Happy Wednesday, neighbours!
Clocks fall back this Sunday, November 1. An extra hour of sleep, or another hour with the leftover Halloween candy? Your call 🍬
And a little neighbourly detective work: know a Lori, now 61 or 62? Reply to this email. Someone is hoping to reconnect 🫶
With love,
your friendly neighbourhood goose 🦆
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THE HOUSE YOU WENT TO FIRST ON HALLOWEEN
Some Kitchener kids knew exactly where to start trick-or-treating: the candy factory owner’s house. Generous portions of Turkish delight will do that.
This weekend’s plans take a little more choosing. A toddler costume parade? Treats with farm animals? A vampire fashion show? Something your teen insists won’t scare them?
I’ve put together a family Halloween guide, with dates, ages and links, plus a little of Kitchener’s sweeter history.
Which house is legendary for trick-or-treating in your neighbourhood, and why?
with Elev8 Aesthetic Medicine
A treatment menu tells you what a clinic offers. It tells you much less about the person you’ll be talking to.
ELEV8 founder Rinku Dhaliwal started her nursing career in mental health, including working with children. Her path also took her into healthcare policy, a master’s in health administration, and teaching nursing students.
In her account of her approach, she puts understanding a person’s goals and explaining the process at the centre of a consultation.
If you’re curious about the clinic, getting to know the people is a place to start.
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REGION'S RADAR 👀
from around the town
Forbes Park in Hespeler has a new bee-themed playground, designed with input from almost 400 residents. Read
Cambridge is giving out lawn signs that show your home is accessible for all trick-or-treaters. Pick one up at city rec centres and libraries until Oct. 31. Read
University of Waterloo researchers found what damages the cornea in a common cause of blindness, a step toward treatments that could mean fewer transplants. Read
A University of Waterloo astronomer used the James Webb Space Telescope to find clouds made of the same minerals as sand on a faraway lava planet. Read
with Cheryl Goetz, Real Estate Agent, REAL Broker Ontario Ltd.
You don’t want to discover the fridge doesn’t work while you’re unpacking the groceries.
That’s why Cheryl recommends a final walkthrough before closing. In her recent walkthroughs, she’s found appliances and ventilation systems that weren’t working. Those issues were repaired or buyers were compensated at closing.
Check that included appliances work, look for new damage, and confirm agreed repairs are complete. If something’s wrong, flag it to your agent before closing.
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ROLL OUT ROOTS
Work: Operations Assistant (Transportation), Region of Waterloo
House of the week: 1860s farmhouse with a covered porch
Volunteer: Event volunteer, The Food Bank of Waterloo Region
Adopt: Jack loves walks and head scratches!
PRINCESS PICKS 🎬
with Princess Cinemas, est 1985
John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell as CIA partners sent to Easter Island? Wild Horse Nine is Martin McDonagh’s latest, with Steve Buscemi completing the trio. Early-access screening Friday, October 30 at 6:45 p.m., Princess Twin ♿️
Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes and John Leguizamo take a very eventful road trip in To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, November’s Rainbow Coalition of Waterloo and Spectrum Waterloo pick. Monday, November 2 at 6:45 p.m., Princess Original.
How well do you know the family next door? Fjord follows a Romanian family in Norway as concerns about their children become an investigation. Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve star. Princess Original.
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ROAM & RAZZLE
Special events, happenings around town you’d want to check out.
In Quebec, a "cinq à sept" is the after-work hangout that runs from 5 to 7, and on Tuesday the Walper Hotel borrows the idea for a jazz night. The Tim Moher Quartet plays in the second floor lounge with vocalist Jontue Élan up front, co-presented with The Registry Theatre. The cover includes tapas that keeps coming out through the whole show, so it works as dinner and a concert in one go.
Tue, Nov 3 from 5pm to 7pm at the Lounge, The Walper Hotel, Kitchener
FRI, OCT 30
Concert: Loreena McKennitt brings The Mask and Mirror Tour, Celtic songs and harp (all ages) 7:30pm, Centre in the Square, Kitchener tix
Circus: Paranormal Cirque Nightmare, a big top of aerialists, illusionists and creepy creatures, half circus, half horror (13+) 7:30pm, Cambridge Centre Mall, Cambridge ♿️ tix
SAT, OCT 31
Family: Halloween Kids Day, spooky fun during the Saturday market (all ages) 7am, St. Jacobs Farmers' Market, St. Jacobs info
Family: Harvest Halloween, with stilt walkers, face painting and a corn maze (all ages) 10am, Cambridge City Hall, Cambridge info
Festival: Día de los Muertos, with mariachi, ofrendas and traditional food (all ages) 11am, Carl Zehr Square, Kitchener info
Concert: Owen Riegling, the Ontario country singer behind Old Dirt Roads, with Dalton Davis (all ages) 8pm, Centre in the Square, Kitchener tix
RIDDLE ME
Last week's trivia: 59% got it right. Port Arthur, moved its clocks ahead on July 1, 1908, a year after builder William Willett first pitched the idea in London, England.
Halloween is Saturday, so let's talk candy. Which treat in the trick-or-treat bag is made by a company that started in a little Berlin (now Kitchener) grocery store more than 130 years ago?
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