Good Afternoon, it's the start of the month which means we reach out to introduce PMKW...

We're a group of women who host events and shared hobbies through a vetted discord group. We go by Practical Magic KW We've been open since September. We have a book club as of current and a Mystery Club starting soon. We've had dinners, cafe shop meetings and as of today we went to a craft show together. We're 100% non-profit and all events are made through members in the community. We hope you'll join our community ( 60 members currently ) and share your hobbies and ideas! It's never too late and we're always welcoming new members!

PS. my account was locked and if you dm'd me since the last post and i didn't get to you... feel free to ping me again!

• our website
• our discord

Anyone know what happened to the Curry's Art Store in the Boardwalk? Seems like it's closed??

I hope you're all enjoying a cozy, rainy day and it's been awhile since I've been on reddit but I've had a few great redditor run-ins in the last few weeks and just want to say Hey! and thanks.

My birds are turning into a career for me, which is not where I saw them going when i started my bird a day project last year and is something I never had the nerve to dream of.

It was so awesome to get to chat with some of you at the markets I've been at this year and at this MicroMarket Kitchener is hosting in the SqPeg space downtown!

Please keep coming out to say hey and talk birds, I'm going to be at the Kitchener Market's Winter Artisan Market for a few Saturday coming. Getting to meet and talk birds with people makes me so happy and I hope it does for you too. Here's my newest poster celebrating our wonderful sparrows - I only new four sparrows before I started my project last year 🙈 and while not a local bird, but a newer drawing of a favourite bird (they're all faves) but the whiskeyjack could be mythical it's such an awesome little corvid.

And seriously from the bottom of my very feathery heart, thank you for the support of my unintentional art business and bird enthusiasm. You're good people ❤️

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Hello!

I am a political science student at uOttawa, and I'll be returning home for the summer. I'm looking for volunteer opportunities related to my field, such as working with Elections Canada. Ideally, I would like to volunteer between May and August. If anyone has suggestions, I would greatly appreciate them!

Waterloo

The Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 530, will hold its annual ceremony with the parade beginning at 10:15 a.m. at Regina Street S. and Bridgeport Road E.

The ceremony at the Waterloo Cenotaph on Regina Street, next to city hall, will be at 10:30 a.m. and will be livestreamed on Facebook.

A display inside city hall with knitted and crocheted poppies will be available for people to view.

Kitchener

In Kitchener, the Royal Canadian Legion Fred Gies Branch 50 will hold its annual Remembrance Day ceremony beginning at 10:30 a.m. The reading of the fallen begins at 10 a.m.

The parade will start from Ontario Street and proceed along King Street and Frederick Street to the cenotaph on Duke Street. The service at the cenotaph begins at 10:45 a.m.

Another ceremony is also planned for Nov. 17 at Woodland Cemetery to commemorate the dead of both World Wars as well as the victims of tyranny (Volkstrauertag). That ceremony begins at 2:30 p.m

Watch from home on CBC

CBC News will be marking Remembrance Day with special coverage from the National Remembrance Day Ceremony in Ottawa on TV, radio and online.

Coverage will start at 10 a.m.

What's open, what's closed 

Regular curbside collection will take place as usual on Monday. People are reminded to have items at the curb by 7 a.m.

Grand River Transit will operate on a regular schedule but will pause at 11 a.m.

There will be no Ion light rail service between Grand River Hospital and Mill Stations from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Instead, shuttle buses will move customers to Ion stops.

The following bus routes will also be on detour during Remembrance Day ceremonies: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 16, 20, 55, 57, 203 and 204.

GO Transit will offer free rides to veterans, reservists and active members of the Canadian Armed Forces, plus one companion, as well as family members of deceased veterans on Monday. To ride for free, people are asked to wear or carry something identifiable, such as a medal, beret, blazer, uniform or Veteran's Service Card.  

As well:

• Government buildings, including all municipal offices, will be closed.
• Most banks will be closed.
• The Beer Store will open at 12 p.m.
• LCBO stores open at 12 p.m.
• Most other stores, including grocery stores and malls, will be open.

Region:

• Region of Waterloo Library branches are open.
• All regional museums are closed.
• Employment services and welcome spaces are closed.
• All public health clinics are closed.
• Community Alzheimer day programs are closed, but overnight stay respite is open.
• All waste management sites are closed.

Cambridge:

• Cambridge Public Library (Idea Exchange) is open regular hours.

Kitchener:

• Kitchener Public Library is open regular hours.
• All pools are open.
• Bridgeport Community Centre and Rockway Centre will be closed. 
• Chandler Mowat Community Centre will be open modified hours from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. 
• All other community centres will remain open regular hours.
• The Aud will be open regular hours.

Waterloo:

• Waterloo Public Library is open regular hours.
• Albert McCormick Community Centre, Moses Springer Community Centre and the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex will be open for regularly scheduled programs.
• Bechtel Park Manulife Soccer and Sports Centre will be closed.

