Luisa D'Amato
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Ontario, Canada
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Last-minute chaos served no one, as Waterloo Region councillors tried to make budget changes
Regional councillors’ 11th-hour motions to spend, cut or raise revenue had the feeling of a smash-and-grab attempt, Luisa D’Amato writes → Read More
Why is Premier Ford suggesting that municipal reform will lead to more housing in Waterloo Region?
Reviewing roles and responsibilities of different layers of government won’t solve the housing shortage in Waterloo Region. Why is Premier Doug Ford suggesting it will, Luisa D’Amato asks → Read More
Above all else, we must elect leaders who can talk to everyone
This election campaign has exposed entrenched viewpoints, in which people won’t listen to someone with a different point of view. That must stop, Luisa D’Amato writes → Read More
Starting over at age 60: Kitchener woman lost everything in July fire
More than the possessions she lost in a July 9 fire that destroyed an apartment building, Mo Markham grieves her loss of community, Luisa D’Amato writes → Read More
If Lisa LaFlamme were a man, she would still have her job as top CTV news anchor
The abrupt decision to dump LaFlamme reeks of a sexist double standard at the network, Luisa D’Amato writes → Read More
Why is a 44-storey highrise being built in downtown Kitchener with no public discussion?
The development requires no approval by city councillors, even though it will be a huge change from what is there now, Luisa D’Amato writes → Read More
Gospel music straight ‘from the heart’
Waterloo Region Mass Choir releases new recording and prepares to perform in Mel Brown Festival next month → Read More
If you want real change in policing, don’t focus on Waterloo Region’s new chief
Bryan Larkin has been a progressive police chief, no question. As president of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, he has advocated decriminalizing drug possession. He knows you can’t arrest your way out of a drug addiction epidemic. Larkin has also supported harm-reducing measures like safe supply and consumption and treatment sites. Larkin, who announced last week he will retire as… → Read More
Impressions of the pandemic, sculpted in clay and glass
A thought-provoking exhibit reopens the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery in Waterloo after two years of COVID-19 → Read More
Teachers often face violence even from youngest students
Patrick Etmanski remembers when a kindergarten-aged boy looked at him and said, “Do you want a punch in the nose?” “What?” said the astonished Etmanski. And then the boy punched him as hard as he could. “My glasses flew off, I saw stars,” said Etmanski. Back then, Etmanski was a teacher. Now he is the president of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association, Waterloo branch, and he advises… → Read More
These seven parking spots are needed — but they’re in the way
Region of Waterloo staff want to remove parking spots on Duke Street beside the accessible entrance of a church. But this church isn’t so easily pushed aside, Luisa D’Amato writes → Read More
Baby boomers have experienced this pandemic very differently from younger generations
‘The older generations don’t appreciate or necessarily fully understand where the younger people are coming from,’ a public opinion expert tells columnist Luisa D’Amato → Read More
After a 706-day drought, a live symphony concert brings powerful emotions
Being at a live concert felt like going to the past in a time machine — both strange and familiar at the same time, Luisa D’Amato writes → Read More
There’s an unfortunate sense of entitlement in the Belmont Village discussion
The people who live in the area make it clear: they don’t want an 11-storey building. What about those who would like to move to the area, Luisa D’Amato asks → Read More
People go to a protest in order to be heard
Because police had adequate resources, they ensured that people could speak their minds peacefully on the weekend, Luisa D’Amato writes → Read More
Police officer raced toward danger, saving lives at A Better Tent City
Const. Nolan Di Diomete helped people get out of their homes as a fire spread quickly in the middle of the night, Luisa D’Amato writes → Read More
When hateful words arrive at the door
An anti-vaccine newspaper that’s delivered locally to some homes combines hostility to vulnerable minorities with blaming of medical and government authorities. Does that sound familiar? asks Luisa D’Amato → Read More
KW Glee’s version of ‘O Canada’ is capturing heart from far and wide
‘I watched the video and I got teary-eyed,’ Kitchener mayor says → Read More
Only 29% of essential workers can get emergency child care. What does that tell us?
The situation is so desperate that a Friday afternoon memo to regional staff asked for volunteers on Monday morning, even if they didn’t have child-care experience, Luisa D’Amato writes. → Read More
Why is the Ontario government not protecting child-care workers?
Child-care providers are holding the rest of Ontario together right now. Yet the government acts as if they are invisible, Luisa D’Amato writes → Read More