At Queen’s Park for my first MOU Table meeting w AMO President Robin Jones, executive board colleagues & the Hon Rob Flack, Minister of Municipal Affairs & Housing, Associate Minister Graydon Smith & MMAH staff. Looking forward to constructive and collaborative discussion. #onpolitics #munipoli

Sending good vibes today to our new PM Mark Carney as he meets with the US administration. Team Waterloo, Team Waterloo Region, Team Ontario and Team Canada 🍁 are with you. Always neighbours. Never neighbors. #elbowsup🇨🇦

THANK YOU to the engaged, thoughtful, uber-community minded Waterloo residents & community organizations who spent Saturday morning sharing ideas to continue to make Waterloo’s neighbourhoods, residents of all ages, abilities and incomes more connected, accessible and vibrant. More 🌲🌳 🌳

It was a look to the past, present, and future for the City of #Waterloo, with Mayor @mayormccabe.bsky.social giving her annual State of the City address. @citynewskit.bsky.social #Politics #Kitchener #WaterlooRegion #OntarioNews kitchener.citynews.ca/2025/05/01/t...

At last week’s Ontario Big City Mayors AGM, Premier Ford, new Municipal Affairs & Housing Minister Rob Flack and other key ministers joined us for a reception and the meeting. Thank you Premier for standing up for Ontario in the tariff & trade nonsense. OBCM stand shoulder to shoulder. #elbowsup🇨🇦

Thank you Suzie, CEO, Spectrum for meeting to discuss the myriad of programs and services Spectrum has provided for years across the region. Spectrum runs a variety of important Peer to Peer groups, community and family events and provides various training programs for organizations including

Did you know there's a whole documentary talking about how and why Waterloo Region — an urban-rural mix of half a million people at the time — built itself a modern light rail line?

Game 4 to the KW Titans! Game 5 in Windsor. Let’s go, Titans! www.kwtitans.com

Friday night’s KW Titans game was excellent basketball. 🏀 The Titans are now down 2 games to 1 in a 5 game playoff series. Make or break on Sunday - 2pm. Let’s go, Titans. Tickets here: www.kwtitans.com

🧵 Let's talk about the Grand River Transit business plan! We'll be participating in next week's public input session on Wednesday, April 16, and maybe you should too! We'd like to see even more, but this is an ambitious plan with a lot to be excited about. Here's why:

“Killing the Indian in the Child: Generations Lost” Learning & unlearning our true history. Thank you to all involved with researching @ curating this important exhibit at Waterloo’ Museum. Located in Conestoga Mall, I encourage everyone to take time to see, read, ask questions & learn more.

Thank you, Steve for your legendary contributions to Special Olympics Basketball teams in Waterloo and Waterloo Region! For 25 years, Steve has coached Special Olympics athletes and has been a mentor, leader and friend to hundreds of athletes and their families! #basketball 🏀⛹️‍♀️⛹️‍♂️

There's much more in the GRT business plan, but this alone is incredible and would be transformational

Let’s continue to stand together Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Team Ontario and Team Canada. Together is how we have to respond. #elbowsup 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

My family has belonged to Community Health Centre for years - it’s wonderful. Usually we see one of the Nurse Practitioners rather than a Dr. We have access to social workers, chiropodist, dietitian, nurse, lab techs too. More investment in cross disciplinary healthcare practices please 🙏

A short trip to St. John’s provided some timely reminders that Canadian are united across our big, vast and beautiful country 🇨🇦, we share important values and that we should always continue to dream big and to work hard. 🇨🇦 #elbowsup 🇨🇦 #pride #iamcanadian🇨🇦 #dreambig

Waterloo is excited to receive $1.3M in additional Housing Accelerator Funding! We’re one of the top performing municipalities in 🇨🇦 Council & staff are focused on building more homes, faster for residents & future residents! #teamWaterloo #teamCanada #elbowsup www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/media-newsro...

Wow! Incredible energy at UW for the annual FIRST Robotics competition. 30 high school teams, 8 from WR, are testing their robotic skills. Team Dave, St. David’s SS - long time leader currently ranked 5th best - of 3,000 teams - in the world! #technology #engineering #leadership #canada🇨🇦 #waterloo

5 amazingly smart and collaborative UW students turned a 3,000 person hockey arena into… The. Largest. Student. Demo Day. In. The. World. Blown away by their organizational prowess, their energy and their passion for making, creating, and doing.

A column from me on Mark Carney on trying to signal a less deliberative, more form of governance - including through his choice of finance minister. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Anyways here’s the most read story on the most read news website in Canada today www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

“Without facts you can’t have truth, without truth you can’t have trust. If you don’t have any of these three, you don’t have a shared reality, you can’t solve any problems - let alone existential problems like climate change. You cannot have democracy.” - @mariaressa.bsky.social

If you want to help out @oldgoatbooks.bsky.social , go visit their temporary location on King Street in #Waterloo. Buy a book or drop off some #donations! #KWAwesome

IWD’s breakfast hosted by Chair Karen Redman was fantastic! The speakers, the discussion, the wisdom on stage was inspiring & continues to grow in size and influence. Thank you for hosting, organizing and to the sponsors for supporting! Happy International Women’s Day! 🇨🇦 #AccerlerateAction

Thursday, February 27 - polling stations are open and waiting for you to vote! Municipal priorities - www.amo.on.ca/policy/finan... Find your voting location: www.elections.on.ca/en.html Check out my Madame Premier VOTE necklace! #vote #vote #vote Let’s go, Waterloo!

