Teens arrested in connection to failed carjackings in Kitchener
Waterloo regional police say they have arrested two teens in connection to a pair of attempted carjackings that occurred in Kitchener on Valentine’s Day.
Crime
Feb 16
UP Express stops in Toronto reduced as Metrolinx shakes up GO train service
Toronto's airport train, the UP Express, has been caught up in a raft of service changes planned by Metrolinx. From the end of April, local stops on the route will be cut in half.
Canada
Apr 16
Province announces hundreds of new GO train trips but none to Kitchener
Premier Doug Ford announced hundreds of new GO train trips but while the Kitchener line was expanded there will be no new trips in or out of Kitchener or Guelph as a result.
Canada
Apr 15
Kitchener gets $14 million from province for reaching its 2023 housing target
Ontario Premier Doug Ford was in Kitchener on Thursday morning to dole out $14 million to the City of Kitchener for meeting its housing targets in 2023.
Canada
Apr 11
Games 6 and 7 in Kitchener Rangers-Erie Otters series shifted due to total solar eclipse
The Ontario Hockey League has rescheduled potential games six and seven of the playoff series between the Erie Otters and Kitchener Rangers due to Monday’s total solar eclipse.
Sports
Apr 3
6 kitchen gadgets and tools that hack the heck out of meal prep
We tested these buzzy kitchen items that are designed to cut down on meal prep time.
The Curator
Apr 23
2 15-year-olds arrested after attempted carjacking in Kitchener
Waterloo regional police say three suspects approached a woman as she was getting into her Lexus on Belmont Avenue shortly after 6 p.m.
Crime
Apr 5
Camera captures man breaking into Port Moody, B.C., restaurant twice
Police in Port Moody, B.C., say video shows a man breaking into a downtown restaurant twice in a single overnight period. The break-in is one of six in the area in recent weeks.
Crime
Apr 12
Fraud investigation leads to charges against former store employee: Guelph police
Investigators say a scheme was developed where price tags were switched with less expensive items and later returned to different stores for refund.
Crime
Apr 4
Dual Canadian-U.S. citizen killed in Gaza was a military veteran
Jacob Flickinger, a Canadian-U.S. citizen who was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza working for World Central Kitchen, was a Canadian Armed Forces veteran.
Canada
Apr 4
Guelph Storm take back and forth game over rival Kitchener Rangers
Charlie Paquette scored twice including the winner.
Sports
Mar 17
Family angry over Canadian aid worker’s death in Gaza, says he was ‘hunted down and killed’
Born in St-Georges, Que., to an American father and a Canadian mother, Jacob Flickinger served for 11 years in the Canadian military, including a tour in Afghanistan.
Canada
Apr 4
Israel fires 2 officers over deadly drone strikes on aid workers in Gaza
The Israeli military said Friday that it has dismissed two officers and reprimanded three others for their roles in drone strikes in Gaza that killed seven aid workers.
World
Apr 5
Kitchener Rangers lose fifth straight, blanked by London Knights
The Rangers have now lost five straight games while falling to fourth place in the Western Conference as Kitchener endures its longest losing streak of the season.
Sports
Jan 31
85-year-old woman kills home intruder in act of self-defence ‘heroism’
The 85-year-old Idaho woman was handcuffed to a wooden chair and shot several times by her attacker — and yet, she survived.
Trending
Apr 11
Tiny home residents in Kelowna hopeful for future
The City of Kelowna said it will be announcing a third location in the coming months that will see more tiny homes erected.
Canada
Apr 19
Nova Scotia opens first long-term care home serving Mi’kmaq seniors
Ottawa contributed $19.6 million and the province $11.6 million for the construction of the facility, whose residents are scheduled to begin moving in April 23.
Health
Apr 17
YWKW closing women’s shelter in downtown Kitchener to sell building
The organization says it will use the money from the sale to open two or three other locations across the region in order to serve its clients better.
Canada
Mar 25
Winnipeg charity feeds hundreds of city’s vulnerable with Easter lunch
'It's important just to show that people care, and get together on a human level, and ground level, just sharing space with the community (and) break down barriers.'
Canada
Apr 1
‘I just love pro wrestling’: The divine nature of Ontario’s independent scene
On a snowy Friday in March, a gathering of worshippers at a church in Cambridge, Ont., took centre stage. But they weren't there for a high power, they were there for wrestling.
Sports
Apr 21