Its going to be a great sunny day today as well and I’m planning on getting my whole months worth of Vitamin D today… I'll be outside until my shadow disappears. I dont know what’s in the sun but everybody seems happier when its shining. All the strangers wave at you.

While you enjoy your day…we’ve got your weekend sorted as well

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🚸 Kindergartners made hand-drawn signs asking drivers to slow down near their school and now they're going up at 38 schools across Waterloo Region. Read

🚌 The Kitchener GO train isn't running this Victoria Day weekend…here's what to take instead. Read

🎃 Cambridge is hosting a pumpkin growing contest and you need to start planting right now to have a shot at winning. Read

🍺 Oktoberfest tickets just went on sale and if you've done this before, you already know they won't last long. Read

🚗 Cambridge's most car-clogged strip could look completely different in 25 years and council is actually excited about it. Read

🎪 A water circus with acrobats, aerialists and a wheel of death is coming to Cambridge next month. Read

🏒 The Cambridge Redhawks won the Sutherland Cup, and the whole city showed up to celebrate. Read

In 1975, someone at K-W Oktoberfest decided to do something simple: start naming the women doing extraordinary things in this region. One night a year. An awards ceremony. Over the next fifty years it grew into twelve categories, everything from arts and culture to skilled trades to STEM to young adults to a lifetime achievement award for the women who'd been at it the longest. Fifty-one ceremonies now. Hundreds of names on the record.

For most of those years, that one night was the whole thing. You got recognized, you got applauded, and then the room went home.

Last year someone asked what would happen if the room didn't go home quite so fast.

The Waterloo Region Women's Expo launched in 2025 as the answer. A full day, not an evening. Eighty exhibitors rather than a stage. The same instinct as the original awards, which is that the women doing the work in this region deserve more than a mention, but with room to actually buy from their businesses, sit in their workshops, hear them talk, and leave with something useful.

The awards ceremony always felt slightly walled off to me. The kind of event you hear about after the fact unless you already knew to get tickets. The expo is a different proposition. It's a room anyone can walk into.

This Saturday is the second one. Five mainstage sessions including a keynote speaker. Six culinary vendors running all afternoon. The first 150 through the door get a gift bag worth over $100, Conestoga Mall gift card inside. There's a passport program with a curated basket worth $500 at the end of the day, too.

Saturday, May 23. Marshall Hall at Bingemans, 11am to 5pm. Tickets are $15, or two for $20 with the code EXPO2420 at womenoftheyear.ca.

What does this puzzle mean?

Last week’s winners were Helene, CHV and Angela Martin. Let’s see who’s the fastest this time

House of the week: This high ceiling, cobblestone driveway house

Fundraisers : Bird-themed bingo night raising funds for Bird Friendly Waterloo.

Adopt Me 🐾 : Waldo the dog and Polly the bunny

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⚾ Kitchener Panthers vs. London Majors | Thu, May 21 | 7:05pm at Jack Couch Park, 400 East Ave, Kitchener. IBL baseball under the lights.

🎼 Mennonite Mass Choir: Jenkins' Mass for Peace | Thu, May 21 | 7:30pm at Centre In The Square, Kitchener. 150 voices and orchestra perform a powerful evening of choral music built around hope and peace.

🚛 Public Works Open House | Sat, May 23 | 10:00am – 2:00pm at Bishop Street Operations Centre, 1310 Bishop St N, Cambridge. Get up close to the trucks and equipment that keep the city running — sit in the driver's seat, paint a snow plow, face painting, balloon twisting, and food trucks. Donations to the Cambridge Food Bank welcome. Free.

🌱 ROOTED: Celebrating Art, Music & Mutual Aid in KW | May 23–24 | Check timings | Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, 101 Queen St N, Kitchener. A free weekend of community arts — seedling exchange, food drive, pot decorating, outdoor picnic, live music , and a Youth Art Market. Free

🌿 The Good Card Pop-Up at Square Peg | May 19–23 & 26 | 10:00am – 4:00pm at Square Peg, 200 King St W, Kitchener. Plantable wildflower stationery, local flowers, gardening goods, and a letter-writing station. 5% of sales go to Mamas for Mamas KW. Free to browse.

✈️ Girls Can Fly | Sat, May 23 | 10:00am – 4:00pm at Waterloo Wellington Flight Centre, Region of Waterloo International Airport, Breslau. A free aviation day for the whole family — aircraft displays, flight simulators, and 50+ industry exhibitors. Rain or shine. Free admission.

🌸 Waterloo Region Women's Expo | Sat, May 23 | 11:00am – 5:00pm at Marshall Hall, Bingemans, Kitchener. 80+ exhibitors, inspiring speakers, and women-led businesses. First 150 through the door get a free gift bag worth $100+. Complimentary bites from 6 culinary exhibitors.

🤼 Slamdemonium II – Live Professional Wrestling | Sat, May 23 | Doors 6:00pm, bell time 7:00pm at The Aud, Kitchener. WWE, TNA, and ROH veterans in the ring — all net profits go to Kidsability.

🌲 Forest Therapy Walk at Doon Heritage Village | Sat, May 23 | 10:00am – 12:00pm at Doon Heritage Village, 10 Huron Rd, Kitchener. A guided forest bathing walk with Susan Reid of Deep Roots Walk…slow, sensory, and restorative.

🧸 KW Toys & Collectibles Show | Sun, May 24 | 9:30am – 2:30pm at Bingemans Conference Centre, Kitchener. 200+ vendor tables — Pokémon, retro games, comics, Lego, Hot Wheels, vinyl records, and more.

🛍️ Trinket Swap Market by Henny's Handmade Events | May 22–23 | Fri 5–9pm, Sat 1–9pm at Punk Buggy Gallery, Gaslight District, Cambridge. A community swap market for odds, ends, and treasures. Free.

🏃 Light the Night Fun Run with River Rats Run Club | Sat, May 23 | 8:30pm at The District Square, Gaslight District, Cambridge. A free community evening run through the district.

🎤 Rusty Nail Comedy: Zabrina Douglas | Fri, May 22 | Doors 7:30pm, show 8:00pm at TWH Social, 1 King St W, Kitchener. Juno-nominated comedian, nurse, and mom of five,

🌷 Spring Market & Family Fun Day | Sat, May 23 | 10:00am – 4:00pm at Benjamin Tree Farm, 770 Benjamin Rd, Waterloo. Face painting, tractor rides, farm animals, bounce pillow, scavenger hunt, and 15+ local vendors. Siggi's Food Truck on site. Craft market is free to browse.

🎤 Yuk Yuk's On Tour at Kingpin Bowlounge | Sat, May 23 | Doors 8:00pm, show 9:00pm at Kingpin Bowlounge, Kitchener. Adrienne Fish, Ronald Hae, and Greg Palone on stage — then bowl or hit the arcade after.

🎸 Indie Music Night | Thu, May 21 | 7:45pm at Maxwell's Concerts & Events, Waterloo.

🎸 Brother Elsey | Fri, May 22 | 8:00pm at Maxwell's Concerts & Events, Waterloo.

🎹 Yves Léveillé Quartet | Fri, May 22 | 8:00pm at The Jazz Room, Waterloo.

🎵 Mom's Gone Mild Video Dance Party | Sat, May 23 | 6:00pm at Maxwell's Concerts & Events, Waterloo.

🎷 Luis Deniz Quartet | Sat, May 23 | 8:00pm at The Jazz Room, Waterloo.

🎵 The Tap Room Gang – Special Sunday Matinee | Sun, May 24 | 4:00pm at The Jazz Room, Waterloo.

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