Jazz Festival debuts in April 2025 (https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/cambridge-jazz-festival-debuts-in-april-2025/article_7280f2a6-3c96-5900-a321-e00124da518d.html) Day perf...
   Acitta Arts and Culture 534 557,584 01-15-2025, 10:07 PM
  Thread: Avalon Place Highway 7/8 Multi-Use Trail Crossing
Post: RE: Avalon Place Highway 7/8 Multi-Use Trail Cross...
There were people on site when I went by on the bus the other day, so work is ongoing, even if slow. jeffster Wrote: (01-14-2025, 03:11 PM) -- They probably are now waiting for some nicer weather to...
   Acitta Transportation and Infrastructure 128 56,664 01-14-2025, 07:05 PM
  Thread: The Metz (Schneiders site redevelopment)
Post: RE: The Metz (Schneiders site redevelopment)
bravado Wrote: (01-12-2025, 05:15 PM) -- If we build housing for the children of the generation that needed housing, does that count as solving the housing crisis? Give or take a few decades? This pr...
   Acitta Urban Areas 645 370,640 01-12-2025, 07:21 PM
  Thread: The Metz (Schneiders site redevelopment)
Post: RE: The Metz (Schneiders site redevelopment)
Pictures taken Dec. 28. It is hard to take good pictures because of the hoardings. It doesn't help that they turned the sidewalk in front of the gate on Courtland into I pile of rubble, which is impos...
   Acitta Urban Areas 645 370,640 01-12-2025, 04:21 PM
  Thread: Avalon Place Highway 7/8 Multi-Use Trail Crossing
Post: RE: Avalon Place Highway 7/8 Multi-Use Trail Cross...
ac3r Wrote: (01-11-2025, 05:34 PM) -- Soooooo funny this broke ground a year ago (and was being planned way before that) and it's still not done. -- The ramp on Chandler was sitting idle for a coup...
   Acitta Transportation and Infrastructure 128 56,664 01-11-2025, 06:32 PM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
The City of Kitchener wants to know what you think about parking downtown (https://www.kitchener.ca/en/news/the-city-of-kitchener-wants-to-know-what-you-think-about-parking-downtown.aspx) The City ...
   Acitta Urban Areas 5,689 4,300,370 01-09-2025, 04:37 PM
  Thread: Winter Walking and Cycling
Post: RE: Winter Walking and Cycling
Waterloo walks into the future as driving eases, cycling rises, and transit stalls (https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/waterloo-walks-into-the-future-as-driving-eases-cycling-rises-and-tra...
   Acitta Transportation and Infrastructure 1,207 550,845 01-08-2025, 08:33 PM
  Thread: General Politics Discussion
Post: RE: General Politics Discussion
ac3r Wrote: (01-08-2025, 08:13 PM) -- It's okay to say the country is broken and/or fractured. Recognizing and admitting to that reality is a good thing and the initial step to hopefully improvement....
   Acitta Politics 526 204,671 01-08-2025, 08:29 PM
  Thread: General Politics Discussion
Post: RE: General Politics Discussion
ac3r Wrote: (01-08-2025, 08:13 PM) -- And unrelated, what does "sounding like ex-Twitter" mean? Haha. Seeing points of view that differ from yours? -- It was a joke.
   Acitta Politics 526 204,671 01-08-2025, 08:23 PM
  Thread: General Politics Discussion
Post: RE: General Politics Discussion
It is starting to sound like ex-Twitter around here lately.
   Acitta Politics 526 204,671 01-08-2025, 06:41 PM
  Thread: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Post: RE: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
tomh009 Wrote: (12-27-2024, 04:48 PM) -- Doremi, a new Vietnamese/French bakery (Do re mi phở maybe?) opening up at 676 King E, in a former variety store location. Looking forward to seeing their sel...
   Acitta Food, Dining and Nightlife 2,394 2,200,901 12-27-2024, 04:55 PM
  Thread: Vacant Land beside 181 King St S / Circa 1877
Post: RE: Vacant Land beside 181 King St S / Circa 1877
nms Wrote: (12-23-2024, 08:05 AM) -- With the benefit of hindsight, it was somewhat wasteful to allow the space to be torn down before anything else was done with it.  At the very least, the space co...
   Acitta Urban Areas 7 801 12-23-2024, 06:54 PM
  Thread: What's your good news story for 2024?
Post: RE: What's your good news story for 2024?
Actually, 2024 has not been that good for me.
