<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Good Day,<div><br></div><div>Almost immediately after we sent last week’s update there was a lot of important breaking news. Here’s the latest:</div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">1) Wilmot Mega-Industrial Site Protests Monday 3:30pm & 6:30pm -</b> It was fantastic to see dozens of people protesting the mega-industrial site proposal at last Wednesday’s Regional Council meeting. There are two opportunities to rally and show support for the Fight For Farmland in Wilmot this Monday when local, provincial, and federal elected officials are scheduled to appear at the opening of the new Nith River Promenade at 3:30pm and again at the final Wilmot Township Council Meeting before summer starting at 6:30pm. Details are as follows:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Nith River Promenade Grand Opening</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Time and Date: 4:00pm, Monday June 24th</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Location: 121 Huron Street, the park behind the library and the fire station</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Details: Park anywhere on area streets, plan to rally starting at 3:30pm at entrances to the promenade trail to greet arriving elected officials, please be respectful of the event and hopefully there will be the opportunity to dialog with hard to reach MPP Mike Harris Jr.</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Wilmot Township Council Meeting</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Time and Date: 7:00pm, Monday, June 24th</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Location - 60 Snyder’s Road West, Baden</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Details: Rally and greet arriving Councillors at 6:30pm at both the rear doors and the main entrance to Castle Kilbride.</div><div><div><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div>Great media coverage continues including excellent lead-item radio and front page media coverage of last week’s Regional Council meeting protest:</div><div><br></div><div><div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>CBC - “We Need Our Farmland” Regional Council Told Amid Protest Over Wilmot Land Deal:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/wilmot-land-purchase-expropriation-waterloo-region-protest-1.7240999">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/wilmot-land-purchase-expropriation-waterloo-region-protest-1.7240999</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>CBC - Protest Against Wilmot Land Expropriation Held Outside Regional Council Chambers:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6428074">https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6428074</a></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>CityNews - Protester Gather Outside Regional Headquarters, Opposing Proposed Wilmot Land Expropriation:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2024/06/20/protesters-gather-outside-regional-headquarters-opposing-wilmot-land-assembly/">https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2024/06/20/protesters-gather-outside-regional-headquarters-opposing-wilmot-land-assembly/</a></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div><b>Action Required - </b>Please continue to speak up and show firsthand that we are unwilling!</div></div><div><br></div></div><div><div><br></div><div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">2) Monday! Wilmot Farm Land Assembly Town Hall Meetings </b>- Join us again at the New Hamburg Community Centre (251 Jacob Street) to show firsthand we are unwilling and learn about the Wilmot mega-industrial site proposal. This is a second Town Hall meeting will be similar to last week’s meeting that drew an excellent crowd with lots of great questions. Please feel free to join us again or if you were unable to attend last week be sure to attend on Monday evening. The Community Centre is fully air-conditioned and free ice-cold water will be available.</div><div><br></div><div>Secure your ticket at no cost at the link below:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Monday, June 24th at 7:00pm - <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fight-for-farmland-group-town-hall-tickets-927008355947">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fight-for-farmland-group-town-hall-tickets-927008355947</a></div><div><br></div><div>The Town Hall meeting will include a presentation on information we have learned so far and critical next steps to show we are unwilling, followed by a Question & Answer session. You can send any questions you may have in advance to: <a href="mailto:wilmotlandowners@gmail.com">wilmotlandowners@gmail.com</a></div><div><br></div><div>Here’s some of the media coverage of Thursday's Town Hall:</div><div><br></div><div><div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Record - Region Offers To Share Information With Landowners In Wilmot Regarding Plans To Build Industrial Site On Farmland:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/region-offers-to-share-information-with-landowners-in-wilmot-regarding-plans-to-build-industrial-site/article_d3da2951-abb0-55cd-b42a-24d8de4fbadc.html">https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/region-offers-to-share-information-with-landowners-in-wilmot-regarding-plans-to-build-industrial-site/article_d3da2951-abb0-55cd-b42a-24d8de4fbadc.