Jeff Hicks
WR Record
Cambridge, ON, Canada
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Parking ticket riles food bank donor
Citizen pays fine after getting ticketed while dropping off donations at the Cambridge Self-Help Food Bank → Read More
The Community Players troupe wants city to pay for fence to keep out trespassers
There have been tents, drug debris and threatening behaviour, even a fire pit at the city-owned Cambridge Arts Theatre building in the summer rehearsal season. → Read More
Cambridge urged to roll out inclusive ‘welcome mat’ with rainbow crosswalk
A rainbow crosswalk is not just an expendable $15,000 budget item to Rosalind Gunn. → Read More
Hospital Foundation seeks $860k from Cambridge in city’s 2020 budget
The one per cent hospital levy is back from the political beyond. → Read More
Cambridge again eyes rainbow crosswalk
The rainbow crosswalk is back before city council. → Read More
Cambridge declares climate ‘crisis’
Perhaps it’s more of a crisis than an emergency. → Read More
Building boom buoys Cambridge
Construction permits worth $370 million issued in first nine months of year → Read More
Vacancy declared by Cambridge council
The name plate remained in front of his empty place on the city council horseshoe: Councillor Frank Monteiro. → Read More
Cambridge council to declare Ward 7 seat vacant on Nov. 5
The 60-day countdown begins on Tuesday. → Read More
Tim Louis wins Kitchener-Conestoga after botched paperwork delayed vote count 12 hours
Louis bests incumbent Harold Albrecht by 305 votes, Elections Canada confirms → Read More
Climate change top-of-mind issue for many voters in Cambridge
Michele Braniff, second-time Green Party candidate for the federal Cambridge riding, had a ‘frog’ in her throat on Monday afternoon. → Read More
‘Pilot project’ proposal for free menstrual supplies doesn’t impress Cambridge councillor
Staff report recommends products be offered in washrooms at six city facilities by Nov. 30 → Read More
Campus voting continues at Conestoga, Laurier, Waterloo
Advance polling stations at local colleges, universities close on Wednesday night — other advance polls across Waterloo Region open on Friday → Read More
Council looks at allowing groups outside Cambridge to apply for city grants
Report suggests changing rules to allow grants to groups with majority of participants from city → Read More
Cambridge moves to keep consumption and treatment sites out of cores long-term
Zoning bylaw will be in place when interim measure runs out in March. → Read More
Waterloo Region residents sweltering as humidex levels soar
KITCHENER — Relief from the extreme heat and humidity is on the way Sunday, in the wake of a weak cold front. The heat and humidity in the forecast led Environment Canada to issue a heat warning for Waterloo Region and Wellington County as the weekend began. Humidex values hit 40 on Friday and are expected to top 45 on Saturday as temperatures reach daytime highs in the low to mid-30s.… → Read More
A penne for your thoughts? Watch UW life in the ‘pasta’ lane
Georgia Tech entry at UW robotics challenge turns sideways at finish line → Read More
Cambridge eager to hire new city manager, clerk
Interim chief administrative officer Jeff Willmer on the job until the end of August → Read More
Bridge over Chilligo-Ellis Creek in Hespeler due to be replaced
The sign bolted to the wooden bridge over Chilligo-Ellis Creek, due to be replaced later this year, had clearly been tampered with by a Mill Run Trail mischief maker. → Read More
‘Kissing bridge’ gets stamp of approval
Ontario’s last remaining historic covered bridge — the 1881 covered bridge in West Montrose — has been honoured with its own postage stamp. → Read More