Waterloo Region residents braved the elements over the weekend to take part in the annual Coldest Night of the Year (CNOY) walk, an event aimed at raising awareness and funds for homelessness, hunger and poverty.

If Canada is tearing down interprovincial barriers, let’s start with health care. It's well past time we created a semblance of robust national medicare, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

“The Good Ole Hockey Game” Thank you @craignorriscbc.bsky.social

STORY + DATA: The scale of Canadian efforts to boycott US goods is becoming clear. New border data shows crossborder traffic has utterly plummeted in the last month. Southbound traffic during the recent holiday weekend dropped by more than 40% from last year. fvcurrent.com/p/border-tra...

SHOWaterloo’s Coldest Night of the Year!✨ Feb 22 - walk & fundraise for permanent housing solutions 🔗 Register/donate: cnoy.org/location/wat... #SHOWTheWayHome You Can Help 💙 Sign up to walk cnoy.org/registernow/... 💛 Donate cnoy.org/location/wat... 📢 Spread the word!

Provincial Leaders’ Debate starts at 630pm TONIGHT! Watch on CBC, YouTube etc Municipalities key priorities: Tackle root causes of homelessness. Stop downloading provincial responsibilities to municipalities’ property taxes Invest in services our communities need. www.voteonqualityoflife.ca

The Painted Flag Charles Pachter 1986

🎙️On #onpoli, @spaikin.bsky.social & @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social discuss: • Mr. Ford goes to Washington • Post-secondary financial crisis fixes • The release of the Green Party platform 🎧 At 8/11pm on The Agenda, YouTube & podcast feeds www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFe6...

Saturday February 15 is National Flag Day!! If you have a flag, bring it out of hibernation and fly it! IYKYK #teamcanada🇨🇦

(⭐️ Support Me By Subscribing/Donating ⭐️) Ontario Provincial Polling: PCPO: 41% (-) OLP: 32% (+8) ONDP: 16% (-8) GPO: 7% (+1) Others: 4% Mainstreet / Feb 11, 2025 / n=1301 / MOE 2.7% / IVR (% Change w 2022 Election) Check out more ON details on @338canada.bsky.social at: 338canada.com/ontario/

From the @wearetvo.bsky.social archives, a little civics refresher on which level of government does what. #onpoli #cdnpoli

I've been trying to reach out personally to 1-2 ppl a day who aren't politically active to remind them to vote & help them find a party that aligns with their main priorities. And then also encouraging them to reach out to their networks as well. Hoping we can all do this & mobilize more voters :)

Community Conversation! Join Ward 3 Councillor Hans Roach and me! Saturday February 8 10am to 11:30am Albert McCormick Community Centre We look forward to answering your questions, hearing your input and learning more about what you love about Waterloo!

Ida Wells was born enslaved but refused to live in fear. She wielded the power of the press to expose America’s greatest terror—lynching. When the truth made her a target, she didn’t back down. She co-founded the NAACP, fought for Black women’s voting rights, and left a legacy of resistance!

Painted Flag Charles Pachter 2000

We have some passionate, motivated & inspiring students in the School of Planning who are using their knowledge of cities to organize in the community & shape change! Great story about @chanface.bsky.social & the work he is leading in Waterloo & beyond. uwaterloo.ca/news/global-...

A real Canadian commuter! Undaunted by the snow, Timmie’s in hand! #IamCanadian

Sunday afternoon at the Jazz Room listening to composer and pianist Cettina Donato with my better half and Jazz Room volunteer. Live music is special whatever the genre.

Trees and Snow Lawren Harris 1924

Today we celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights. You will make a better person of yourself, a greater nation of your country, and a finer world to live in."

The Hockey Game, St. Lawrence, North Shore Village Albert H. Robinson 1949

Also - this important report tabled last week by the Association of Ontario Municipalities… www.amo.on.ca/policy/healt...

Another strong day of hurdling, jumping, running for Laurel Creek at the Athletics Ontario Championships. 2nd place - U18 women 4 x 400 1st place - U20 & U18 men 4 x 400 Laurel Creek is the 4th best Track Club in ON & getting great results Thanks to all Coaches! #proudmom #athletics #trackandfield

Congratulations to the fantastic athletes - esp my daughter! - the excellent @LaurelCreekTrackClub coaches & the hurdlers for a great Day 1 on the track! The time, effort & energy the coaches & athletes dedicate is outstanding!! Looking forward to Day 2 on Sunday! #hurdlers #trackandfield