The good, bad and ugly of our new blue box program Let your local member of provincial parliament know you expect the new blue box recycling program to exceed the one it is replacing – not take us backwards, members of Faith Climate Justice Waterloo R...

"Our region will be continuing service for designated downtown areas, but this will be at the expense of the taxpayer, not Circular Materials, which will cover only residential recycling and designated schools." #WatReg www.therecord.com/opinion/colu...

One of my favourite #WatReg people is now posting here. If you aren't yet, give @samnabi.bsky.social a follow!

This is a megathread of all my March events! Hope this inspires ya near/far, and please share locally if ya see somethin interesting 😇
#Kitchener #Waterloo #Hamilton #WatReg #HamOnt and I really don't know how to tag Toronto without drowning

Churches are struggling. Putting homes on their properties could save them Research suggests faith groups under strain could lean into the value of their land to renew their purpose and finances

Something oft heard from both sides of the political aisle is that religious congregations should be doing far more to help solve the housing crisis (never mind this is already happening all over the place)

Every example in this #WatReg story cites resident opposition. We can't have it both ways.

Enbridge Gas to face Waterloo Region at Ontario’s energy regulator | The Narwhal Fossil fuel giant Enbridge Gas says its agreement to build pipelines on public land for free ‘works for communities,’ as it faces down Guelph and Waterloo Region for refusing to renew

"Enbridge Gas will face Waterloo Region in a hearing before the Ontario Energy Board to renew an agreement that would allow the company to continue building pipelines on public land without charge for another 20 years." This agreement seems so outdated. Glad to see #WatReg challenging it.

Handwritten flyer for Be Gay Do Crafts, a queer crafternoon event at Kwartzlab Makerspace. This month's theme is a clothing swap and DIY repair, taking place from 2-4 pm on Saturday February 28. RSVP at kwartzlab.eventbrite.com

Digital flyer for Give Your Clothes Some Love, a mending event that was originally gonna be closer to Valentine's Day but is now on February 22! Choose your session, 1-4 or 5-8 pm. Buy tickets at worthmending.com/22 or RSVP for free at kwartzlab.eventbrite.com

This weekend: mending event
Next weekend: clothing swap and also a lil mending fun. But as @rosewoodstitches.bsky.social so aptly put it, the clothing swap will be BUSY so come out this weekend for more of my attention & a nice relaxing repair session:):):)
#Kitchener #WatReg #VisibleMending

Give Your Clothes Some Love! You've heard of Valentine's Day, Galentine's Day, but how about a little celebration of love for your hard-working garments? No repair too small or too big. Bring your mending pile and let's get your ...

Upcoming visible mending workshop on Sunday Feb 22, $25/pwyw at Kwartzlab Makerspace
#WatReg #VisibleMending #Mending
worthmending.com/22

Waterloo Candies Inc. Home of the Original Fudg'ocolates The highest quality chocolate-covered fudge, caramel and sweet desserts. Hand made with care and attention, using only the finest ingredients and no preservatives.

Perk of watching the local Canadian stream with our ads instead of the US ones: I have now learned that there is a chocolate place in #Waterloo I had never heard of before.

www.waterloocandies.com

#WatReg

Green sweater, already mended at the collar, with small hole on shoulder seam

Green sweater, mending in progress with yellow yarn. Patching the hole with a duplicate stitch technique that would be totally invisible if I wanted it to be (if I used the same colour of yarn) but I don't:):)

Green sweater, patched!! Previous visible mending on collar, cuff, and elbow also pictured, in varying shades of green and yellow as well.

Okok fixed!! ✅ Included this in my lil newsletter w lots of other repairs and things I've been up to, and info about upcoming workshops sooooo hi Kitchener Waterloo #WatReg consider signing up/following to fix your own stuff in good company too! worthmending.com/newsletter #VisibleMending

Local chapter of National Service Dogs needs volunteers to raise 19 puppies | CBC News National Service Dogs is looking for volunteers to house and raise 19 puppies who will soon start their journey as service dogs. The organization says the need for a service dog has grown across the country with hundreds of people in Ontario alone waiting. One volunteer says puppy raisers don't do it alone.

Hey #WatReg dog people, you could spend lots of time with some dogs and help people who need them at the same time.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Waterloo Region Record Waterloo Region Record

Waterloo Region Record Wed, 21 Jan 2026

Good journalism is a good friend of the public

I agree with this. Wish more #WatReg folks subscribed to The Record.

waterloorecord.pressreader.com/article/2816...

