Waterloo, Ontario news

• Planned weekend ground search for Eli Wood cancelled in Kitchener

  05-12-2025 20:40 via cbc.ca
  Eli Wood has not been seen by friends or family since a fire engulfed his home in Kitchener on Oct. 19. Wood had been living in a unit at the back of the house. Police said the fire was arson, that it was targeted and that foul play is suspected in 25-year-old Wood's disappearance. The story caught the attention of community members who organized a ground search. But that search has now been cancelled for safety reasons.
  
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• Ontario education minister to make decision on school trustee elimination in early 2026

  05-12-2025 20:18 via cbc.ca
  Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra says he will make a final decision early in the new year on what changes to make to the role of trustees in the school system, but he is signalling he is inclined to largely eliminate it.
  
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• Long-term plan to address water capacity issues needed as Waterloo region grows

  05-12-2025 14:32 via cbc.ca
  A water capacity issue has been identified in the Mannheim Service Area, which is mostly made up of the most populated areas of Kitchener and Waterloo. It also includes a small portion of Cambridge, Breslau and Elmira. The Region of Waterloo says a third-party review is underway to confirm the extent of the capacity issue.
  
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• Kate’s 5 fun things to do in and around Waterloo region: Dec. 5 to 7

  05-12-2025 13:00 via cbc.ca
  It's a very busy weekend in Waterloo region and area with markets, Christkindl, parades and so many special holiday events.
  
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• 'It's getting harder': More people living with food insecurity across Waterloo region

  05-12-2025 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Lacy Kivell says she's lived with food insecurity for most of her 18-year-old son's life. It's a constant anxiety not knowing how she will access food. The Cambridge woman has to rely on emergency hampers, coupons and even her neighbours to put food on her table.
  
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• 'It's getting harder': More people are living with food insecurity across Waterloo region

  05-12-2025 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Lacy Kivell says she's lived with food insecurity for most of her 18-year-old son's life. It's a constant anxiety not knowing how she will access food. The Cambridge woman has to rely on emergency hampers, coupons and even her neighbours to put food on her table.
  
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• OPP identify driver wanted in connection with fatal hit and run on Hwy 401

  05-12-2025 01:35 via cbc.ca
  The driver wanted in connection with a fatal hit and run on Highway 401 earlier this week has been identified, police say.
  
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• Young Farmer Summit in Kitchener highlights challenges facing next generation of producers

  04-12-2025 21:41 via cbc.ca
  Young farmers from southern Ontario gathered in Kitchener Wednesday for the Young Farmer Summit. The day featured workshops and keynote speeches focused on succession planning and modernizing family farms. The summit comes amid growing concerns that many farmers are approaching retirement without a plan to pass on their farm.
  
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• Children’s hospitals in Canada face flood of flu visits as doctors urge families to get vaccinated

  04-12-2025 19:47 via cbc.ca
  An early start to Canada’s flu season is hitting children hard, sending a flood of young patients into multiple pediatric hospitals as medical teams warn that emergency visits and admissions could keep climbing in the weeks ahead.
  
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• February court dates set after mediation fails between region, Kitchener encampment residents

  04-12-2025 18:21 via cbc.ca
  Mediation talks between the Region of Waterloo and groups representing people living at an encampment in Kitchener have wrapped up without an agreement. The next court dates for plans by the region to clear the encampment are set to move forward in February.
  
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• Sask. retiree warns others after losing $3K to crypto fraud using AI video of prime minister

  04-12-2025 12:00 via cbc.ca
  He thought he was watching a legitimate CBC interview on his smart TV when he was lured by a deepfake, AI-generated video of Prime Minister Mark Carney.
  
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• Community ground search for Eli Wood happening in Kitchener on Sunday

  04-12-2025 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Eli Wood has been missing since Oct. 19. Police began searching for him after a fire at the unit he was living in at a Kitchener home was deemed to be arson. Volunteers plan to gather on Sunday to take part in a ground search to find clues about where Wood may be.
  
