Resources
On this page you'll find links to websites that our members have found helpful.
ONLINE SAFETY
Online Safety Tips for Seniors Some great tips to help keep you safe online.
ELECTRONIC DEVICE RECYCLING
Computer Recycling (Working Centre)
66 Queen St. S., Kitchener
(Entrance off Charles Street)
519-743-1151 ext. 225
Find it on Google Maps
Eco-Tech Recycling - Will take almost any electronic devices, cables, etc.
505 Dotzert Ct. Unit 2, Waterloo
519-886-6801.
Find it on Google Maps
SPECIAL INTEREST FOR OUR MEMBERS
enTECH Computer Club - UofW student run computer club giving free online computer help for seniors.
What's Happening at the Downtown Community Centre
Active Kitchener: The new City of Kitchener listing of activities and courses
Everything Zoomer: An only magazine for the modern senior
Electric Vehicle Society of Canada Good information if you're considering an EV
COMPUTER SOFTWARE - APPS
OFFICE
LibreOffice - Complete open source (free) office suite comparable to Microsoft Office, but better.
LibreOffice Portable Download
DIGITAL PHOTO EDITING
IrfanView – A very fast, small, compact and innovative free graphic viewer and editor.
IrfanView Video
IrfanView Tutorial
Paint.net - A free image and photo editing software for Windows computers.
Paint.net Instructional video
GIMP - High quality open source (free) photo editing software. Works with Windows, Linux and macOS.
PicPick - Screen capture tool
Thunderbird - Designed for desktop / laptop computers. Much more flexible than Outlook Express. Designed to prevent viruses and stop junk mail. Many add-ons if you want them.
Thunderbird Video - How to set up Thunderbird
Gmail - Free, advertising-supported web mail service provided by Google. Fast, safe with lots of online storage. Gives you access to many other Google services.
Gmail Video 1 There are three additional videos at this location extending the information in part 1.
BROWSERS
Google Chrome - A browser combining minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier. Chrome also offers syncing of bookmarks and browser history among Chrome users on Android, iOS, and desktop. Does not support Flash designed websites.
Google Chrome Video
Adblock Plus for Google - prevents page elements, such as advertisements, from being downloaded and displayed.
Firefox - Clean and fast substitute for Internet Explorer / MS Edge. Well-tested browser used by experienced computer types. Many add-ons available.
Firefox Video
Adblock Plus for Firefox - Prevents page elements, such as advertisements, from being downloaded and displayed.
Opera – An innovative free internet browser. Friendly, fast, clean, and safer than other browsers.
Opera Browser Tutorials
FoxIt Reader - Replace Adobe Reader with this smaller, faster, more flexible PDF viewer program.
FoxIt Reader Video
PDF-XChange Viewer – A smaller, faster and more feature rich, free PDF Reader/Viewer for Windows Editor available.
PDF-XChange Viewer Video
PDF-XChange 'Lite' – A free printer driver used to create Adobe compatible PDF files from most Windows applications. The Free Home/Academic version is located at Offer 2.
AI WEBSITES
ChatGTP - Text
Perplexity - Text
DALL-E - Images
Microsoft Co-Pilot For Windows users- Images, Text
Gemini by Google - Images and more
MONEY SAVERS AND SMART SHOPPING
Gas Buddy - Current Kitchener Gas Prices
Save.ca - select and get money saving coupons
Flipp - current flyers, find best prices
Red Flag Deals - lots of coupons and money saving deals
Maple Scan - great app to help identify Canadian items / products
TRAVEL INFORMATION
Currency Converter Converts amounts from one currency to another
Google Translate - another translation Website
Canada 411 find phone numbers and postal codes
Pearson International Flight Arrivals and Departures
Waterloo Region International Airport Arrivals and Departures
Current KW Weather (University of Waterloo)
The Weather Network - Weather for Kitchener
GENEALOGY
Government of Canada Genealogy Centre
The Ontario Genealogical Society
Waterloo Region Generations - A developing, comprehensive website about people and places in Waterloo Region.