Edward Faruzel, executive director of KW AccessAbility, is being recognized for his advocacy, calling for policy changes that help people with disabilities navigate transportation, education, ho...
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Marcia Smellie is being recognized for her time with the public school board, the Congress of Black Women Waterloo Region chapter, Run4Office Waterloo region and many other roles advocating for m...
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Counter-protesters crowded city hall squares Wednesday to meet planned demonstrators rallying over sexual education and LGBTQ rights in schools in Kitchener and Guelph in southern Ontario.
In the leadup to Wilfrid Laurier University's Homecoming clash against the McMaster Marauders on Saturday, star quarterback Taylor Elgersma is conjuring up images of Golden Hawks football history...
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Wellington-Halton Hills MPP Ted Arnott also serves as Speaker of the Ontario Legislature. He says he expects debate to be lively when MPPs return to Queen's Park on Monday but knows they can also...
Wilfrid Laurier University's faculty of music says it's looking for ways to support youth impacted by the cancellation of the K-W Symphony's upcoming season. The symphony cited financial challeng...
The loud sound of a siren will be heard in the Township of Woolwich over the next two days. The testing is to prepare for a potential chemical spill. The siren testing will be followed by an aler...
A decision released by the Ontario College of Teachers shows a former Kitchener teacher who taped students to their chairs in her classroom two years ago has pleaded guilty to professional miscon...
Joe and Stephanie Mancini, founders of The Working Centre, are being recognized for their work supporting people experiencing unemployment and homelessness.
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Jason Brown, 43, of Kitchener was last seen in Harriston on March 12, 2019. his body was found the next day north of Whitby. Police continue to investigate Brown's death and say they've located t...
The City of Cambridge was down 11 crossing guards at the start of the school year. CBC K-W checked in with area municipalities to see what they're experiencing.
In the wake of the abrupt cancellation of its upcoming season, the K-W Symphony (KWS) says it is considering all options "up to and including insolvency." The 2023-24 schedule was cancelled on S...
A group of Ontario blacksmiths has come together in a unique way to help a family separated by the war in Ukraine by hand-crafting an artistic metal gate to auction off as a fundraiser.
A pediatrician, author and co-inventor of a low-cost COVID-19 vaccine warns that the anti-vaccine movement has morphed into a political force that threatens the world's gains against deadly chil...
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Brayden Bushby has been released on day parole after serving two years of an eight-year term for manslaughter in the case of Barbara Kentner, who was struck by a trailer hitch in Thunder Bay, Ont...
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In the past 7 years, at least 34 North Atlantic right whales (that we know of) have been killed, 21 of them in busy Canadian waters. Fishing gear entanglements and ship strikes are the main threa...
Grace Ibrahima, a children's author, is being recognized for creating a space for curious children to have appropriate conversations about race and representation.
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The Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra says it has cancelled its 2023-24 season, days before they were set to being. The orchestra cites their 'financial situation' for cancelling the season.
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MacGregor-Albert Community Association held a barbecue in the uptown Waterloo neighbourhood aimed at University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University students, as well as community members, ...
Waterloo region MPs are heading back to Parliament Monday as the House of Commons resumes sitting. Addressing the housing crisis is a top issue, regardless of political party.