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Record - Having Your Say Doesn’t Mean It’ll Go Your Way:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.therecord.com/opinion/columnists/having-your-say-doesnt-mean-itll-go-your-way/article_fea95dad-3e6b-54e9-b707-4d58463f7f05.html">https://www.therecord.com/opinion/columnists/having-your-say-doesnt-mean-itll-go-your-way/article_fea95dad-3e6b-54e9-b707-4d58463f7f05.html</a></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>CTV - Town Hall Held For Wilmot Township Land Owners:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/video/c2944432-town-hall-held-for-wilmot-township-landowners">https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/video/c2944432-town-hall-held-for-wilmot-township-landowners</a></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Good comments from Stewart and Alfred </div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>CTV - Wilmot Township Landowners Fighting Expropriation Hold First Town Hall:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/wilmot-township-landowners-fighting-expropriation-hold-first-town-hall-1.6935638">https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/wilmot-township-landowners-fighting-expropriation-hold-first-town-hall-1.6935638</a></div><div><br></div></div></div><div>Don’t miss this opportunity to learn critical details about this massive industrial development that could forever change our community and show that we are an unwilling host.</div><div><br></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">3) Doug Ford Hamilton Protest - Tuesday, June 25th, 11:30am -</b> Speak directly to Doug Ford, RBC, and Enbridge on Tuesday at 11:30am at the Royal Botanical Gardens in a protest being organized by a wide variety of groups. More details are in the poster attached below.</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Time and Date - Tuesday, June 25th at 11:30am</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Location - Royal Botanical Gardens, 680 Plains Road West, Burlington</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>4) GRCA Announces Surplus Lands Inventory -</b></span> It appears that the Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) has identified lands to be sold off for housing to meet Doug Ford’s December deadline. We are still struggling to understand how any Conservation Authority Lands can be declared surplus and sold for destruction and development in a climate crisis.</div><div><br></div><div>However, a copy of the GRCA Staff Report brought to our attention by group member Laura Murr can be accessed on page 129 of the Board Package and is also attached below. This vague Staff Report will be coming to their Board meeting on June 28th this week. It is very troubling to see the comment that “there is no requirement to involve the public”:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://calendar.grandriver.ca/directors/Detail/2024-06-28-GRCA-General-Membership-Meeting/Agenda%20Package%20-%20GRCA%20General%20Membership%20Meeting_Jun28_2024%20(1).pdf">https://calendar.grandriver.ca/directors/Detail/2024-06-28-GRCA-General-Membership-Meeting/Agenda%20Package%20-%20GRCA%20General%20Membership%20Meeting_Jun28_2024%20(1).pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div>It is uncertain what steps will follow, however, it would be great to see letters and delegations to the GRCA Board this week expressing concerns about selling off any lands for development.</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">5) The Ontario Science Centre Suddenly Closes Permanently -</b> In another amazing legacy of the Ford government, late on Friday afternoon (the usual time for important announcements from the province) the immediate closure of the Ontario Science Centre was announced due to the roof in danger of collapsing from a lack of maintenance and upkeep. Lots of events including summer camps were scheduled over the coming weeks.</div><div><br></div><div>Some media chose to echo the Ford government announcement without questioning it:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Toronto Star - Ford Government Abruptly Closes Ontario Science Centre After Report Found Roof In Danger Of Collapsing:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/ford-government-abruptly-closes-ontario-science-centre-after-report-found-roof-in-danger-of-collapsing/article_3e7a8442-2fd8-11ef-9c00-03276c11fe83.html">https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/ford-government-abruptly-closes-ontario-science-centre-after-report-found-roof-in-danger-of-collapsing/article_3e7a8442-2fd8-11ef-9c00-03276c11fe83.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>CityNews - Ontario Science Centre To Close Immediately After Report Finds Roof At Risk Of Collapsing:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/06/21/ontario-science-centre-close-immediately-roof-risk-collapsing/">https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/06/21/ontario-science-centre-close-immediately-roof-risk-collapsing/</a></div><div><br></div><div>However, other articles were more outspoken:</div><div><br></div><div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Toronto Star - Ontario Science Centre Has One Last Hard Lesson To Teach Us All:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/ontario-science-centre-has-one-last-hard-lesson-to-teach-us-all/article_89e23d6c-2fec-11ef-b3e1-6f7edf7e32a2.html">https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/ontario-science-centre-has-one-last-hard-lesson-to-teach-us-all/article_89e23d6c-2fec-11ef-b3e1-6f7edf7e32a2.html</a></div></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Toronto Star - The Ford Government Blamed Bad Concrete For the Science Centre’s Decay. In A Letter Last Year The Building’s Architect Told A Different Story:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.thestar.