There are currently eight patients at Grand River Hospital in Kitchener from outside of Waterloo Region due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The dinosaur drive-thru will be return to Bingemans in April, according to a release from THEMUSEUM.

A spokesperson for Waterloo Region says around 250 residents of three long-term-care homes are expected to be vaccinated on Tuesday.

Four new COVID-19 deaths were reported in the region by Waterloo Public Health on Monday, raising the death toll in the area to 179.

On Friday, Waterloo Public Health announced another 147 new positive tests for the coronavirus, lifting the total number of new cases in the area to 7,003.

Waterloo Public Health reported 187 more positive tests for the coronavirus on Thursday bringing the total number of cases in the area to 6,856.

A total of 34 members of Waterloo Regional Police are currently off work for COVID-19 related reasons including officers and support staff.

Kitchener-Waterloo home sales figures for 2020 totaled $3.9 billion, which was a hefty 26.5 per cent above 2019.

Waterloo Regional Police do not believe the sexual assaults reported in Kitchener and Waterloo late Wednesday are related.

Waterloo Regional Police believe the suspects in the lunchtime stabbing knew each other and are describing the incident as 'targeted.'