Lewy's finally home! The whole community rallied to help find this little dude and it worked…safe and sound back with his owner.

Oh, and heads up…the GRCA has a flood watch through tomorrow. Rivers are high, ice is unstable. Stay away from the water.

The Kitchener Central Transit Hub is finally, actually, for real this time, breaking ground at King and Victoria. Only about six years behind schedule. We'll take it.

Wiarton Willie called an early spring and honestly, walking around this week, I'm starting to believe him again.

Don't forget guys, Kitchener spring program registration is open. Swim lessons, rec, sports. If you haven't signed up yet, spots are filling up. Sign up

Somewhere around here right now, someone's got tomato seedlings in a spare bedroom. Peppers stretching toward a kitchen window. A suspicious amount of lettuce under a desk lamp.

The ground is frozen but that's never stopped anybody around here. Tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, zucchini. It starts now.

I put together a full guide with every seed shop, community garden, free plot, nursery and growing program across Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge. Everything you need to get started in one place. Check here.

By Victoria Day you'll be ready while everyone else is fighting over the last flat of tomatoes.

SIGHTING: Red-winged Blackbird

They're back. If you've been near any marsh or soggy ditch this week you've heard them. Males perched on cattails, flashing those red and yellow shoulder patches, belting out that "conk-la-ree" at anything that moves. Spotted along the Bob McMullen Trail in Cambridge and across the region. Crows and grackles are back too. Robins are next.

SKY: Jupiter ends its retrograde on Wednesday and sits high due south after dark. Brightest thing up there. The next few evenings are ideal for stargazing since the moon won't wash out the sky. Early risers on March 17, look southeast before sunrise for a thin crescent moon near Mercury and Mars. Tough to spot but worth the try.

PETS: If happiness had four legs and a wagging tail, it would look a lot like Bodhi.

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House of the week: 250 Royal Street. Quiet street, mature trees, the kind of neighbourhood where everyone's been there for 30 years and still borrows each other's snow blower.

New Work: Musician in Residence, City of Kitchener.

Volunteer: Elmira Maple Syrup Festival needs volunteers for April 11. Also Volunteer Waterloo Region has hundreds of current postings. 2026 is the UN International Year of the Volunteer.

Last week’s answer: -35.6 C

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ALL WEEK (March 9-15)

Femme Folks Fest — Through March 15. Comedy, dance, theatre, music, storytelling. Centre in the Square, Globe Studios, uptown Waterloo.

Taste of Maple Trail — Through April 15. 20+ stops across the region. Self-guided.

Irish Real Life Festival — Through March 15. Music, workshops, storytelling. Multiple venues across Kitchener and Waterloo.

WEDNESDAY MARCH 11

DTK Sunset Sessions — Last one of the season. Doors 6:30 PM, music 7:30 PM. Conrad Centre, 36 King St W, Kitchener. Free, RSVP required.

St. Jacobs Market Food Tour — Two hours of Mennonite food, culture, history and tastings. St. Jacobs Farmer's Market.

THURSDAY MARCH 12

Kitchener Rangers Vs. Owen Sound — 7 PM. Home game.

SATURDAY MARCH 14

I Heart Beer Festival — Bingemans. Two sessions: 1-5 PM or 5-10 PM. Ontario beers, ciders, spirits, games, dancing. 19+.

The Sheepdogs — Centre in the Square. Classic Canadian rock. Evening show.

Hespeler's St. Patrick's Irish Pub Crawl — 11 AM. Hespeler Village, Cambridge.

Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory — March Break hours begin. 9 AM-5 PM. Thousands of Blue Morpho butterflies. Book ahead.

Sugar Bush Tours — 10:30 AM & 1:15 PM. Departs from St. Jacobs Farmer's Market.

KW Titans vs Montreal Toundra — 4 PM. Home game.

Dear Evan Hansen — Drayton Entertainment. Matinee and evening. Ages 13+.

SUNDAY MARCH 15

KW Titans vs Lake Erie Jackals — 3 PM. Home game.

Kitchener Rangers at Guelph Storm — Sleeman Centre, Guelph.

Irish Real Life Festival closing events — Final day. Threads of the Sacred: An Evening of Celtic Spirituality, Conrad Grebel Chapel, Waterloo.

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