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Solarpunk Presents Podcast<p>7.6: Abundance, Inclusion, Resilience: The One Million Neighbours Project with Sam Nabi</p><p>This episode, Ariel speaks to Sam Nabi about One Million Neighbours, a project bringing together the voices of local non-profits that envisions the future of Waterloo Region once the population has reached one million. Sam discusses the impetus for the project, providing a voice for the voiceless, the issue with grant applications, funding the future, being proactive instead of reactive to harsh policies, and much more. What might an abundant, inclusive, resilient (Ariel says: solarpunk) city look like on the human level? Who lives there, what do they value, and what are their daily lives like? And what does it look like to take action now at the regional/municipal level to ensure that utopian vision?</p><p>Links:</p><p><a href="https://onemillionneighbours.ca/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">onemillionneighbours.ca/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://samnabi.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">samnabi.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://www.holdthelinewr.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">holdthelinewr.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/PlJXF0qvV9k" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/PlJXF0qvV9k</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/solarpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solarpunk</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SolarpunkPresentsPodcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SolarpunkPresentsPodcast</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Episode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Episode</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SeasonSeven" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeasonSeven</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/interview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>interview</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/OneMillionNeighbours" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OneMillionNeighbours</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://spore.social/@samnabi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>samnabi</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://spore.social/@dtkmelissa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dtkmelissa</span></a></span> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/VisionOneMillion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VisionOneMillion</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/HoldTheLineWR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HoldTheLineWR</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Nonprofits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nonprofits</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/neighbours" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neighbours</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Waterloo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Waterloo</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/RegionOfWaterloo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RegionOfWaterloo</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Kitchener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kitchener</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/KW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KW</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/UrbanPlanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UrbanPlanning</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transit</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/PublicSpaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSpaces</span></a></p><p>Today is Victoria Day in Canada, a national holiday, so I briefly considered waiting to post this until Tuesday but screw colonial measures of time; <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/notmyqueen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>notmyqueen</span></a> lol</p>
Solarpunk Presents Podcast<p>7.4: Enhancing the local values chain with community gardens feat. Doug Jones</p><p>In this episode, Ariel interviews Doug Jones from Waterloo Region Community Garden Network, and he discusses about how the Network was started, what it does, and the benefits of gardening for the health and wellbeing not only for you but for your entire community. We discuss gleaning, food insecurity, access to land, and much more; this is an episode you’re going to want to listen to, especially if rising cost of food and food security are concerns for you these days.</p><p>I (Ariel) have included some links to the local organizations he mentions, as well as some that expand on some of the topics we discussed, which you can check out in the YouTube description or on our blog.</p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SolarPunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPunk</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SolarpunkPresentsPodcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SolarpunkPresentsPodcast</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/FoodProduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoodProduction</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/LandAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LandAccess</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/CommunityGardens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityGardens</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/CommunityGardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityGardening</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/FoodSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoodSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/RegionOfWaterloo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RegionOfWaterloo</span></a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/jgj-6UCOkWY?si=M9jGWRTiBh8v3ZcZ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/jgj-6UCOkWY?si=M9jGWR</span><span class="invisible">TiBh8v3ZcZ</span></a></p>
CBC Kitchener-Waterloo<p>In 3rd week of strike, union says Region of Waterloo 'continues to move the goalposts' on negotiations<br>Outside workers represented by CUPE remain on strike for a third week and they say they've offered a "fair" proposal to the Region of Waterloo but it was rejected. The region says on its website that it remains...<br><a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/negotiation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>negotiation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>strike</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/RegionofWaterloo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RegionofWaterloo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a><br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/week-three-region-waterloo-cupe-outside-workers-strike-1.7485868?cmp=rss" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-w</span><span class="invisible">aterloo/week-three-region-waterloo-cupe-outside-workers-strike-1.7485868?cmp=rss</span></a></p>
