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22 July 2008
New and Noteworthy
Air Quality Forecasts
Check today's Air Quality Index for Kitchener and area. And our favourite local site: the automated weather station.
25 June 2003
Health Care Guide for Newcomers
Settlement.Org: "The Guide provides general information about how the health care system in Canada is organized and how to access it. Please note that the Contacts listed throughout the Guide have been developed for the Greater Toronto Area only. However, there is general and useful information on how to find a doctor, a dentist, your rights, medical tests and much more. This is a very useful guide for anyone who is new to Ontario's Health system." Available for download in six languages.
18 June 2003
Child Care in the News
Childcare Resource and Research Unit: "Interesting national and international news items we've discovered relating to child care."
16 June 2003
Rotary Children's Centre gets new name
The KW Record reports that The Rotary Children's Centre has changed its name to KidsAbility Centre for Child Development. "The centre now serves 3,700 children a year in Waterloo and at satellite locations in Cambridge, Guelph and Fergus, with a waiting list of 500, a staff of 150 and a budget of $8 million of which 10 per cent is raised by the community."
2 June 2003
Commuter Challenge 2003
"The Commuter Challenge [is a] friendly competition between Canadian cities to see which one can cut its air pollution the most by using active and/or sustainable modes of transportation." You can track the results of different communities, including Waterloo Region.
9 May 2003
Economy and population on the rise
Cambridge Times: "The final nose count has been completed and as of Dec. 31, 2002, there were 469,800 people living in Waterloo Region. According to Waterloo Region’s year end population and housing estimates, the annual growth rate for last year was 2.2 per cent or 10,100 people. That’s the highest rate of growth in the past decade. Regional officials are citing the area’s strong economy and the increasing number of students as primary factors for growth."
7 May 2003
What is West Nile Virus?
Region of Waterloo Public Health has started their 2003 West Nile virus education campaign: Fight the Bite! Information is also available from the West Nile virus hotline at 883-2086.
5 May 2003
Ontario attracts most immigrants
CBC News: "Ontario continues to be the province of choice for more than half of all immigrants to Canada. The federal government reported Wednesday that 133,616 immigrants settled in Ontario last year, and the remaining 95,442 went to other provinces. Nunavut attracted only 12 immigrants."
1 May 2003