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• Tow truck operators urge drivers to slow down after fatal hit-and-run on 401

  04-12-2025 11:00 via cbc.ca
  Southwestern Ontario’s towing industry is feeling a mixture of disappointment and heartbreak following the hit-and-run death of one of their own this week, with some saying the death is proof that the attitudes of drivers need to change for safety to be possible.
  
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• Food prices could increase in 2026, with meat leading the way, say Dalhousie researchers

  04-12-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Food prices in Canada could increase by four to six per cent next year, largely led by pricier meat products, according to a forecast by researchers at Dalhousie University.
  
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• Guelph won bid to host 2027 Memorial Cup fairly Canadian Hockey League confirms after concerns raised

  03-12-2025 22:00 via cbc.ca
  The Canadian Hockey League has confirmed the Guelph Storm won the bid to host the 2027 Memorial Cup fairly after concerns were raised by the Kitchener Rangers. The Rangers had reportedly asked questions about the bid after a deal was announced last week between the Guelph-based Sleeman Breweries and Hockey Canada.
  
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• Tow-truck driver hit and killed while helping stranded driver on Hwy 401

  03-12-2025 17:31 via cbc.ca
  Ontario Provincial Police are on scene of a fatal collision on Hwy 401 where a tow-truck driver was hit and killed by an unknown vehicle while helping a person who was stranded on the side of the road. The westbound lanes of the highway between Cedar Creek Road and Oxford Road 29 will be closed for several hours.
  
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• Delayed EQAO results released, Ontario to review standardized testing approach as math improvement too slow

  03-12-2025 16:25 via cbc.ca
  Ontario's education minister says he is going to appoint advisers to review the province's approach to standardized testing, as results are not showing enough improvement, particularly in math.
  
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• Police take crime prevention door-to-door amid property theft spike in Waterloo's university district

  03-12-2025 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Members of the Waterloo Regional Police Service went door-to-door in Waterloo's university district Monday evening to warn residents about a rise in property theft in that area. Most of the recent thefts involve vehicles parked in underground garages, police say.
  
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• The inside story of the $13M Mercedes linked to Ryan Wedding and seized by the FBI

  03-12-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  CBC News has learned new details about the purchase last year of a rare Mercedes-Benz supercar, recently seized by the FBI amid its investigation into Canadian fugitive Ryan Wedding. The 2002 CLK-GTR Roadster was acquired for $11.9 million US by Wedding's alleged money launderer.
  
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• Ontario spent record $112M on taxpayer-funded advertising, auditor finds

  03-12-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Ontario spent a record $112 million on tax-payer-funded advertising last year, with the province’s auditor saying nearly 40 per cent of the campaigns could have left a “favourable impression” of Premier Doug Ford’s government ahead of the snap election.
  
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• Nicotine pouches are being illegally sold in corner stores across Canada

  03-12-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  A CBC News investigation has uncovered the sale of nicotine pouches in convenience stores across the country, despite federal regulations banning it.
  
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• Avian flu kills Canada geese in Woodstock, Ont. but unlike commercial birds, experts not worried

  02-12-2025 22:20 via cbc.ca
  Two Canada geese in Woodstock have tested positive for avian influenza. The city is now asking people to avoid contact with wild birds in the area.
  
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• City of Cambridge adopts 2026 budget with more than a dozen councillor amendments

  02-12-2025 22:07 via cbc.ca
  The City of Cambridge has adopted its 2026 budget with 13 amendments from city councillors. The budget will see a property tax increase of 2.4 per cent, which is in line with the direction Mayor Jan Liggett asked staff to take.
  
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• The best Canadian fiction of 2025

  02-12-2025 20:37 via cbc.ca
  Check out our picks for the best Canadian fiction titles of the year!
  
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• Fire department urges safe use of lithium batteries after fire in Norfolk County

  02-12-2025 19:59 via cbc.ca
  Firefighters in Norfolk County are urging people to check how they store and charge lithium ion batteries after an agressive fire south of Simcoe, Ont., Monday.
  