Ottawa, Montreal, and Toronto LRTs faced challenges in yesterday's storm. Meanwhile, here in #WatReg, we've got folks taking beautiful shots of our ION chugging along smoothly. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Alright, we've got a water capacity issue in #WatReg and #WRcouncil heard from many delegates on January 13th about this issue. You can watch the meeting here and/or follow along on this (potentially very long!) thread. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZbM...

"I'm starting to become less proud to live in #WatReg because I'm seeing us turn towards putting our resources into militarization, rather than into development, into creating community," says Skinner. Raises concerns about police spending increases.

Text: There isn’t enough water supply right now in the affected areas to sustainably meet even the needs of the existing population Mathieu Goetzke, Waterloo Region’s acting chief administrative officer, explained Tuesday in a briefing for news media.

Not great. #WatReg www.therecord.com/opinion/colu...

Water capacity constraint confirmed; Region of Waterloo adopting revised water supply methodology Waterloo Region – Using a revised methodology to calculate remaining water supply capacity for development and protecting operational sustainability, the Region has confirmed a constraint in the...

Water capacity constraint confirmed; Region of Waterloo adopting revised water supply methodology #WatReg www.regionofwaterloo.ca//modules/new...

New flu strain hits Waterloo Region, breaking records for hospitalizations The new influenza virus is more intense and can’t be stopped by a standard flu shot.

#WatReg hospitals don't mandate respirator mask use, and thereby allow this to happen. #flu 1/2
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Today it was great to join Federal and Provincial partners to announce $192 million in funding for transit projects in #WatReg — including constructing the Kitchener Central Transit Hub, buying new hybrid buses, improving trail connections, and upgrading bus stops 🚉

Adopt via mattiesplace.ca/adopt facebook.com/MattiesPlace... #MiltonOn #kwawesome #brantford #brantcounty #PeelRegion #HaltonRegion #StratfordON #ParisON #WaterlooON #GuelphON #watreg #kitchenerwaterloo #Guelph #orillia #BurlON #torontobeaches #niagaraonthelake #blogTO #wethenorth📷

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I will be walking 5km again in the 2026 Coldest Night of the Year. If you are able, please consider giving to support the essential work that Ray of Hope Inc. does for those in our #Kitchener #Waterloo #WatReg community who need it the most […]

We've got so many great grassroots orgs and non-profits in #WatReg and I need your help to highlight them! For an upcoming Citified post, I'm wanting to share short blurbs (3-5 sentences) about your favourite local organization or non-profit. Feel free to share it on this thread or DM me. Thanks!

Adopt via mattiesplace.ca/adopt facebook.com/MattiesPlace... #MiltonOn #kwawesome #brantford #brantcounty #PeelRegion #HaltonRegion #StratfordON #ParisON #WaterlooON #GuelphON #watreg #kitchenerwaterloo #Guelph #orillia #BurlON #torontobeaches #niagaraonthelake #blogTO #ontario

Adopt via mattiesplace.ca/adopt facebook.com/MattiesPlace... #MiltonOn #kwawesome #brantford #brantcounty #PeelRegion #HaltonRegion #StratfordON #ParisON #WaterlooON #GuelphON #watreg #kitchenerwaterloo #Guelph #orillia #BurlON #torontobeaches #wethenorth #blogTO #ontario

#MiltonOn #kwawesome #brantford #brantcounty #PeelRegion #HaltonRegion #StratfordON #ParisON #WaterlooON #GuelphON #watreg #kitchenerwaterloo #Guelph #orillia #BurlON #torontobeaches #blogTO

Adopt via mattiesplace.ca/adopt facebook.com/MattiesPlace... #MiltonOn #kwawesome #brantford #brantcounty #PeelRegion #HaltonRegion #StratfordON #ParisON #WaterlooON #GuelphON #watreg #kitchenerwaterloo #Guelph #orillia #BurlON #torontobeaches #blogTO #ontario

My husband and I attended a "Bloody Berlin" historic walking tour last night through the Schneider Haus.

I learned that Louis Armstrong had played publicly for 3 hours while staying at The Walper Hotel!

#WatReg #Kitchener #Ontario #KWAwesome

Excited to see this Hericium yesterday in #WatReg #Waterloo #Ontario

#mycology #FungiFriends #fungi

Welcome Mask Bloc Waterloo Region to Bluesky! #WatReg

Around three years ago I reached out in the #WatReg Birds FB Group asking if anyone wanted to start a queer birding club. The response was great and now we have an awesome, thriving #queer #birding community in KW. Biweekly trips with no less than a dozen attendees. Community carpool. Great vibes.

For the record, mostly for my future self...of the above, #WatReg is the only tag that seems active at all ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