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Keeping workplaces healthy during the pandemic
14 January 2021 | By Alex Kinsella in: COVID19, Opinion, Tech About Town
With nearly a year of working from home due to the global pandemic Dace Whiteside, Director of Insights & Research at YMCA workwell has been working to find ways to increase well-being for everyone working… Read more
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Don’t say unprecedented
18 December 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: COVID19, Opinion, Tech About Town
Despite the pandemic, Waterloo Region came together to work on various initiatives. Read more
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Stop, drop, open up an online shop
10 December 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: COVID19, Opinion, Tech About Town
Junior Achievement Waterloo Region has had to make a pivot that it has wanted to for years. Moving programming to include a digital aspect. With the pandemic, this became essential if they wanted to continue… Read more
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Inspiration to get through the winter
03 December 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: COVID19, Opinion, Tech About Town
Local design consultancy firm Overlap Associates has started a new side project to help tackle some winter blues that are worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. Overlap Associates has designed a booklet featuring… Read more
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A rare escape from COVID-19
18 November 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: COVID19, Opinion, Tech About Town
Communitech News author Alex Kinsella shares details about Rare, an urban land trust in Waterloo Region. Rare manages 1,000 protected acres in Waterloo Region and Wellington County. Read more
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Innovating together
04 November 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: COVID19, Opinion, Tech About Town
Remy Warren and Amina Gilani, two local entrepreneurs, will be representing Canada as part of 45 Canadian delegates at the G20 Young Entrepreneurs Alliance summit. Read more
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Everything not saved will be lost
17 September 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: COVID19, Opinion, Tech About Town
With the pandemic keeping everyone at home, the Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener + Area (CAFKA) is bringing art into our lives, despite having to postpone this year's exhibition. Read more
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Bike to the future
27 August 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: COVID19, Opinion, Tech About Town
Earlier this summer Waterloo Region installed 30 kilometers of temporary bike lanes across Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge which has forced people to ask the question, what kind of cities do we want… Read more
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Be a tourist in your own backyard
06 August 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: COVID19, Opinion, Tech About Town
The Pandemic has been devastating for the tourism industry which is why Minto Schneider, CEO at Waterloo Region Tourism have been working hard to keep tourism businesses alive in Waterloo Region. The creation… Read more
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Rapid Novor completes US$5-million Series A raise
28 July 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: COVID19, Featured, News
Rapid Novor, a Waterloo based company helps drug makers and pharmaceutical companies make vaccines. The company has recently announced a US $5 Million series A raise led by Co-Win Ventures which will help… Read more