   Acitta General and Off-Topic Discussion 7 797 12-20-2024, 02:57 PM
  Thread: General Politics Discussion
Post: RE: General Politics Discussion
Momo26 Wrote: (12-19-2024, 10:51 AM) -- https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/the-market-is-ice-cold-kitchener-delays-requirement-for-affordable-units-until-2026/article_3c69bb55-2866-5172-b...
   Acitta Politics 526 204,671 12-20-2024, 02:56 PM
  Thread: 3241-3247 King St E and 108 Cameo Dr | 24, 23, & 19 fl | U/C
Post: RE: 3241-3247 King St E and 108 Cameo Dr | 24, 23,...
'Topping Out' completed at Kitchener rental tower development (https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/topping-out-completed-at-kitchener-rental-tower-development-1.7151055) The SYLK Towers on King Street in ...
   Acitta Suburbs 32 14,134 12-18-2024, 09:40 PM
  Thread: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 43, 50 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 43, 50 fl | U/C
jeffster Wrote: (12-15-2024, 07:30 PM) -- ijmorlan Wrote: (12-12-2024, 11:47 PM) -- And yet we build roads to nowhere all the time. If we built transit to “nowhere” maybe we wouldn’t be so car depen...
   Acitta Urban Areas 1,817 1,111,427 12-17-2024, 02:03 PM
  Thread: General Politics Discussion
Post: RE: General Politics Discussion
ac3r Wrote: (12-14-2024, 05:16 PM) -- Kodra24 Wrote: (12-09-2024, 02:07 PM) -- October 2025 cannot come soon enough -- I guess it depends on who you're sympathetic to. Pierre Poilievre is most lik...
   Acitta Politics 526 204,671 12-14-2024, 06:50 PM
  Thread: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment
Post: RE: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment
panamaniac Wrote: (12-07-2024, 07:30 PM) -- ac3r Wrote: (12-07-2024, 06:09 PM) -- Downtown Kitchener is hardly bustling. -- I understand the Christmas market was very, very busy today. -- I was ...
   Acitta Urban Areas 534 117,928 12-07-2024, 08:14 PM
  Thread: King-Victoria Transit Hub
Post: RE: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment
ijmorlan Wrote: (12-07-2024, 10:27 AM) -- danbrotherston Wrote: (12-07-2024, 05:58 AM) -- It's absolutely bonkers that it will take 5 years to build platforms, ramps, bus platform, and an overpass. ...
   Acitta Transportation and Infrastructure 1,219 1,142,660 12-07-2024, 07:16 PM
  Thread: Winter Walking and Cycling
Post: RE: Winter Walking and Cycling
Having found myself with a health issue that prevents me from cycling and necessitates that I hobble around with a walker, I am confronted with the difficulties that even a small amount of snow causes...
   Acitta Transportation and Infrastructure 1,207 550,845 12-07-2024, 06:08 PM
  Thread: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours
Despite environmental concerns, road extension through Kitchener wetland approved by committee (https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/despite-environmental-concerns-road-extension-through-kit...
   Acitta Suburbs 1,247 1,119,845 12-04-2024, 10:04 PM
  Thread: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment
Post: RE: Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment
Pop-up Public Input Sessions November 21st 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM at Kitchener City Hall Rotunda Space November 30th 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM at the Kitchener Market Join us at a pop-up public input session...
   Acitta Urban Areas 534 117,928 11-20-2024, 08:24 PM
  Thread: 864-872 King St W | 55, 44, 38, 16 fl | proposed
Post: RE: 864-872 King St W | 55, 44, 38, 16 fl | propos...
ac3r Wrote: (11-19-2024, 07:15 PM) -- panamaniac Wrote: (11-18-2024, 07:56 PM) -- Now, the honking big parking lot between the hospital and SunLife might be an interesting possibility ... -- From ...
   Acitta Urban Areas 61 7,078 11-19-2024, 07:44 PM
  Thread: Grand River Transit
Post: RE: Grand River Transit
Rainrider22 Wrote: (11-13-2024, 01:25 PM) -- I disagree.  Household income shouldn't dictate.  Many  people lie about their actual income. People shouldn't be penalized because they pay their fare sh...
   Acitta Transportation and Infrastructure 4,458 3,491,090 11-13-2024, 07:35 PM
  Thread: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
Post: RE: General Food, Dining and Nightlife News
I just saw a post on Reddit that David's NFLD Fries has re-opened close to their old location.
   Acitta Food, Dining and Nightlife 2,394 2,200,901 11-10-2024, 05:09 PM

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