The Community Edition<p><strong>KITCHENER PAUSES AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT CAMERA PROGRAM</strong></p><p>On Oct. 28, 2024, the City of Kitchener paused the<a href="https://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/living-here/automated-speed-enforcement.aspx" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Region of Waterloo’s automated speed enforcement camera program</a> until they could negotiate on certain aspects of the plan.</p><p>In 2021, the Region of Waterloo installed speed cameras in eight school zones.</p><p>“We started with just a few to see how it would go because we have a problem with speeding in many of the school zones,” Kari Williams, regional councillor for the City of Kitchener, said.</p><p>The speed enforcement cameras promote road safety by encouraging vehicles to travel at lower speeds at community hubs around school locations. The Region of Waterloo operates municipal speed cameras on regional and municipal roadways and installs them on behalf of some of the cities and communities in the region.</p><p>During a Kitchener council meeting on Oct 28, the councillors discussed the fines associated with the program.</p><p>“One of the issues was when we looked at this program in conjunction with the region. One of the things that we learned about was that fees will double,” <a href="https://www.kitchener.ca/en/council-and-city-administration/councillor-bil-ioannidis.aspx" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Bil Ioannidis</a>, councillor for Ward 7 in the City of Kitchener, said.</p><p>He said the Region of Waterloo and the City of Kitchener didn’t consult with Kitchener residents about this topic to help them form informed opinions. According to the <em>Ontario Provincial Act</em>, the newly implemented Municipal Speed Camera program must double its fines compared to current rates. Because of this, The City of Kitchener council is hesitant to continue the program.</p><p>“Because of economic times, such as we are experiencing now, we don’t feel residents get the message of the speeding when they get the fine on the normal rate with the province’s price range,” Ioannidis said.</p><p>“We feel like when they’re doubling the fines, it’s just a money grab,” he said.</p><p>Williams also said Kitchener had done a lot to physically put in infrastructure that would reduce speed in many areas.</p><p>“Cameras may not be effective in some instances,” she said.&nbsp;</p><p>Although the program is currently paused, they have no intention of cancelling it.</p><p>“We want to have a project. We want to make sure we can dictate the terms of service that we feel Kitchener residents will accept,” Ioannidis said.</p><p>“If the community doesn’t like these cameras, we’re going to get a lot of pullback, and the system won’t work,” he said.</p><p>Ioannidis wants to ensure that the community will agree with the terms of the program before continuing it.</p><p>Instead of the 24/7 surveillance and the expensive fines proposed by the Region of Waterloo, the City of Kitchener wants to implement a time limit for the cameras and install them in other locations where they would have greater use, such as areas with high collision rates and places requiring more traffic and pedestrian safety.</p><p>The City of Kitchener said although they are pausing the program they still want to implement it. They just do not like the terms and conditions proposed by the region for the speed camera program.</p><p>“We also never signed any agreements with the region or anything that involves revenue sharing,” Ioannidis said.</p><p>“I don’t believe in having a system like this. I believe in a system where the pay revenue is neutral,” Ioannidis said. “I prefer not to have a system where it makes money.”</p><p>Williams said the region focused on doubling the fines because of their focus on administrative penalties and the fines people will receive for speeding in the area.</p><p>“But we don’t have any control over that. That is the province that tells you what the fines are and what the schedule is,” she said.</p><p>Ioannidis said the City of Kitchener will continue to work with the region until they can make acceptable decisions about the program.</p><p>“The City is in favour of speed cameras, but some technical aspects get in the way,” Williams said.</p><p>The City of Kitchener is planning to look into their speed enforcement camera system. They also seek a third-party operator to help them with the camera system.</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://communityedition.ca/tag/bil-ioannidis/" target="_blank">#BilIoannidis</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://communityedition.ca/tag/kari-williams/" target="_blank">#KariWilliams</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://communityedition.ca/tag/municipal-speed-camera-program/" target="_blank">#MunicipalSpeedCameraProgram</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://communityedition.ca/tag/region-of-waterloo/" target="_blank">#RegionOfWaterloo</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://communityedition.ca/tag/regional-council/" target="_blank">#regionalCouncil</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://communityedition.ca/tag/sangjun-han/" target="_blank">#SangjunHan</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://communityedition.ca/tag/sangjun-han-photo/" target="_blank">#SangjunHanPhoto</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://communityedition.ca/tag/waterloo-region/" target="_blank">#waterlooRegion</a></p>
Sami Parvez<p>Volkstrauertag ceremony to honour the dead of the Two World Wars at Woodland Cemetery Kitchener <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Volkstrauertag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Volkstrauertag</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LestWeForget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LestWeForget</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kitchener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kitchener</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WWI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WWI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WWII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WWII</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RegionofWaterloo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RegionofWaterloo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/journalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ontaeio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ontaeio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ceremony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ceremony</span></a> <a href="https://youtu.be/96jcR_8sLbA?si=ch5-zWJWs_rDJ7cn" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/96jcR_8sLbA?si=ch5-zW</span><span class="invisible">JWs_rDJ7cn</span></a></p>
Chris Brennan 🇨🇦<p>Link to the petition for women’s shelters in Waterloo Region. There are currently zero shelters for homeless women in Waterloo Region according to a recent article by Melissa Bowman <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://spore.social/@dtkmelissa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dtkmelissa</span></a></span> <br>Please consider signing the petition if you live in the Waterloo area.</p><p><a href="https://chng.it/DN9DrzFXf6" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">chng.it/DN9DrzFXf6</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/kwawsome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kwawsome</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/RegionOfWaterloo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RegionOfWaterloo</span></a></p>
Craig Sloss<p>Another question for <a href="https://spore.social/tags/RegionofWaterloo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RegionofWaterloo</span></a> Council: if "[the destruction of the corn crop] appears to conflict with the goals in the Province's Grow Ontario: a provincial agri-food strategy," as stated in the motion, wouldn't the elimination of all future farming on this land also be in conflict with the Province's Grow Ontario strategy?</p>
