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2024 Media Releases


Searching for a Drug Strategy

Seeking a response to substance-related
harms 
​and the overdose crisis
May 2024
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No Fixed Address

A Talk ABout Homelessness and Encampments
February 2024
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2024 Event News Coverage


No Fixed Address
No Fixed Address: A Talk About Homelessness and Encampements (1:11:33)
- The Mike Farwell Show

​No fixed address: Panel discusses encampments, homelessness
​- The Record News
Searching for a Drug Strategy

​2023 Media Releases


The Epidemic of Gender Based Violence

Bringing domestic violence out of the shadows
​and working towards a safer community.
​
November 2023
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Renoviction - Righting the Reno-Wrong

Advancing your rights when threatened with displacement. 
September 2023
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​The Drug Poisoning Crisis in Waterloo Region

​What we know; What is missing; Envisioning a way forward.
June 2023
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The "A" Word: Unnecessary or Unavoidable?

Is amalgamation the future of governance in Waterloo Region?
March 2023
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Low Voter Turnout:​ Strengthening
Participation In Local Democracy


​January 2023
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​2023 Event News Coverage


Low Voter Turnout
  • Promenade Interview - Host Martin deGroot with Regional Councillor Rob Deutschmann - Podcast
  • Waterloo region's low voter turnout to be discussed at virtual panel discussion -CBC - The Morning Edition - KW
  • 'Democracy is dying with a whisper" as voter turnout tumbles in Waterloo Region 
    -The Record News
  • Local panelists discuss low voter turnout in the fall municipal election
    ​-Kitchener Citizen
  • Regional politics with Councillor Rob Deutschmann (Youtube)
    -Political  Debreif with Joshua Oliverio
THe "A" Word
  • The 'A' Word: Unnecessary or Unavoidable? (1:45:46) - The Mike Farwell Show
  • Remaining vigilant as talk of amalgamation persists - Woolwich Observer
  • Town halls brace for amalgamation talks led by province - Cambridge Today 
  • Is amalgamation unnecessary or unavoidable?: town hall - City News Kitchener
  • Amalgamating Waterloo region discussed at town hall - CTV News Kitchener
  • "We're tripping over each other with elected politicians" councillor says at amalgamation townhall - ​The Record News
Drug Poisoning Crisis
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  • ​Community town hall looks at the drug poisoning crisis in Waterloo Region (1:02:52) - The Mike Farwell Show
  • Regional Councillor plans town hall on drug crisis in Region - City News​​
  • Town hall on drug poisoning crisis in region being held this week - City News
  • Overdoses claim 36 lives in first four months of 2023: coroner’s data - TheRecord.com
  • Virtual town hall to address Waterloo Region drug issues -Cambridge Times​
Renoviction- Righting the Reno-Wrong
  • Waterloo region councillor holding town hall on renovictions​- Cambridge Today
  • "Upcoming community townhall to look at renovictions (41:57)" ​(Tuesday September 19, 2023) - The Mike Farwell Show
  • ​Town hall spotlights renters' rights when threatened with renoviction ​​- CIty News ​
  • WR Community Town Halls: "Renoviction - Righting the Reno-Wrong" - Radio Waterloo CKMS - The Regime
  • ​‘People are one renoviction away from potential homelessness’: Regional Coun. Rob Deutschmann wants a renoviction bylaw in Waterloo Region - The Record 
  • Renoviction: What are your rights? - CTV News
Epidemic of gender based violence
  • Waterloo Region town hall draws attention to gender-based violence (1:26:20)​ - The Mike Farwell Show
  • Regional town hall on gender-based violence set for Thursday - City News Kitchener
  • ​Intimate partner violence resource information town hall held in Waterloo Region - CTV News
  • ‘Very violent’ intimate partner violence is the new norm in Waterloo Region, town hall hears - The Record News​​

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