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Americans choose most expensive way possible to discover what goods made in Canada

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Unreal time at Wintersong Music Festival on Saturday with I, the Mountain! Great to get back it in 2025. Thx to everyone who showed up (in I,tM merch no less). Y'all are the BEST! 🎉❤️🪩

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Really cool story about "badlands" in Ontario. I had no idea such a place existed, let alone only an hour from KW!

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

Some good news today... Midtown Radio KW kicked off our strategic visioning sessions this evening at Communitech in downtown Kitchener! Can't wait to see where this process will take us! :-)

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

This. Exactly this. Sucking up working class wealth like a sponge. Gross.

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

Vibes don't match reality. As usual, progressives have a marketing and narrative problem. Frustrating. "[Yet] 90 per cent of those using recreation and library programs said they were satisfied with the experience. 81 per cent who have accessed social services gave them a satisfactory grade."

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

This should be happening in #KW! I'd love to see a prospective owner (or community group) emerge and champion this for the community.

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A nice little article highlighting some of the best Kitchener-Waterloo albums of 2024. I've listened to a few of these and am excited to check out the rest!

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

Gotta go check this one out!

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

Money means nothing. Value is dead. No rules. No reasons. Just blind greed.

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

For the good of the country, I think that 2000s Canadian metalcore should be a regular trivia category at @counterpointbeer.bsky.social. 🇨🇦🎉

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

Today's workout playlist: "Nothingwrong" - Jimmy Eat World "Lean In" - Patrick Martin "Beverly" - Alex Wilkes "Beautiful Girl" - The Similar "Try Try Try" - Luis Fernandez "Daisies" - Good Neighbours "Found You" - Silicone Boon "In Distress" - The End Day 1 in 2025.

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

Well, look who's third line from the top! 😳😳😳 Can't wait for this one. ❤️🎉

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

When your favourite album from high school hits even harder in 2025.😐 Absolute GENIUS from one of Toronto's best metal bands. "Swallow the light with open eyes For soon the night will be the headline. When the world you knew has left you With aches and memories Be brave and be human

submitted 50 days ago • 1 comment

Oh look... we've commodified nihilism. That's totally normal in a functioning society. 😐

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So it appears we've gone from dealing with the American empire to dealing with The American Empire. That's exactly what the world wanted from 2025. 🙄🤢

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Looking for more #KW content to follow and amplify on this platform. Hit me up with some reccos... politics, sports, urbanism, arts. 📣 🏘️❤️ #Waterloo #DTK #Kitchener #UptownWaterloo

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

LOVE seeing #KW artists making a splash on the global stage! Luke Swinson is incredible and has done some of my fav. public art in #DTK!

submitted 52 days ago • 1 comment

"The City of Kitchener’s new Lodging House Bylaw is in effect as of January 1, 2025. The bylaw aims to improve the City’s ability to ensure public safety, consumer protection, and nuisance control while also reducing barriers for property owners." www.kitchener.ca/en/news/new-...

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

Interested in digging into this KW bid for a #CanPL franchise. As much as I'm a die-hard hockey fan, soccer is THE GAME of Canada's next generation. The CanPL is a critical brick in building our soccer infrastructure and #KW needs to get in on this early. If you have any info, shoot a DM. ⚽ 🇨🇦

submitted 52 days ago • 1 comment

Well now... I feel completely vindicated in my decision to abandon Instagram. This will obviously be used to embed users likenesses directly in ads. Absolutely insane what has become normalized in social media.😵

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

"Ford is damaging the future of transportation in the region. He is telling a story that bike lanes are a waste of space when, in fact, they are the future...Bike lanes are more efficient at moving people, & there is evidence in Toronto that they radically increase ridership"

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

This would be massive!🤯 Securing a CanPL team would be a big step onto the national stage for KW. "The [CPL] is in discussions with groups in Kitchener and Waterloo, Edmonton, Laval, Que., Kelowna, B.C., Windsor, Ont., Quebec City, Saskatoon and the Toronto area, CPL commissioner Mark Noonan said."

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

These GO trains are again parked here in Kitchener all weekend instead of going back and forth to Toronto. Hope Metrolinx has a New Year’s resolution to finally get us weekend train service

submitted 55 days ago • 2 comments

As the kids say... That's COLD af and I respect it. "Here's what we've got for you: Free healthcare. No more one-year-olds who suddenly fall off the Medicaid list and their parents are on the news doing a GoFundMe because they’re trying to get their daughter to a doctor,” cheknews.ca/elizabeth-ma...

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

Interesting thoughts on cross-party cooperation and a way forward for Canada's political centre by the always thoughtful #Kitchener writer Martin de Groot. Highly recommend. open.substack.com/pub/marinus/...

submitted 55 days ago • 1 comment

Was doing a walk through our neighbourhood tonight and stumbled upon this charming park on Belmont near Victoria. Two guys out there late on a frigid Friday night shovelling snow and flooding for a little community ice rink. Gotta love Canada! ❤️

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

Big news! This cultural mapping project I spearheaded at Midtown Radio KW is about to cross a massive milestone! Our "Local Musician Catalogue" contains ALMOST 200 music creators from KW and area, all listed alphabetically with links, photos, and genres. www.midtownradio.ca/local-musici...

submitted 55 days ago • 1 comment

I've never been much of a micro-blogger, was never active on Twitter, so I've thinking about how I want to use this space as we get into a brand new year. It's important, I feel, to have a platform for one's voice at this particular time. Sh*t's messed up, so it's important to say things that...

submitted 55 days ago • 1 comment

Really worthwhile read!

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Future generations will be judging us on this.

submitted 57 days ago • 0 comments

Devastating 😐. "As if on cue, [Canadian] cabinet’s two most senior ministers recently trekked down to Mar-a-Lago to report “progress” in meeting his demands. Canada’s finance minister and our foreign minister, acting like district managers reporting to head office." www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

submitted 57 days ago • 0 comments

So cool! This is such an underrated trail and it's right by our new house. Can't wait to explore it in the coming months. 😍

submitted 57 days ago • 1 comment

Who knew that the line "Parliament's making cuts" could be such an earworm?! Damn, Library Voices, I guess that's one way to make sure your song is always relevant. Heater album!

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

The Ion was proof that KW had the vision and fortitude to make great things happen in our region; it's one of the main reasons I moved here. Let's make sure this continues!

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

#KW peeps, what's something the #Kitchener and #Waterloo music scene needs in 2025? #WaterlooRegion #DTK #UptownWaterloo

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