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• 32-year-old Ontario man gunned down in car, police search for suspect

  02-12-2025 19:13 via globalnews.ca
  A 32-year-old man is dead after police say he was gunned down in a car on Monday night in Kitchener, Ont., as investigators continue their search for the shooter. 
  
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• Waterloo doctor cleared of misconduct allegations involving teenage patient dating back to 2012

  02-12-2025 19:10 via cbc.ca
  A Waterloo family doctor who had been accused of inappropriately touching a female patient in 2012 has been cleared of the misconduct allegations by the Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal.
  
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• Is it illegal to spoil Christmas? Police in Ontario get complaints about anti-Santa signs

  02-12-2025 19:00 via cbc.ca
  Police in Brantford, Ont., confirmed with CBC News that they received calls from upset residents, as well as online and in-person complaints, after a house along the parade route posted anti-Santa signs in its windows.
  
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• Is it illegal to spoil Christmas? Police in Brantford get complaints about anti-Santa signs

  02-12-2025 19:00 via cbc.ca
  Police in Brantford, Ont., confirmed with CBC News that they received calls from upset residents, as well as online and in-person complaints, after a house along the parade route posted anti-Santa signs in its windows.
  
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• Ontario wrote off $1.4B of PPE, province burning expired equipment: auditor

  02-12-2025 18:10 via cbc.ca
  Ontario wrote off more than one billion items of personal protective equipment at a cost of $1.4 billion since 2021, the province's auditor general found.
  
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• Ontario wrote off $1.4B of PPE, is burning expired equipment: auditor

  02-12-2025 18:10 via cbc.ca
  Ontario wrote off more than one billion items of personal protective equipment at a cost of $1.4 billion since 2021, the province's auditor general found.
  
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• Ontario auditor general's annual report to examine province's health-care system

  02-12-2025 15:21 via cbc.ca
  Three of the five audits the auditor general's office is publishing Tuesday are on health care, including examining
  access to primary care, as the government works toward a goal of connecting every Ontarian to primary care by 2029.
  
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• Ontario auditor general finds province not properly overseeing doctor billings

  02-12-2025 15:21 via cbc.ca
  Shelley Spence made the findings in her annual report released Tuesday, which contains a series of health-related audits that also found very few family doctors are participating in the province's Health Care Connect system — key to helping Ontario meet its goal of attaching everyone to primary care — and the government hasn't adequately planned its medical school expansion
  
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• Man, 32, dead after shooting in Kitchener Monday night

  02-12-2025 13:54 via cbc.ca
  A 32-year-old man is dead after a shooting in Kitchener Monday night. Police are investigating and say they believe it is a targeted shooting.
  
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• What's Hygge? This Danish tradition could help you stay positive during the winter months

  02-12-2025 12:00 via cbc.ca
  As winter settles in, you might start to feel a little blue over the gloomy, cold weather. But the Danish tradition of "hygge" might help with staying positive. Danish-Canadian, and co-owner of The Danish Place restaurant in Puslinch,Maria Mascarin says the tradition is all about embracing coziness and enjoying simple pleasures.
  
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• Artists restoring stained glass across Ontario for nearly half a century close up shop

  02-12-2025 11:00 via cbc.ca
  The craftsmen at Sunrise Stained Glass in London, Ont. have made the difficult decision to close shop after years of making and restoring coloured glass across Ontario.
  
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• In text messages, Ontario women accused of murder described boy in their care as ‘loser,’ trial hears

  02-12-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  The Ontario Provincial Police sergeant who led the investigation into Becky Hamber and Brandy Cooney testified at their first-degree murder trial Monday, outlining evidence collected in the case against the couple. The Crown showed multiple images and played audio recordings of women interacting with the boys in their care.
  
