Amy, Jeff and Emily Beaver of Arkansas used ChatGPT to find a travel destination similar to their hometown and were surprised when it suggested Guelph, Ont. The family social media posts about going to the Ontario city have gone viral.

Students at Groh Public School in Kitchener completed a public art project titled Forging Legacies. Grade 7 students, along with local blacksmith and artist Sandra Dunn, spent the last school year creating a metal sculpture that will now be on display in the school’s entrance.

Waterloo region experienced an unpredictable start to summer this year, with June bringing both record-breaking heat and unusually cool temperatures. Data from the University of Waterloo’s E.D. Soulis Weather Station shows that last month ranked as the sixth warmest June on record.

Unseasonably cold conditions in May stunted the growth of many Canadian farmers' strawberry and leafy green crops, raising concerns about food supply and climate resilience. "What we are harvesting right now is maybe one per cent of what we were harvesting last year," says a strawberry grower in New Hamburg, Ont.

Waterloo Regional Police are investigating what they call a "targeted" shooting in Kitchener that happened on Thursday evening in the Monte Carlo Street and Victoria Street South area.

The projected growth of Waterloo region is one million people by 2050. With more people comes the need for more homes, workplaces and recreational areas. But local construction projects could be stalled as U.S. President Donald Trump slaps an additional 25 per cent tariff on steel and aluminum, bringing the total to 50 per cent.

Kitchener and Waterloo city councils have both passed a ban on firework sales within city limits staring next year. The ban comes after both cities saw a large increase in firework-related complaints and incidents.