Hey all, was hoping to see if anyone knows of any *local* black car services around Cambridge/KW that do within-city trips?

Have been looking for Black SUV services for about a 15 min drive within Cambridge but most companies are Limo/Airport Transport services and quotes have been $300+ for the within-city trip.

I understand that it's less worth it for these companies so was hoping to see if there are any local companies that could be recommended that might be willing to do it for a more reasonable price if they have the availability off peak?

Thanks!

50$ nkt sure if this is allowed here projector and fire stick works well just upgraded to a bigger one perfect for bedrooms or outdoor movies

I just launched CambridgeLife.ca today and would love some honest feedback from the community!

The goal is to create a place dedicated to Cambridge, Ontario where people can share local news, events, photos, businesses, and connect with other residents. It's still in the early stages, so I'm looking for suggestions, ideas, bug reports, or anything you think would make it better.

Thanks to anyone who takes a look. Every bit of feedback helps!.

Any good recommendations for a pedicure place for guys? I’ve tried the one in the mall and I dunno - kinda meh. Anyone have any ideas?

Looking to share experience to inform others about a horrendous living situation since bylaw and management won’t do anything.

UPDATE: The bird is with the Cambridge Humane Society.

Flew into yard on Blair Rd. Currently secured and safe with food and water. KW ground search and rescue has been notified and Humane Society will come for it by 10pm if owner isn't located. Please notify if you know anyone missing a pet Lovebird.

Due to plants not faring well in the heat they have alot of free plants outside the store. They are labelled free. I got some dill and spinach.

Looking for some suggestions on where to have an Isuzu NRR Truck repaired.

TIA

Hello. A bit of an odd question, wondering if anyone knows or is starting the PSW program at St Louis in the fall? I didn’t receive the medical form to share with my doctor and wondered if someone else had the link.

Any recommendations for fast home broadband speed in Linton?

Looking for a good doctor in town. I see a few billboards advertising accepting new patients but just thought I’d see if anyone could recommend one they are happy with and are taking on new patients? Thanks !

To their credit, the wrestlers finished the match before running for cover.

I think we were very lucky that the storm seemed to head a bit more south. Brantford had numerous power outages. Glad my trees bent but did not break. Will have a closer look later.

The wind gusts pulled out our 12ft lilac.

The wind storm knocked it down on the corner of Sheldon and Hespeler.

Violent Thunderstorm came out of nowhere

Anyone out of East Galt blacked out?

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/teen-driver-charged-man-on-riding-lawnmower-killed-north-dumfries-9.7255329

Now that Costco no longer does Propane refills, where’s the best deal/best place for Propane refills in Cambridge? I feel like going to a gas station where normally only one attendant is working is always a pain.

Hi everyone! I’m a professional character designer for animation and I also have plenty of teaching experience with a broad range of ages (4-adults) from working as an art program teacher and currently as a professor at a few Ontario colleges.

I teach a variety of topics concerning art and am currently available for 1 on 1 tutoring for both kids and adults! My services are typically popular with older kids that have a knack for art with specific talents that they want to develop/focus on, later teens that want guidance and critique as they create an entry portfolio for a post secondary animation/art college or university.

Topics that I can cover are broad, including digital painting, animation fundamentals, character animation, character design, perspective drawing, anatomy and figure drawing, and portfolio prep!

My work can be found at galbino17.wixsite.com/website-1 or on my instagram @cinnamoncarnation

Feel free to send me a DM or email me at gabbyalbinoart@gmail.com if you or your kids are interested!:)

Well it’s 4:15 am in Ontario and I just lit my smoker. Going to serve up some pulled pork on a bun later today. Just wanted to wish everyone a great Canada Day holiday! We live in such a great place and whilst not perfect, you can pretty much see it from your window. We need to remember that sickness will not bankrupt you, our government isn’t sending our kids to die in unwanted wars, we can drink our tap water and we can still breathe the air. Don’t forget to step outside today and shake your neighbours hand. This is our Canada.

imgur.com/a/iw4V5HM

hey everyone

i just wanted to share my humble brag about having some fireflies in my yard. theyre truly so amazing and magical.

just wanted to ask if any one else has fireflies and what I can do to help the population.

we leave a ton of leaf litter from our bush and the neighbours maple.

is there anything else I can do to help?

hi everyone!

the uwaterloo premed club will be hosting a virtual med student panel on June 11 (TONIGHT) from 7pm to 8:30pm and we would love to see you all there!!!

we’re planning to host students from various medical schools in Canada (Queen’s, UofT, TMU, McMaster, Western, Ottawa, McGill) so this could be an excellent opportunity for you to ask any questions you might have about a particular school directly to a student currently studying there.

the link to the microsoft teams meeting can be found here: teams.microsoft.com/meet/266723940410079?p=qdEsmwsMtoD3twWUdQ

if you have any questions at all, please do not hesitate to let us know :)

Will i be able to specialize from the several majors in the double degree math bba, like act sci, etc?

