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Co-organizers, Nandi Comer and Brenda Hernandez discuss the importance of reigniting curiosity and hope. Photo Credit: Julianne Lindsey for Comer and Hernandez Bloom Speaker Series is a four-part virtual event making space for re-emergence and growing possibility. The series kicks off April 29 at 5pm ET and runs through June 10. and will feature artists discussions, a film screening and more. AMP is a Detroit based network that creates media for liberation and spans to foster artistic collaboration across the globe. Colorlines spoke exclusively with Bloom Speakers Series co-organizers, Nand...

Posted: Apr 23, 2021 10:50 AM ET | Last Updated: April 23 More than 8,000 people attended the Black Lives Matter march in Guelph in June, 2020. (Submitted by: Ward1studios) Black community leaders in Waterloo region say they continue to have concerns about policing powers in the province under the current stay-at-home order and want to help people understand their rights going forward. Last week, Premier Doug Ford announced stricter COVID-19 restrictions which included new police powers to stop pedestrians on the street or in vehicles if they appear to be violating COVID-19 protocols. This s...

Posted: Mar 10, 2021 6:00 AM ET | Last Updated: March 10 A pilot of body-worn and in-car video systems will run from June to December this year.(Monty Kruger/CBC) The Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS) will start using body-worn and in-car cameras in June this year as a pilot project. The service's Neighbourhood Policing - North Division has been tapped to test the cameras, according to a report that will go before the police services board Wednesday. The division has been split into four groups: one that will use body-worn cameras only, one that will use in-car cameras only, one that w...

Pop-up COVID-19 testing coming to 2 Kitchener community centres A new pilot project will see COVID-19 tests offered at two Kitchener community centres, in an effort to improve access to testing for neighbourhoods hit hard by the novel coronavirus. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Feb 09, 2021 6:00 AM ET | Last Updated: February 9 The Region of Waterloo has announced COVID-19 testing will be offered at two community centres in Kitchener to make it easier for those living in hard-hit neighbourhoods to get tested.(Evan Mitsui/CBC)

The sites are part of a pilot project and will operate in local community centres. The clinics are located at Kingsdale Community Centre at 72 Wilson Ave. and Victoria Hills Community Centre at 10 Chopin Dr. The Kingsdale location will have clinics on Feb. 11, 18 and 25 between 2 and 5 p.m. and will serve residents in the Vanier and Rockway neighbourhoods. Victoria Hills will be open on Feb. 16 and 23 and March 22 from 4 to 7 p.m. for people living in Highland West and Victoria Hills. In a news release, the City of Kitchener said the project is part of a collaboration with the African Ca...