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Rural Ontario needs to learn cultural acceptance to stave off its own decline, study suggests
A new study from Western University suggests discrimination against immigrants and Indigenous people is more acute in Ontario's small towns and rural communities than it is in medium-sized cities...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/rural-ontario-racism-1.6500786?cmp=rss
Husband of Ontario animal activist killed during protest files $5M lawsuit
Two years after Regan Russell was killed after a transport truck driver drove over her, Mark Powell is turning to civil court to try to get answers about his wife's death.
Changes to French immersion in WRDSB schools criticized by some people involved in the process
Trustees with the Waterloo Region District School Board will vote Monday night on whether to approve recommendations to French immersion, which would include changing entry into the program to Gr...
Parents, caregivers face new juggling act as employers evaluate work-from-home policies
The ability to keep a close eye on loved ones has been important to many people who have been juggling their family and employment responsibilities in the same space over the course of the pand...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/wfh-flexible-work-families-care-1.6499343?cmp=rss
The pandemic upset how we assess students. Experts worry that's also hampered recovery efforts
How student learning is measured is one element of the education system that's been upset by the pandemic. Students, parents and teachers alike worry about lost learning since March 2020, while ...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/learning-curve-assessment-1.6492272?cmp=rss
Kitchener native Ben Flanagan breaks Canadian 10k record in Boston
Kitchener, Ont., native Ben Flanagan ran 28 minutes 11 seconds to smash the national 10-kilometre road record at the BAA 10K competition in Boston. The previous record was 28:17 set by Paul McClo...
Reusable takeout container company set to expand again — this time into Guelph grocery stores
After proving reusable takeout containers can work in restaurants, Guelph, Ont.-based Friendlier is expanding to a grocery store pilot project.
In The Key Of C: Hear Metric, Emm Gryner, Crystal Shawanda, The Sadies and more
It is the first weekend of summer. Host Craig Norris marks that with songs from Emm Gryner, Metric, Chemical Club. Also, some not-specifically-summer songs from Govi, Abigail Lapell, Crystal Shaw...
Officer who shot suicidal, knife-wielding man in Kitchener is cleared by SIU
A Waterloo Regional Police Service officer has been cleared of criminal wrongdoing by the Special Investigations Unit, after he shot a 19-year-old-man in August, 2021. The man had spoken of a pl...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/wrps-kitchener-siu-knife-1.6500622?cmp=rss
Police, bylaw won't be on site of Kitchener encampment on eviction day, region says
The Region of Waterloo said it doesn't plan to have bylaw or police at the site of a Kitchener encampment on June 30, the day people have been told they're required to leave the property. About ...
Doug Ford appoints Sylvia Jones new health minister, gives nephew spot in new PC cabinet
Premier Doug Ford unveiled his slightly expanded new cabinet Friday, with several top posts unchanged and Sylvia Jones stepping into the role of minister of health, one of the province's most im...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ford-cabinet-swearing-in-majority-1.6500082?cmp=rss
Portraits show Kitchener teens how much they've changed — and stayed the same — over 10 years
An end of year portrait project is giving a group of grads from Cameron Heights Collegiate Institute in Kitchener, Ont., a stronger sense of self as they set off into the next chapter of their li...
What Doug Ford's new cabinet faces: inflation, housing crisis, union talks
Ontario Premier Doug Ford unveiled his new cabinet on a sunny Friday morning outside of Queen's Park. After Friday's swearing-in ceremony, stormy economic and political weather lies ahead.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/doug-ford-ontario-cabinet-preview-1.6497872?cmp=rss
Oldest living veteran from Six Nations, Ont., is 1st to receive USS Arizona Medal of Freedom
Cayuga man and veteran Welby (Ike) Isaacs has been awarded the first USS Arizona Medal of Freedom in Hamilton. The Ontario city is home to the lab that rolled steel from one of the Pearl H...
How the rising cost of food adds up in your grocery cart
Food prices rose 9.7 per cent in May, matching the rise in April. Just about everything is up from meat to fruits and vegetables to pantry staples like flour and oil. Here’s exactly what's push...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/food-prices-inflation-groceries-1.6499640?cmp=rss
Brantford school to be named after Edith Monture, 1st First Nations registered nurse
A school in Brantford, Ont., will don the name of Edith Monture, a nurse from Six Nations of the Grand River, this fall.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/edith-monture-indigenous-nurse-1.6498821?cmp=rss
More paramedics, ambulances approved by region as call volumes grow
Region of Waterloo councillors have approved more ambulances, and staff to run them, as paramedics see an increase in calls.
Prepare to slow down to 40 km/h at 31 school zones on regional roads
Regional council has approved a plan to lower speed limits to 40 km/h at 31 school zones on regional roads starting this September. The lowered speed limits will be in areas where schools sit on ...
Canada needs 5.8 million new homes by 2030 to tackle affordability crisis, CMHC warns
A new report from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation says the country's housing stock would need to climb to over 22 million units by 2030 to achieve affordability for everyone living in...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/housing-affordability-cmhc-report-2030-1.6498898?cmp=rss
Dr. Peter Lin explains what a liquid biopsy is and how it's being used
A cutting edge new procedure to detect cancer involves no cutting. Dr. Peter Lin explains what liquid biopsies are and whether they are the way of the future.