Enbridge Gas helps Waterloo Fire Rescue reduce fire and carbon monoxide deaths through Project ZeroEnbridge Gas and Waterloo Fire Rescue have teamed up to improve home safety and bring fire and carbon monoxide-related deaths down to zero.
Waterloo Fire Rescue received 378 combination smoke and carbon monoxide alarms through Enbridge’s Project Zero–a public education campaign that will provide 7,500 alarms to residents in 35 municipalities across Ontario.
Reminder to follow public health guidelines for Halloween As residents begin making plans for Halloween, the City of Waterloo reminds everyone to follow the guidelines of Region of Waterloo Public Health and Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health and find low-risk activities to mark the holiday.
Low-risk activities for celebrating Halloween safely with members of your immediate household include:
pumpkin carving and house decorating
virtual costume party
halloween movie night
sharing spooky stories
outdoor trick-or-treat scavenger hunt in the backyard
Virtual gatherings are the safest way to celebrate with people outside your household.
Staying healthy and well: a free virtual series for seniors The City of Waterloo is hosting an online wellness event, “Staying healthy and well: a virtual series for seniors”. The free weekly series covers a wide range of interests and topics to encourage good mental and physical health in our community’s seniors.
Waterloo.ca recognized for website excellenceThe City of Waterloo has earned three awards for the 2018 website refresh of Waterloo.ca:
Hermes gold award for Overall Excellence in Government Website
Hermes gold award for Overall Excellence in Website Redesign
dotCOMM gold award in the Government category
The honours came from Hermes Creative Awards and dotCOMM organizations, which recognize outstanding contributions in electronic media and digital communication.
Waterloo’s leaf collection program begins November 2Waterloo residents have three options for leaf collection: bag leaves for the Region of Waterloo's biweekly yard waste collection, mulch the leaves and let them remain on the property, or rake the leaves to the curb for the City of Waterloo’s leaf collection.
Waterloo’s leaf collection is for the trees on your boulevard only.
City of Waterloo Council summary - October 5, 2020** The council summary below provides a snapshot of the major items presented at this evening’s council meeting. Please refer to the minutes for an official record of the meeting.
Greening our community togetherEach fall, the City of Waterloo works with local neighbourhood groups to host community planting events in different city parks. Planting native trees provides healthy habitat for pollinators and expands our urban forest, creating shade and improving water and air quality.
Waterloo wins CAMA Award of ExcellenceThe City of Waterloo is pleased to announce it has won the Canadian Association of Municipal Administrators (CAMA) Willis Award for Innovation (Over 100,000 Population Category) - Beneficial Reuse of Stormwater Management Facility Sediment – SWM Pond 53 Pilot.
Sediment disposal from stormwater management facilities (SWMF) is a growing concern for municipalities across Ontario and Canada as these facilities age and require cleaning out to maintain proper function.
Celebrate International Seniors’ Day, October 1, 2020International Seniors' Day, October 1, dovetails with the World Health Organization's Decade of Healthy Ageing - 2020 to 2030 - “ten years of concerted, catalytic and collaborative action to improve the lives of older people, their families, and the communities in which they live.”
Earlier this year, the Waterloo Regional Age Friendly Committee published the Celebration Project profiles of six older adults in the Region whose commitment to and involvement in the community were evidenced by their volunteer activities.
Applications for city boards and committees are now open until October 19The Council of the City of Waterloo invites interested persons to apply for positions on its boards and committees. Volunteering on a committee provides an opportunity to be engaged with matters affecting the community.
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