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Kitchener is looking to the community for help building its new Spotlight on Sport exhibit. 🏅👏 The inaugural display will recognize athletes including Leticia Skeete, Markus Cimermancic, Sarah Pavan and Tyler Miller, while future community-submitted stories will highlight others who have contributed to sports and recreation in the city. The Cowan Recreation Centre at RBJ Schlegel Park is set to celebrate its grand opening on Nov. 14.

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New Every Child Matters artwork is hitting the road across Waterloo Region. 🧡🚌 Indigenous artist Kevin George created the design, which is now featured on one Grand River Transit bus and four ambulances. The artwork focuses on Indigenous people reclaiming cultural gifts, relationships and connections that the residential school system attempted to sever.

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The Onkel Hans Food Drive is returning during Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest to collect food and money for the Food Bank of Waterloo Region. 🥫🤝 The first “Stuff a Bus” event happens Oct. 2 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the Kitchener Rangers game at the Kitchener Auditorium. Donations will also be collected during the Thanksgiving Day Parade on Oct. 12 along Weber Street between Frederick Street and Bridgeport Road, and at the Bruce Cockburn concert at Centre in the Square on Oct. 15 from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

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Students, staff and community members came together at the University of Waterloo on Sept. 30 to recognize National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. 🧡🤝 The day began with a 7 a.m. Sunrise Ceremony, followed by a Commitment Polishing Ceremony at 10 a.m., remarks and an Orange Shirt Walk around Ring Road at 11 a.m., and drumming and a Round Dance at noon. All ceremonies began and ended at B.C. Matthews Hall Green.

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Several events are planned across Kitchener-Waterloo on Sept. 30 for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. 🧡🤝

The Remember Me Walk starts at 10 a.m. outside Healing of the Seven Generations at 300 Frederick St., ending at Victoria Park with speeches, stories and other activities. A Sacred Fire at Crow Shield Lodge on David Street will follow with drumming and words from Elders.

The University of Waterloo will also hold ceremonies and activities throughout the day at B.C. Matthews Hall Green, including a sunrise ceremony, polishing ceremony, speeches, dancing and an orange shirt walk around Ring Road.

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Lime e-bikes and e-scooters have officially rolled into Waterloo Region. 🚲🛴 Up to 500 bright green e-bikes and 500 e-scooters are being distributed throughout Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge, replacing the orange Neuron devices previously used in the region. The rentals will be available until Oct. 31 and can be accessed through the Lime app.

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🎬🍿 October is bringing some exciting new movies to Kitchener’s big screens!

From horror and thrillers to action, fantasy, and highly anticipated adaptations, there’s something for every kind of movie fan this month. 🎞️👀

Save this for your next movie night and see what’s coming to Vancouver cinemas this October! 🍁🎥

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A new permanent installation at the University of Waterloo is bringing treaty education into a visible campus space. 👣🧡 The Moccasin Identifier Treaty Marker, located across from Environment 3, was created in partnership with the First Nations-led Moccasin Identifier initiative. The marker uses moccasin designs and educational resources to encourage students and visitors to learn about treaty relationships, Indigenous histories and their relationship with the land.

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