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• CBC K-W's Craig Norris visits The Food Bank of Waterloo Region

  01-12-2025 16:22 via cbc.ca
  Throughout the month of December, CBC Kitchener-Waterloo's annual campaign Make The Season Kind raises food and funds for The Food Bank of Waterloo Region. CBC K-W's The Morning Edition host Craig Norris recently visited the food bank to speak with CEO Kim Wilhelm to hear about the growing community need across Waterloo region.
  
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• More than 1 million people in Ontario needed a food bank in the past year: Hunger Report

  01-12-2025 11:00 via cbc.ca
  The Hunger Report released by Feed Ontario on Monday says more than one million people needed to access a food bank or hunger-relief organization in the last year and they made more than 8.7 million visits. The report marks the ninth year in a row food bank use has increased and it says food insecurity is impacting housing, health care and communities.
  
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• Why excavators may be a tool of choice for some cash-seeking thieves

  01-12-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  This unique form of theft has been happening all over the Greater Toronto Area and beyond. Thieves on the hunt for cash break through the walls of banks using excavators that experts say anyone capable of ordering a key online can drive off the lot. 
  
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• New book shines a light on the special connection between Cambridge and Newfoundland

  30-11-2025 13:00 via cbc.ca
  There's a special connection between Cambridge and Newfoundland and much of it has to do with the Mill Girls. These are women recruited from Newfoundland during the Second World War, to work in a Hespeler textile mill. Now, their lives during that time have been documented in a new book called The Mill Girls. CBC host and author Heather Barrett shares how the women came to Cambridge.
  
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• New Ontario legislation doesn't define 'invasive' medical research on dogs, other animals

  30-11-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  The province is proposing legislation intended to better protect animals, though it won't completely bar the practice. The move is partially in response to the public outcry over a  London hospital's use of dogs for medical research.
  
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• In The Key Of C: Hear Molly Johnson, Zachary Lucky, Sandra Bouza and more

  29-11-2025 19:00 via cbc.ca
  On this week's show, host Craig Norris speaks with award-winning portrait painter Louise Kermode. Plus, hear music from Molly Johnson, Zachary Lucky, Sandra Bouza, Joni Mitchell and lots more.
  
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• Cookies are a fun and simple way to start holiday baking: Jasmine Mangalaseril

  29-11-2025 13:00 via cbc.ca
  December kicks off the holiday baking season and one of the easiest items to make for yourself or as a gift for others are cookies. Food columnist Jasmine Mangalaseril offers some tips on how to make the most of your cookies and ensure they don't crumble.
  
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• Death of Waterloo man, 19, under investigation after police respond to mental health call - The Record

  29-11-2025 12:21
  Death of Waterloo man, 19, under investigation after police respond to mental health call  The Record
  
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• People nowadays are reluctant to stay out late. Is it killing nightlife?

  29-11-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  With people socializing differently, prioritizing health and watching their spending, nighttime businesses and advocates say they’re trying to bring new energy to the after-dark economy.
  
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• Flu vaccines take months to make. Here's what could speed it up

  29-11-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  For decades, the flu virus in the shots you’re offered every fall has been grown in chicken eggs. Now, scientists are trying more modern methods of developing vaccines that they hope will be even more effective.
  
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• 4 poultry farms in southwestern Ontario hit with avian flu resulting in 63k birds culled so far

  29-11-2025 01:57 via cbc.ca
  The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says it has identified additional outbreaks of avian influenza in Strathroy-Caradoc, bringing the total number declared in the last two weeks to four.
  
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• SIU investigating death of 19-year-old in Waterloo after police respond to mental health call

  29-11-2025 01:08 via cbc.ca
  The province's Special Investigations Unit has launched an investigation into the death of a 19-year-old man in Waterloo, Ont., Thursday night. The man died after he was apprehended by police under the Mental Health Act.
  
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• Indigenous businesses deserve to be at the table in Buy Ontario Act, say advocates

  29-11-2025 00:08 via cbc.ca
  Some Indigenous business advocates say the proposed Buy Ontario Act is a missed opportunity to prioritize Indigenous procurement and fails to acknowledge the significant contributions they are making to Ontario’s economy. 
  
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