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Deliberations continue in Wilmot's 2025 municipal budget approval
Wilmot Township’s 2025 municipal budget remains unfinalized as deliberations continue. On Tuesday, the township’s council met for its fourth round of discussion. The next meeting will be Feb. 24.
Linamar invests $1B to expand operations and develop EV technologies
Guelph, Ont.-based auto parts manufacturer Linamar Corporation announced Tuesday it is expanding its operations across the province and creating thousands of jobs by investing $1 billion into the automotive industry.
Welcome to Iceopolis: A Waterloo gardener's way of surviving winter
While many residents may dread the cool winter temperatures Waterloo region has experienced over the last week, Robert Aitkin has been reveling in the frosty forecast.
Advocacy group says new men-only warming centres in Waterloo region 'not an acceptable solution'
As Waterloo region remains under an extreme cold warning, local advocates are calling on the Region of Waterloo to address gender stipulations on newly announced warming centres.
As a deep freeze sets over the region, a new Cambridge overnight warming centre is announced
The Region of Waterloo announced Monday that a new overnight warming centre will open in Cambridge. Though details are limited about when the centre will open, the location will be at the Wesley United Church.
3 generations of Becky Barrie's family attended the same Ontario school. Now, it's her home
Becky Barrie attended the Dickie Settlement Schoolhouse in Cambridge, Ont., in 1967 with her siblings. Her father and grandfather also went there. When the school closed in 1999 and was put up for sale, she bought it and turned it into her home, and invites former students to visit.
Here are different options for Waterloo region, Guelph residents looking to dispose of Christmas trees
As the new year unfolds, residents may be wondering how they can get rid of their real trees. In Waterloo Region, the annual tree-cycle collection returns for two weeks after Christmas Day. Meanwhile, residents in Guelph and Wellington County can donate their trees to not only give back to nature, but also to local youth.
Wilmot landowners head into 2025 with uncertainty about region's plans to buy their properties
While reflecting on 2024, many landowners in Wilmot Township say their lives were turned upside down. They enter 2025 playing the waiting game and unsure about what's going to happen next when it comes to the Region of Waterloo's plans to buy their properties.
Male arrested, 4 remain at large after jewelry store robbed at Conestoga Mall in Waterloo
Waterloo regional police have arrested one male and are searching for other suspects after a jewelry store was robbed at Conestoga Mall in Waterloo on Wednesday afternoon.
Twin sisters from Gaza killed after being accepted into University of Waterloo PhD program in Ontario
The University of Waterloo community is mourning after twin sisters who were set to enter a PhD program in Ontario were killed this month in Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war. Their family says the two “saw an end to their and our suffering” after being accepted into a program for students from conflict zones, but didn't get to "realize their dreams."