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Shye Weinstein, 27, was at the Supernova electronic music festival in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023 when it became the site of attacks carried out by Hamas. He was at the University of Waterloo this week to give a talk about his experience fleeing the area.
CBC Kitchener-Waterloo will be doing some reporting from Williamsburg in the coming weeks, and we want to know what you think we should be covering in the neighbourhood.
As the Region of Waterloo contemplates how to help people living on the streets or in encampments and parks, housing researchers discuss what it means to measure the success of the programs.
Alicia McDonald doesn't yet have a tiny home at A Better Tent City, but she says she hopes one day soon she will. CBC KW's James Chaarani met her at the sanctioned encampment which opened in 2020 in Kitchener, Ont. The board says it's at risk of being shut down due to a lack of regional funding.
A Better Tent City is a tiny home community in Kitchener, Ont., that currently houses 50 people. Volunteers say they're writing grant applications and doing the best they can, but they need more money to keep the project going.