#waterloo region

[the-green-bucks-fire-hydrants]

Brigadier by Clow Canada. May, 2025. Photo by the green buck. Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.

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A southbound Ion Light Rail train at Victoria Park Station in downtown Kitchener, Ontario. May, 2025. Photo by the green buck.

[douglasdouven]

A rural October day somewhere northeast of Kitchener, Ontario Canada. Ten years ago! 14/10/19. D.e.D.

[solarpunkpresentspodcast]

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.

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.

*Carol Popovich was the public health nurse who worked with Doug to create the original Waterloo Region Community Garden Council.

Links:

Waterloo Region Community Garden Network official site: https://wrcgardennetwork.ca/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WRCGN/

“Cost of a Healthy Diet: A Population-Representative Comparison of 3 Diet Cost Methods in Canada” - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39270849/ “Every hour children spend on screens raises chance of myopia, study finds” https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/feb/21/every-hour-children-spend-on-screens-raises-chance-of-myopia-study-finds

“Cura Annonae” aka grain dole: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cura_annonae

“Addressing vitamin D deficiency in Canada: a public health innovation whose time has come” - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20413135/

Iodine Deficiency on the rise in Canada- https://blog.mdpi.com/2022/08/19/iodine-deficiency-canada/

The Raw Carrot: https://therawcarrot.com/

Eat With Afia: https://www.instagram.com/eatwithafia/

[the-green-buck]

King Street, Downtown Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. May, 2025. Photo by the green buck.

[nickstanley]

Galt (Cambridge) Ontario

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Pine Hill Pioneer Cemetery Waterloo Region, April 2023

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Vaughan begins push to demand independence from York Region | Globalnews.ca

Following the Ford government's decision to grant single-tier status to Brampton, Caledon and Mississauga, Vaughan has started a push to get

In the wake of the Ford government’s decision to dissolve the Region of Peel, local politicians in Vaughan are pushing the province to give the city its independence from York Region, setting the stage for the next battle over municipal governance in the Greater Toronto Area.

The province is expected to appoint facilitators to review the regions of York, Durham, Halton, Niagara, Simcoe and Waterloo to examine whether the two-tier systems should be dissolved, amalgamated or left intact. It’s part of the government’s push to streamline housing construction approvals in Ontario’s most populous cities.

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