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I have the album it's from; it was her first release after recovering from a double lung transplant. Her voice recovered superbly!

Which episodes of Murdoch did they film at WCR? I only know of Nikita using them. Murdoch did use the streetcar museum in Rockwood (despite the cars used not coming to be until twenty years after the...

I haven't recognized a Cambridge landmark in Murdoch Mysteries for a while; I think they're filming exclusively in Hamilton now.

I don't trust Applebee's; I went to the one in Windsor and got a meal with a hair wrapped around a couple of fries.

They don't seem much different from big box to me. The only difference between this place and SmartCentres is the layout.

No more harsh than in the average downtown, I should think.

Isn't Nevada Bob's still here, too?

I expect more than a few developers are salivating over the bus station land.

Hobby shops, especially model train stores. They used to be all over the place but one by one they closed. Rails West, Heritage Hobbies, Classy Chassis, and Iron Horse Hobbies - all gone. I only know...

It was a bit dry, but informative. Graham Henderson of Music Canada discussed the opportunities open to Kitchener, with strong technological and cultural sectors similar to those found in Austin,...

Did anybody else attend this event at City Hall today? It updated people on the Music Works campaign to make Kitchener a live music hub and discussed some of the challenges facing the music industry...

Probably the K-Mart influence.

Sears may have an alternative to a total move-out. Some Sears locations in the US are being subdivided and sublet to other chains.

Riverside Park in Preston used to have a petting zoo, but it was shut down a few years back. I think the space is bike and skateboard ramps now.

There is quite a bit of parking on the Guelph campus, but probably not enough to handle all parking needs. I expect they will be running shuttle buses from other areas; the research buildings on...

The handout looks fantastic!

I worked for one of those collection services for a day; the stuff was loaded onto the truck and brought straight to Value Village. Sorting the usable stuff from the junk would save loading time,...

That's the reason, yes. I think the third rail kicks in around Albany, though longer distance trains might still change engines at White Plains. I'm just not sure why a shorter-run train like...

Wasn't sure whether this ought to go under retail or recreation; I picked the latter.


Victoria Park canoe rental business proposed


Right now, ducks and geese are the only ones enjoying a...

Clothesline and other collection programs should trawl the neighbourhoods on move-out day and collect what they can. A lot of the stuff would probably end up back in the same houses they collected...

One thing I can't understand about Amtrak's dual-mode engines is why they don't run them all the way to Toronto on the Maple Leaf. Switching engines at the border defeats the purpose of having...

Not surprising with only two trains a day. Give it time and we might get something, even if it's only dual-mode diesel/electrics.

I still would have gone traditional, but it's probably the best choice of the bunch. I agree that iXpress could stand to be retired. It strikes me as a relic of the i-name craze Apple started. Maybe...

Kind of disappointed that they went with the head end of The Canadian rather than the dome car. Ah, well. I'll live.

I can see HBC trying it; they do seem keen on getting specialist retail areas within their stores.

I wonder if Waterloo Region is more likely to receive a Nordstrom Rack store, at least initially. They'll probably want to stay in the bigger markets for a while.

I don't think the plan is to force Sears out; a lot of industry analysts have questioned whether Sears will make it to the Christmas sales, that's how precarious their situation is. I expect Sears...

I'd like to see a new Bay only because the existing one has too many patches from previous renovations. Best to start with a clean slate. With both Sears and Walmart likely to be leaving, now is a...

Considering Fairview is moving upscale, it probably wouldn't be unreasonable to expect a Nordstrom in the Sears location in time. A new HBC on the site of the Wal-Mart in the same style as the store...

How delightfully....bland.

Having not been inside it, can someone tell me what's wrong with the current one?

A performing arts centre would compete with The Aud and Centre in the Square too much. My best guess is more commercial. I doubt it will be Westmount style; they tore one of those down when they made...

Moxie's is getting its own building where the walk-in clinic/former St Hubert's used to be at Fairway and Wilson.

There have been suggestions of a hotel for the Cambridge Mill site as well; anyone heard more about that?

Third rail power is an impossibility for surface light rail. The only other alternative to overhead wire is Bombardier's PRIMOVE system, and nobody has used it yet.

Longer than 2005--they were talking about it before I graduated high school in 2003.

One of the runways at YKF is longer than a runway at YHM in Hamilton; they used to have transatlantic services so it's possible for us. Would probably have to make a refueling stop at Gander or...

Did anything happen with the survey for travellers to Windsor? That flight would probably make the most sense if they made us an outbound pick-up, inbound drop-off airport on Toronto-Windsor flights...

The plywood has certainly greyed a fair bit.

If it's anything like the shutdown of the post office in the Sandwich neighbourhood of Windsor they've already decided. The customer survey is just a formality. The Shoppers location is more...

Couldn't they use the sound insulation used for recording booths?

Do you know anything about the new building going up on the north end of the development?

Big box retail may be dying at sportsworld, but smaller format stores are plugging along. A new strip mall is promoting itself pre-construction.

In nearby news, Apex Cycle has made its move to...

Have there been any developments on this project? The Record article quoted dates to 2008.

I think it's a prestige thing. Anyone can have a postal outlet in the back of a drug store, but a standalone post office means you've arrived--or at least returned to where you were before they tore...

Saw a coyote a couple of weeks ago near the Zehrs on Dunbar Road.

The only other independent chocolatier I know of in Waterloo Region is Reid's in Galt. Not on par with Toronto's Soma or a chain like Godiva, but it has its charms. It smells divine before you even...

Makes you wonder why they bothered at all.

The current goal is to electrify the Union-Pearson tracks by 2017; I can't imagine that electrification of at least part of Kitchener Line would be far behind, and inevitably more trains would follow.

Waterloo to get double-decker buses by summer!

GO adds new double-deckers that ride a bit lower
Toronto Star | April 3, 2013