For the fourth year, high schools students with the Radha Krishna Mandir and Cultural Centre (RKMCC) youth group prepared and donated more than 400 meals to local organizations.
The Region of Waterloo and Guelph councils saw massive reports on homelessness this week that clearly laid out the issues the two municipalities face when it comes to getting people off the streets. But two experts say it shouldn't be up to municipalities alone to figure out what works.
The total proposed preliminary 2023 operating budget expenditure for regional services, which excludes police, is $1.2 billion – more than 11 per cent higher and about $48 million more than the 2022 budget.
OneRoof Youth Services has asked the region for funding to hire security at their supportive housing complex in Kitchener. CEO Sandy Dietrich-Bell said staff have logged 22 critical incident reports involving adults on their property in December.
With the official first day of winter next week and the worst of the artic weather yet to come, members of the Cambridge Hindu community are spending their time and money to help those fighting the cold.