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/the-ford-government-blamed-bad-concrete-for-the-science-centre-s-decay-in-a-letter/article_a08a897e-30d3-11ef-a7b2-07d1cf601d42.html">https://www.thestar.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/the-ford-government-blamed-bad-concrete-for-the-science-centre-s-decay-in-a-letter/article_a08a897e-30d3-11ef-a7b2-07d1cf601d42.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>The land at the Science Centre was leased from the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) and could face development pressures as the provincial government forces Conservation Authorities to identify lands to sell for development by December.</div><div><div><br></div><div>Here’s the provincial announcement:</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="auto"><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1004747/professional-engineering-advice-leads-to-closure-of-ontario-science-centre">https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1004747/professional-engineering-advice-leads-to-closure-of-ontario-science-centre</a></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">It is clearly a case where maintenance and repairs have been deferred and now we have their desired outcome as the building was designed to have a lifespan of up to 200 years.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><div dir="auto">A Twitter posted by NDP MPP Bhutila Karpoche sums things up:</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://x.com/bhutilakarpoche/status/1804512447119634899?s=46&t=XLYcxxaKfwXm7EGqQ-olxw">https://x.com/bhutilakarpoche/status/1804512447119634899?s=46&t=XLYcxxaKfwXm7EGqQ-olxw</a></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Here at least is some much-needed humour from the Beaverton:</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://thebeaverton.com/2024/06/ontario-science-centre-closes-after-roof-in-danger-of-collapsing-under-weight-of-doug-fords-bullshit/">https://thebeaverton.com/2024/06/ontario-science-centre-closes-after-roof-in-danger-of-collapsing-under-weight-of-doug-fords-bullshit/</a></div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; 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font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Join Zoom Meeting</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82644695701?pwd=bnRsUGtWSUcrRnFWR21uYVBISG9jZz09">https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82644695701?pwd=bnRsUGtWSUcrRnFWR21uYVBISG9jZz09</a></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Meeting ID: <span dir="ltr">826 4469 5701</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span dir="ltr">Passcode: 713374</span></div><div><br></div><div>Watch for more updates later this week.</div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; 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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">-----------------------------------</b></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#26282a" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b style="font-size: 14px;">A) Upcoming Events </b>- Please don’t claim there’s nothing happening over the next few weeks! Get out and get involved!</font></span></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div><div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><div>Monday, June 24th at 3:30pm - Farmland Rally at New Hamburg Promenade Grand Opening - 121 Huron Street, New Hamburg - behind library and fire hall</div></div><div><br></div><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Monday, June 24th at 6:30pm - Farmland Rally at </span></font><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wilmot Township Council - 60 Snyder</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">’</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">s Road, West, Baden - </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.fightforfarmland.com/">www.fightforfarmland.com</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div><div>Monday, June 24th 6:00pm - GDS/High Performance Development Standards - Cambridge Centre of the Arts - <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/high-performance-development-standards-community-design-workshop-cambridge-tickets-924667012927">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/high-performance-development-standards-community-design-workshop-cambridge-tickets-924667012927</a></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Monday, June 24th at 7:00pm - Fight For Farmland Town Hall Meeting #2 - </span>New Hamburg Community Centre Hall, 251 Jacob Street, Downtown New Hamburg - <a href="http://www.fightforfarmland.com/">www.fightforfarmland.com</a></div><div><br></div><div>Tuesday, June 25th at 11:30am - Doug Ford Protest - 680 Plains Road West, Burlington - see poster below</div><div><br></div><div>Tuesday, June 25th 6:00pm - GDS/High Performance Development Standards - Waterloo Memorial