Craig Sloss<p>One of my questions for <a href="https://spore.social/tags/RegionofWaterloo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RegionofWaterloo</span></a> Council: if "[the destruction of the corn crop] appears to be in direct contradiction to the Region of Waterloo's Strategic Plan 2023-2027 Growing with Care vision," as stated in this motion, wouldn't the elimination of all future crops on this land also be in contradiction with the Growing with Care vision?</p>
Craig Sloss<p>On Tuesday, August 13, the Sustainability, Infrastructure, and Development Committee of the <a href="https://spore.social/tags/RegionofWaterloo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RegionofWaterloo</span></a> Council approved a motion calling for a report on its role in destroying a corn crop on one of the farms in the Wilmot land assembly. The motion was not published in the agenda, and is only available on a video stream of the meeting. I've placed the text of this motion in the following document for ease of reference by advocates on this issue: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nKiB_6pZi25Jk0Jb1hV-FZ0hZujElcTlBcKt2QWrI4c/pub" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/document/d/1nK</span><span class="invisible">iB_6pZi25Jk0Jb1hV-FZ0hZujElcTlBcKt2QWrI4c/pub</span></a></p>
Craig Sloss<p>Absolutely hypocritical of the Region of Waterloo Council to be aghast at the loss of a single year of crops, when their own support of the Wilmot land assembly has guaranteed that nothing will grow on this land ever again. This shows a complete lack of sincerity on the part of Council, and if they were seriously concerned about the loss of crops they would stop the <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Wilmot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wilmot</span></a> land assembly and re-commit to protecting the Countryside Line. <a href="https://spore.social/tags/RegionofWaterloo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RegionofWaterloo</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/waterloo-region-purchased-farm-land-for-development-then-destroyed-the-corn-crop-now-councillors-want/article_4b6b383d-3ce0-5f81-b02e-481674d6a834.html?source=newsletter&amp;utm_content=a05&amp;utm_source=ml_nl&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_email=46DC9CBF949AF9B3B3B3EDCDC454C110&amp;utm_campaign=wrha_433" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">therecord.com/news/waterloo-re</span><span class="invisible">gion/waterloo-region-purchased-farm-land-for-development-then-destroyed-the-corn-crop-now-councillors-want/article_4b6b383d-3ce0-5f81-b02e-481674d6a834.html?source=newsletter&amp;utm_content=a05&amp;utm_source=ml_nl&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_email=46DC9CBF949AF9B3B3B3EDCDC454C110&amp;utm_campaign=wrha_433</span></a></p>
RefinedSnapshots<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mbonsma" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mbonsma</span></a></span> I know, so cool! This was better than what I saw back in 2018 when I was in the Yukon.<br>Check out a few images that I captured between Guelph and Kitchener.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AuroraBorealis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AuroraBorealis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kitchener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kitchener</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RegionOfWaterloo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RegionOfWaterloo</span></a></p>
Chris Brennan 🇨🇦<p>Hmm…back up to 61 people reported in Waterloo Region hospitals for covid this week. And 5 outbreaks in the hospitals. Haven’t seen numbers this high since Nov 2022. Get your XBB shot &amp; mask up people! Let’s do our part in reducing the strain on our healthcare staff &amp; Ontario tax dollars. <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/KWawesome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KWawesome</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/regionofwaterloo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regionofwaterloo</span></a></p>
Ontario Outbreak Information<p>CONFIRMED <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Outbreak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Outbreak</span></a></p><p>Facility: The Village of <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WinstonPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WinstonPark</span></a><br>Operator: <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Schlegel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Schlegel</span></a> Villages Inc.<br>Type: <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/LTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LTC</span></a> Home<br>Unit(s): 1 Active Unit<br>City: <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Kitchener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kitchener</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a><br>Public Health Unit: <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/RegionOfWaterloo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RegionOfWaterloo</span></a></p><p>Type: <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Respiratory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Respiratory</span></a><br>Causative Organism: <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a><br>Onset Date: 2023-09-28</p>
Ariel Kroon<p>Reading through the various <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/RegionOfWaterloo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RegionOfWaterloo</span></a> newsletter updates and an article on various council motions and approvals, including the item: "Vendor approved for road upgrades that add room for cyclists and buggies"</p><p>And remembering that, oh yeah, I live in a place where <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Mennonites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mennonites</span></a> regularly travel into the city in horse-drawn carriages and <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/buggies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>buggies</span></a>. Nice way to start the day, with remembering that there is a world outside of car-centrism that insists on official recognition</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://chirp.social/@waterlooregion" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>waterlooregion</span></a></span></p>
Ontario Outbreak Information<p>CONFIRMED Outbreak</p><p>Facility: <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/StJacobsPlace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StJacobsPlace</span></a><br>Operator: <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/StJacobsPlaceLimited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StJacobsPlaceLimited</span></a><br>Type: <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/RetirementHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetirementHome</span></a><br>Unit(s): Facility-Wide<br>City: <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/StJacobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StJacobs</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a><br>Public Health Unit: <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/RegionOfWaterloo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RegionOfWaterloo</span></a></p><p>Type: <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Respiratory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Respiratory</span></a><br>Causative Organism: <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a><br>Onset Date: 2023-08-14<br>Classification: Confirmed</p>