Kate’s 5 fun things to do in and around Waterloo region: Oct. 31 to Nov. 2
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Hard to believe the calendar is on the cusp of flipping to a new month and we’re still watching the Toronto Blue Jays play baseball.
The World Series has captivated the nation and there are several local watch parties planned for Game 6 on Friday night (and possibly Game 7 on Saturday night if necessary).
Friday night is also, of course, Halloween so be aware little ones in costumes will be excitedly running door-to-door to request candy from their neighbours.
YMCA of Three Rivers and the Early Years Child Care Navigators of Waterloo Region are hosting a free child health fair Saturday afternoon at the Williamsburg Community Centre in Kitchener. There will be local health services plus free developmental screenings for children under the age of six. Drop-ins are welcome, but people can also register online.
The Huron Cultural Diwali event is being held Sunday from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Breslau Community Centre.
A soup and stroll event is being held Saturday at McDougall Cottage in Cambridge. The stroll part will be a tour of Galt’s architecture. The soup part is a homemade Scotch Broth soup. Registration is required.
A different event involving soup is the Sensational Elora’s Soup Off and Empty Bowls, which is a fundraiser for the Centre Wellington Food Bank. It runs Sunday afternoon and people will get to sample various soups from local chefs. Tickets are available online or at the door.
The Kitchener Rangers have a home game Friday night, hosting the Sudbury Wolves. On Saturday, they hit the road to take on the Brampton Steelheads.
The Guelph Storm have one game this weekend and it’s at home. They face off against the Sarnia Sting Sunday at 2 p.m.
Also, don't forget to "fall back" an hour this weekend. The clocks change early Sunday morning.
There are a few events to give jack-o-lanterns one more time to shine.
Saturday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Downtown Kitchener
Celebrate the Day of the Dead with music, food, art and entertainment. There is a celebration at the Kitchener Market to start the day, then people will march down King Street and end up in front of Kitchener city hall for an afternoon of music, food, vendors, ofrendas (altars), performances and other activities.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will take to the stage Friday for what could be one of the most important speeches of his political career as he tries to convince delegates at the party's Calgary convention to keep him in the job.
As his flight departed from Amsterdam's Schiphol airport en route to Kuwait via Istanbul, Canadian crypto fugitive Andean Medjedovic was unaware that his globe-trotting lifestyle would soon be halted.
One of the largest taxi companies in Toronto will be down to three wheelchair-accessible cabs by the end of March, as advocates and providers say the city is failing to support accessible taxi drivers.
As a deep freeze continues to envelop southwestern Ontario at the same time municipalities deal with a pressing shortage of road salt, there's a renewed focus on finding different ways to melt road ice.
Dave Lawson is a proud Canadian who has bumper stickers that say "Canada is not for sale." He's fed up with grocery products plastered with maple leaves and patriotic logos that turn out to be American imports.
The Town of Badger has issued an evacuation order for some residents as water levels on the Exploits River continue to rise.
The head of a national seniors' advocacy organization says protecting nursing home residents from sexual abuse is an important but challenging issue.
New data shows Winnipeg's fire-paramedic service fielded hundreds of reports involving the city's homeless population, but one advocate says she expects that number to go down in light of the city's limits on where encampments can be.
Former students of the Île-à-la-Crosse Boarding School have reached a settlement in their lawsuit against the federal government.
Missing baby presumed dead after father charged with killing mother in St. Albert, Alta., police say
A man is facing charges in the death of a young mother in the Edmonton area and the presumed death of their missing nine-month-old daughter.
A school trustee in Prince George, B.C., says she's shaken and scared after being surrounded by police with their guns drawn and then put in handcuffs, in what RCMP say was a case of mistaken identity.
Despite an eleventh hour attempt to secure at least a few more weeks of freedom, a Calgary dentist was handed a three-year prison sentence for a decade-long insurance billing fraud.
Canada Computers & Electronics says a data breach has leaked information about some of its customers, though several say they are unhappy with the scant details the retailer has provided — including how many of them were affected, and when the breach occurred.