Recreational Complex - <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/high-performance-development-standards-community-design-workshop-waterloo-tickets-924668226557">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/high-performance-development-standards-community-design-workshop-waterloo-tickets-924668226557</a></div><div><br></div><div>Tuesday, June 25th - 7pm - Guelph Climate Action Network - Heat Pump Event - 42 Carden Street</div><div><br></div><div>Wednesday, June 26th 3:00pm - GDS/High Performance Development Standards - Kitchener Public Library - <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/high-performance-development-standards-community-design-workshop-kitchener-tickets-915403866607?aff=oddtdtcreator">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/high-performance-development-standards-community-design-workshop-kitchener-tickets-915403866607?aff=oddtdtcreator</a></div><div><br></div><div>Wednesday, June 26th 7:00pm - GDS/High Performance Development Standards - Kitchener Public Library - <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/high-performance-development-standards-community-design-workshop-kitchener-tickets-915575660447?aff=oddtdtcreator">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/high-performance-development-standards-community-design-workshop-kitchener-tickets-915575660447?aff=oddtdtcreator</a></div><div><br></div><div>Wednesday, June 26th - 7:00pm - GreenDrinks KW at Arabella Park, 740 Belmont Ave. West, Kitchener - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/KWGreenDrinks/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/KWGreenDrinks/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Thursday, June 27th 7:00pm - GDS/High Performance Development Standards - New Hamburg Community Centre - <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/high-performance-development-standards-community-workshop-new-hamburg-tickets-924660864537">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/high-performance-development-standards-community-workshop-new-hamburg-tickets-924660864537</a></div></div><div><br></div><div><b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Friday, June 28th at 5:30pm -<font color="#26282a"> Next group update meeting on Zoom -</font><font color="#0056d6"> </font></span><font color="#0056d6" style="caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82644695701?pwd=bnRsUGtWSUcrRnFWR21uYVBISG9jZz09">https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82644695701?pwd=bnRsUGtWSUcrRnFWR21uYVBISG9jZz09</a></font></b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>Monday, July 8th - 6pm - North Dumfries Township ClimateActionWR/Waterloo Climate Collaborative Council Delegation - <a href="https://www.northdumfries.ca/en/township-services/speak-before-council.aspx">https://www.northdumfries.ca/en/township-services/speak-before-council.aspx</a></div><div><br></div><div>Tuesday, July 16th, 6:30pm - City of Cambridge - ClimateActionWR/Waterloo Climate Collaborative Council Delegation - <a href="https://forms.cambridge.ca/Delegation-Request-Form">https://forms.cambridge.ca/Delegation-Request-Form</a></div><div><br></div><div>Wednesday, July 17th - 7:00pm to 8:30pm - Heat Pumps 101 - Talk to an expert - Woolwich Memorial Centre, Elmira</div><div><br></div><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Monday, July 29th at 6:30pm </span></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Fight For Farmland Rally at </span></font><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wilmot Township Council - 60 Snyder</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">’</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">s Road, West, Baden - </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.fightforfarmland.com/">www.fightforfarmland.com</a></span></div><div><br></div><div><div>Monday, August 26th - 7pm - City of Kitchener ClimateActionWR/Waterloo Climate Collaborative Council Delegation - <a href="https://www.kitchener.ca/en/council-and-city-administration/appear-as-a-delegation.aspx">https://www.kitchener.ca/en/council-and-city-administration/appear-as-a-delegation.aspx</a></div><div></div></div><div><br></div><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wednesday, August 28th at 6:30pm -</span></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Fight For Farmland Rally at </span></font><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Region of Waterloo Council - 150 Fredrick Street, Kitchener - </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.fightforfarmland.com/">www.fightforfarmland.com</a></span></div><div><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 9pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></font></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">-----------------------------</b></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>B) Fight For Farmland Town Hall Meeting - Monday, June 24th at 7pm:</b></span></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;"><br></b></div><div>Reserve Free Tickets to Guarantee Admission -<span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fight-for-farmland-group-town-hall-tickets-926202565807">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fight-for-farmland-group-town-hall-tickets-926202565807</a></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b></b></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div></div></div></body></html>