May 15, 2012, Travel Video News -  WATERLOO REGION, Ont. – If you’re beginning to plan that perfect summer getaway for the whole family, the Waterloo Region is the destination of choice for the best outdoor summer fun with activities and attractions to please everyone. “The nice thing about having your family Read More...

The Record May 8, 2012 WATERLOO — Local musicians searching for places to play in front of appreciative audiences need look no further. They are invited to throw their hat in the ring to perform on various porches in a Waterloo neighbourhood on Sunday, June 10 at the second annual Grand Porch Party. The Read More...

570 News, Neil Adams May 8, 2012 An exciting way for Drayton Entertainment to start the week. Their new theatre in the city of Cambridge will no longer be known as The Cambridge Performing Arts Complex. It was officially renamed the Dunfield Theatre Cambridge. A $1 million pledge has been made from Shiplake Management, Read More...

May 4, 2012, The Record -  Sitting in a quiet early 20th century farm house in Doon Heritage Village, Karla Kale admitted, “I think we’re going to be flat out busier.” This is the first season that the Waterloo Region Museum will be open alongside the living history village. With the added Read More...

 May 1, 2012, Daily Exchange -  Waterloo Region - To kick off the season Foodlink will be launching the much-anticipated Buy Local! Buy Fresh! map, a handy year-round guide directing people to over 70 local farms as well as farmers markets and other businesses that produce and sell local foods. Now Read More...

The Exchange Magazine April 30, 2012 KITCHENER – The galleries in Kitchener City Hall are celebrating the past and imagining the future to observe Kitchener’s 100th anniversary of cityhood. Rotunda Gallery: In May, students from Eastwood Collegiate Institute explore the theme, “Your place in the world,” an exhibit to commemorate Kitchener’s centennial celebrations. Read More...

Volunteers Needed For Canada Day Parade By Cambridge Now! Local News Canada’s Largest Canada Day Parade Needs Your Help! Reminder Parade Entry Deadline is May 15th Cambridge, Ontario ,Cambridge has long been known for putting on the largest Canada Day Parade in the nation, and the event is highly embraced by locals, Read More...

April 28, 2012, The Record -  WATERLOO REGION — Jerome “Hook” McComb and six other contributors to local history will be inducted into the Waterloo Region Hall of Fame on Sunday. Thirty-one years after his death, McComb will be recognized for his contributions to community sports as a renowned boxing coach. The lifelong Read More...

April 28, 2012, The Record -  Two Canadian cultural icons — one past, one present — are featured at the sixth annual Canada Film Days Festival. Painter Tom Thomson, the inspiration behind the Group of Seven, and singer/songwriter Bruce Cockburn are subjects of new documentaries being screened at the Princess Cinema. Opening May Read More...

April 19, 2012, The Record WATERLOO REGION — A weird, wild and woolly parade is set to wind its way down King Street on Saturday. There’s no telling just who, or what, will show up. But past years have featured everything from elephants and tigers to giraffes, dolphins and even a cobra. It’s Read More...

April 2, 2012, Daily Exchange -  Waterloo Region - In honour of Archives Awareness Week, the Region of Waterloo Archives is hosting a number of events focused on how to use municipal records to research family history. April 2-30, 2012 - Uncover Your Family History; discover the different types of records available Read More...

March 21, 2012, The Record -  KITCHENER – The doors opened to the Centre in the Square auditorium. In they streamed like sunlight amid mid-August temperatures on a March afternoon. They texted and talked. By the hundreds they shuffled quickly to get the best seats. Geeks and gurus. Men and women. They came in Read More...

March 3, 2012, The Record -  Our area is one that honours its past. And there’s no better way to observe this than by visiting one or both of two recently opened museums — the Guelph Civic Museum and the Waterloo Region Museum in south Kitchener. Guelph Civic Museum The Guelph Civic Museum, Read More...

February 23, 2012, The Record -  KITCHENER — Just when scientists and music composers thought they had it all figured out, that there was nowhere left to explore, something interesting happened. “About 100 years ago, science and physics in particular was pretty well understood, and music was much the same way,” said Read More...

 February 20, 2012, The Record -  KITCHENER — When more than 700 people attended last year’s inaugural Bring on the Sunshine event, a celebration of black culture, organizer Jacqui Terry knew she was on to something. “We were pleased, we expected 100,” said Terry, an artist who was born and raised in Read More...

February 13, 2012, Daily Exchange -  Waterloo Region - The Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation will host its annual Heritage Showcase on Saturday, February 18th, 2012 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Fairview Park Mall, Fairway Road South at Highway 8, Kitchener. Heritage Showcase, open free to the public, is a Read More...

February 7, 2012, Daily Exchange - Waterloo - Following its popular event on Rapid Transit last year, Leadership Waterloo Region, working in collaboration with the Immigration Partnership, is proud to present a 3-part Conversation Café Series: “Newcomers: Settling, Belonging and Working in Waterloo Region.” Attendees from all sectors will have the Read More...

 January 15, 2012, The Record - WATERLOO REGION — As you might expect, one of the first local events marking Black History Month will offer a heritage lesson and a positive example for young people. But there’s another reason Lauris DaCosta booked Joe Sealy & Co. for a Waterloo church performance next Read More...

 January 15, 2012, The Record -  WATERLOO — The start of 2012 carried apocalyptic prophecies, but the Chinese lunar calendar offers a more optimistic outlook when its new year begins next week. The Year of the Dragon will bring wealth and fortune when it arrives January 23. As the most powerful sign Read More...

 January 13, 2012, The Record -  WATERLOO REGION – A local group of service providers, health care representatives, business people and politicians have come together to create the Immigration Partnership Council to help immigrants and refugees integrate into Canadian society. For two years, the group met to talk about how to better Read More...

January 11, 2011, Cambridge Times -  As the steel continues to rise on the new Cambridge Performing Arts Centre, city council cemented a 50-year operating agreement with Drayton Entertainment, Monday night. Although council put its unanimous support behind the project, public opposition to the project hasn’t gone away. Failed council candidate Thomas Vann Read More...

 December 30, 2011, The Record -  WATERLOO REGION — There’s no reason to spend New Year’s Eve at home when there are festivities awaiting you all around the region. One of the biggest public celebrations is slated for Kitchener City Hall. The evening is divided into child-friendly activities from 4 p.m. to Read More...

December 22, 2011, The Record -  KITCHENER – Kitchener City Hall now has more ways to bring art to life, with its two indoor galleries and an outdoor one at the top of city hall’s Berlin Tower. Rotunda Gallery: Into Thin Air by Sandra Martin will be exhibited through the month of Read More...