Guelph:

• All Guelph Public Library locations are closed.

• Sleeman Centre (after the service) and River Run Centre are closed.

• All recreation and community centres are open.

• McCrae House is open.

• Public waste drop-off is open 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Hi. Does anyone know if Big Als offers maintenance services on filters? Trying to call them no answer. TIA.

My wife and I were accosted and threatened by a young man walking a husky or malamute on St. Leger near Prueter PS yesterday.

A taller young man with a beautiful husky/malamute was walking ahead of us on the other side of the street, quite a ways ahead. Suddenly he looked back at us, and threw his bag of dogshit into the street (I hadn’t noticed yet). Then he stopped and started screaming at us that he would “cut off our fucking heads”, and “if he had a badge number he’d arrest me”. A couple times he stomped and screamed unintelligibly.

As far as we could tell there was no interaction between us before this.

We just turned around and walked away.

Has anyone else run into this character?

He was a younger man, curly light brown hair and glasses. Taller and thin, well put together with a black jacket and jeans. He held his dog’s leash weird, with his arm high and straight - almost in an old fashioned aristocratic way. Beautiful white/gray husky or malamute dog.

Edit: the question is whether anyone else has had a similar experience with this. No armchair psychological assessments required.

Hi, I am looking do some hill runs but have no idea where in Waterloo or Kitchener I can run that has a fair elevation gain.

I live near the university, but open to anywhere :).

Molly Bloom? or what's that other one that moved to Uptown? do you guys know if they will play premier league at 11:30AM. or maybe Beertown?

A new rule has been added to r/waterloo in regards to A.I.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) must be declared, either in title, or the first line of text in original post

Moderators may and will take action in good faith regardless of compliance with this new rule.

The reason we're doing this is to try not to be too far behind in response to the use of this technology, and encourage genuine engagement within our community.

Recently mods have been removing posts of various low-quality effort such as A.I. images, and publications purporting to be news or 'news style' articles that are suspected to be A.I. - but also fail to provide the identity of any legitimate living creator/author within the Region of Waterloo or otherwise.

This is an effort to remove or reduce poor quality, deceptive, disinformation, and various other posts made in bad faith.

Please direct concerns or comments to mod mail.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

On the internet, I see that the US has diet or zero versions of Orange Crush or C Plus. Has anyone seen that around here? Thanks in advance for any help.

I have extremely heavy anxiety and my family has been looking into getting a dog and paying for training it to assist me. The thing is, we haven't had much experience with pet adoption yet and aren't sure where to go to get the dog. If it matters, we want a big dog at least a year old, who's already friendly or at least chill.

If anyone knows of shelters that take good care of dogs, or good trainers in the area that can help, please inform me! We're willing to drive out about an hour for the shelter in general and 30 minutes for training-- of course, we can't be too picky and just would like any help we can get <3 we don't quite care about age, breed, or anything, as long as we can train the dog and it's a bit larger.

If anyone has seen this in store in the area I would greatly appreciate knowing which place :) the only place i can find it is food basics website but I looked at the one Laurelwood and had no luck

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I'm looking for campfire wood, and my usual source seems to have stopped selling it. Anyone have any tips, or know of a roadside stand that might have some for sale?

Has anyone used this day care? What are your reviews? They have very little information online.

Where could I get the best truffle fries in the region?

Thank you!

ps. are there any restaurants that have happy hours? they don’t need to have the fries lol but any drink deals would be great!

Does anyone know somewhere in the tricity area that has a good christmas stocking selection? I've tried big box stores like Walmart and homesense/Marshall's.

I've done a few lessons with Young Drivers and loved them, but I can't afford them at the moment. What's the cheapest possible option for in-car lessons in the KW region? I just need to practice being behind the wheel more often for the next few months and I don't have any car or licensed driver to practice with.

From the following https://www.engagewr.ca/ShortTermRentals:

We are considering options for licensing properties used as short-term rentals. This may include platforms such as AirBnb and VRBO. The bylaw would aim to balance the interests of residents, property owners, and the broader community. Licensing and regulating rental properties protects the public interest as it relates to: consumer protection, health and safety, and nuisance control

We want to hear from:

• landlords and property owners
• tenants and renters
• neighbours and residents

Help us understand:

• your experiences with short-term rentals
• the impact that short-term rentals have on our community
• how expanded licensing might affect both property owners and renters

Your feedback will help inform the new bylaw regulations that are adopted for licensing short-term rentals in our community.

Definition of Short-Term Rentals

Short-Term Rentals generally include:

• a rental of any residential home or accessory building or part thereof
• used to provide sleeping accommodations
• for any rental period of up to 28-30 consecutive days
• in exchange for rent

They do not include Hotel, Lodging House, Motel, or Long-Term Rental Accommodations.

My husband and I want to do a weekend trip, on a budget.

Where would be a good place to go? Not Niagara ; too many times - not enough to do without spending a lot.

Maybe a cute little town/ good hideaway spot to just relax and check out some cool spots?