Current computer engineering student on first co-op term (after finishing 1A & 1B). I hear back from an employer tomorrow for a Fall co-op which if I get, I really would like to take. Is it possible for me to do this and then switch to stream 4 without any problems?

In theory it should work out because I would be perfectly in line with stream 4 (winter term we both would do 2A while having completed 2 co-op terms).

If there is anyone who has made this switch, please pm me or respond here with info on how you did it, I would greatly appreciate it!!

This may be a long shot, but.

Someone cut my son's bike lock at school (Forest Heights) and stole his bike; a bike that he worked and saved for and was his pride and joy.

I have a devastated teenager. It has been reported to police but I know they get these reports daily so not counting on hearing anything. If you see this bike around, please let me know. It is very identifiable (dark purple with yellow writing).

I've been sick for about 4-5 days now and I'm concerned about my ability to write my two upcoming midterm exams - one on Monday and one on Wednesday next week.

I have a few questions about the Verification of Illness Form (VIF) process:

1. How does the VIF process work, and where is the best and easiest place to get one?

2. Can a single VIF cover both midterms?

3. If my symptoms happen to improve by Monday but I wasn't able to study or focus properly due to being sick for the past several days, would I still be eligible to submit a VIF for either or both exams?

Any guidance on next steps or who I should be contacting would be really appreciated.

Anyone else get waitlisted this year 🫠? Im tryna get a sense of the number of people who got waitlisted and see if there is anyone else in the same boat as me. Also do they keep the number of people waitlisted small?

Hello my name is Mackenzie!

I've been a fan of wrestling since I was like 5 (27 now lol) but have never been around fellow fans really. My friend group isn't really into it or nerd out as much as I do I'd say.

Looking to meet some fellow fans and possibly see if people would want to go see any local promotions. Would gladly pay for gas money 😁

I’ve been reaching out to my academic advisors for a while but it seems they don’t do 1 on 1 meetings anymore and only answer questions through emails? They just gave me a bunch of useless resources that I’ve gone through that don’t actually help with the type of questions I have. Since when have academics advisors stopped doing their job?

Edit: going through their own site, it says that academic advisors have 15 minute virtual/ in-person meetings. So whether it’s summer time or not they should specify on there. students.wlu.ca/academics/support-and-advising/academic-advising/science-advising/assets/resources/connect-with-science-academic-advising.html. Honestly this is absolute garbage, if you have semesters going on during the spring/ summer have your advisors available for conversations.

Chat Shopify slimed my ass after the life story and I feel stupid now. Is this a common occurrence or did I just get unlucky 😭

It seems like there are no laws or no enforcement about proper signage and safe pedestrian walkways here.

They are doing construction in my neighbourhood and I have witnessed multiple things that absolutely would not fly where I’m from.

For example, they put up a “yield to oncoming traffic sign” that was wedged between two pieces of equipment and wasn’t even slightly visible to the cars that were supposed to yield.

When I was walking today the sidewalk was randomly blocked with no alternate walkway. I was forced to either run across the street or turn around and walk 5 minutes to the next crosswalk and then come back. I am slightly horrified thinking of what someone in a wheelchair would’ve done. This has been a pretty regular occurrence also.

This is my first construction season living in KW. Where I’m from they are required to have proper signage at all times, required to either have signage that the sidewalk is closed up ahead or provide a safe alternate walkway. Is this not the law here or is it just not enforced?? If it’s not being enforced who do I contact about this??

Adding a little rant because I’m tired of this. Honestly this construction is making my life hell as an autistic person. Every day different roads and sidewalks are blocked off with no warning. I try to walk a different way to avoid the construction and suddenly another sidewalk is blocked. The workers are rude and unhelpful when I’m trying to figure out how to get past them. One time they directed me to walk into a piece of equipment that was swinging in the air??

Today one of the workers came and started spraying spray paint in my yard (like less than a foot away from me) at the exact same time I was leaving my house even though I saw him hanging out there while I was getting ready. Almost as if he wanted to get paint on me or at least make me think he might :/

It seems like they aren’t doing anything all day but they’ll use super loud equipment at 7am (like so loud my windows shake). I can’t bring my pets outside because the noise scares them. At this point I don’t want to leave my house without my partner because every time I’m having to add 5-10 minutes to my walk, run across streets when I don’t feel safe doing so, walk a different route every single time, deal with rude workers…

(Edited to add more to the rant portion).

