WCEAC had their AGM last week, and invited Steffanie Scott, a local UW professor and Co-Chair of the Waterloo Region Food System Roundtable, who gave a broad reaching talk on our food system, starting from a global perspective to local food priorities. This is a very interesting and relevant topic, especially for those who are interested in what can be done to buy locally produced food, and to encourage more of this.


Northdale has also been back in the news, with residents at 251 Albert street constructing a sexually explicit sculpture of a nude women with a kiwi fruit stuck between her spread legs. The Cord wrote an editorial suggesting this was art, that there are more important issues and questioned the why there was a controversy. True enough, but as I wrote to The Cord, neighhourhood norms should be respected.

On a more positive note, Kingston is also dealing with issue of intensification in near campus neighbourhoods, and have recently issued their recommendations.

Waterloo Council will be receiving a staff report at the end of April with options for Northdale, and Council will have to make some decisions in May. Shortly after that will come recommendations on the licensing of rental units.