RuPaul has a new movie out called Stop!That!Train! And as a big fan of drag race I want to go see it, but none of the theaters in KW or even Cambridge are showing out. I gotta go to Guelph/Oakville/Toronto etc. to see it. Does anyone know why this is?

Is that allowed? My work is planning a summer party, and we might do it at Victoria Park (specifically at the Pavilion) I just wanted to see if anyone knows if it’s permitted to drink alcohol outside? We typically set up lawn games for the kids, so we want the parents to be able to watch their little ones if they’re outside, while they have a drink.
Any insight is helpful! Thanks!

Is that allowed? My work is planning a summer party, and we might do it at Victoria Park (specifically at the Pavilion) I just wanted to see if anyone knows if it’s permitted to drink alcohol outside? We typically set up lawn games for the kids, so we want the parents to be able to watch their little ones if they’re outside, while they have a drink.
Any insight is helpful! Thanks!

Hey all!

My fiance and I, with our dog, will be staying in Kitchener for a weekend (end of June) at an air bnb to attend a funeral. The funeral will only be a short afternoon so we have plenty of time to explore.

We are outdoorsy people, but also enjoy going out at night for dinners, drinks, dancing.. we also enjoy cheesy date night ideas like escape rooms, arcades, and so on.

Please hit me with your must sees, do’s and eats around the area! 🤗

WatRank lets you see what everyone else who got offers/ranked for positions is going to rank those jobs back. It might seem pointless if you're taking an offer you got since nobody else's ranks are going to affect you anymore, but it helps everyone else figure out what to expect and what they should rank companies back. You'd want people to do the same for you in future co-op terms! In order for everyone to benefit, everyone needs to contribute. Please post your ranks in WatRank!

breach of a release order >> seems like that's the "norm" these days :(

ive heard fall is the hardest term for finding a place for only 4 months, and its looking pretty bleak rn. does it pick up after the first co-op cycle matches get finalized? just want to prepare for the worst.

That *isn't* Kinkaku.

Planning on taking ec260 first semester next year, everyone’s saying Morrison is a bad prof and they learned everything themselves. In that case should I just skip his lectures and self teach everything?

Please let me know thanks

I'm currently in my first academic term and honestly, the whole co-op cycle is starting to feel like a massive weight on my shoulders. I'm in CS and the prep for the job hunt is already becoming a full-time job in itself. Between trying to keep my GPA decent and then spending all my free time polishing my resume and applying to roles that I'm barely qualified for, I feel like I'm burning out before I've even hit second year.

I've been seeing a lot of people talk about how essential it is for the industry, especially with the current market being so weird, but I'm genuinely wondering if the stress is worth the potential payoff. If I were to opt out and just do a regular degree, would I be making a huge mistake in the long run? I feel like I could actually enjoy my classes and focus on learning the material properly instead of just grinding LeetCode every single night just to have something to show for my work term search.

Does anyone here actually regret staying in the co-op program? Or did you find a way to balance the search without losing your mind? I'm also curious about how much it actually impacts your starting salary if you don't have that Waterloo co-op experience on your resume. I feel like I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place here. Any advice from seniors or alumni would be massively appreciated because I'm seriously considering talking to an advisor about switching to the regular program next term.

Heat lightning going absolutely bonkers, 0 thunder whatsoever.

Living at Fergus house rn and CSL is doing the shittiest job (not doing it at all even.) I’ve had numerous issues within just 1 month of moving in and it’s actually hurting my quality of life. Had to rant and find out if other people are also going through the same thing.

1. Water extremely hot: any source of water becomes hot after a few seconds so it’s basically impossible to use lukewarm/cold water. You can get warm water by finding a sweet spot 0.0001 radians wide.

2. AC not working: they’ve been sending emails about trying to fix it and sent one saying they finally did but it doesn’t. It’s hotter inside too so I’m basically sweating in my sleep.

3. No receptionist: What’s the point of having a game room, pool table, etc. if you don’t have a receptionist to hand out stuff? Waited for the person at Fergus’ desk to give me a second of attention during her phone call pouting about some water jug and asked her a question only for her to say they’re using the reception as a lease office.

4. Basically text only wifi: The wifi is so slow and unreliable that I’ve had to use data. Like how does it take 10 seconds for a text on imessage to send? It can load some videos and web content on a good day but then just disconnects?

I’m writing this as I’m sweating balls in my bed and I honestly could slap the shit out of anyone who works at CSL

I’m really worried abt the mc, how do u recommend i study for that?

How do u recommend i study for the first midterm overall, aiming for 90+, i did the previous midterm, but idk what to do more. And is doing the previous midterms enough?