Waterloo, Ontario news

• Cap on international students to blame for decrease in ridership, says Grand River Transit

  09-02-2026 17:14 via cbc.ca
  A report going before a Region of Waterloo council committee says there were 4.1 million fewer Grand River Transit riders in 2025 compared to 2024.
  
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• Go beyond meat and potatoes this St. Patrick's Day: Jasmine Mangalaseril

  14-03-2026 13:00 via cbc.ca
  St. Patrick’s Day is next week. While many may celebrate with a pint in one hand and perhaps a stew in the other, Irish food culture offers much more. CBC K-W's food columnist Jasmine Mangalaseril checks out the Irish food scene in Waterloo region and Ireland itself.
  
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• Swiping right on safety: New interactive map helps people navigate dating apps with more awareness

  14-03-2026 12:00 via cbc.ca
  A new interactive safety map created by researchers from Ontario's University of Waterloo aims to help women and gender-diverse people navigate dating apps safely.
  
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• Severe storms lab uses satellite imagery, AI to discover otherwise undetected tornadoes

  14-03-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  For a year now, London, Ont., researchers have been collaborating with experts across the country to better understand Canada's extreme storms and weather.
  
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• Guelph woman killed, another person injured in 2-vehicle collision in Cambridge

  13-03-2026 21:21 via cbc.ca
  Police are investigating a fatal two-vehicle collision that killed a 77-year-old Guelph woman.
  
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• Snow event declared in cities across Waterloo region as winter weather snarls traffic

  13-03-2026 20:47 via cbc.ca
  Cities of Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge have declared a snow event due to a winter storm moving through Waterloo region Friday dropping as much as 15 centimetres of snow by the evening.
  
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• Multiple collisions and poor weather snarl highways across southern Ontario

  13-03-2026 19:05 via cbc.ca
  Driving in southern Ontario is difficult Friday with police reporting multiple collisions because of winter weather. That includes Hwy. 401 between Cambridge and Woodstock, eastbound lanes of Hwy. 402 at Wonderland Road in Oxford County, and westbound Hwy. 403 in Norwich Township.
  
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• Q&A: How University of Waterloo research reshaped Paralympic vision-impairment classification rules

  13-03-2026 18:59 via cbc.ca
  A University of Waterloo researcher has been in Italy taking in the Paralympics. That's because her work over the past decade has driven the most significant overhaul in classification rules for vision‑impaired Nordic and alpine skiing in more than 30 years.
  
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• Confidential settlement for scuttled Starlink deal means Ontarians kept in dark on payout

  13-03-2026 18:29 via cbc.ca
  Ontario's payout to Elon Musk's SpaceX over a cancelled Starlink contract will remain a secret after the two sides agreed to a confidential settlement, The Canadian Press has learned.
  
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• Ontario tightens FOI laws by excluding premier, cabinet ministers' records

  13-03-2026 15:46 via cbc.ca
  Ontario is set to make Premier Doug Ford and cabinet members' records secret as it "modernizes" freedom of information laws.
  
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• Ford government proposes FOI law change that would keep premier's records secret

  13-03-2026 15:46 via cbc.ca
  Ontario is set to make Premier Doug Ford and cabinet members' records secret as it "modernizes" freedom-of-information laws, which critics say will dramatically curtail public scrutiny of the political process.
  
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• Men in masks seen near Cambridge business just before fire broke out, police say

  13-03-2026 15:26 via cbc.ca
  Police are investigating a suspicious fire early Friday morning in Cambridge at a business in the area of Glenmorris Street and Cedar Street. Police say three unknown males were seen wearing masks at the business prior to the fire.
  
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• Men in masks seen near Cambridge business just before fire broke out: Police

  13-03-2026 15:26 via cbc.ca
  Police are investigating a suspicious fire early Friday morning in Cambridge at a business in the area of Glenmorris Street and Cedar Street. Police say three unknown males were seen wearing masks at the business prior to the fire.
  
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• Chicopee to reopen for skiing on Friday after brief pause due to rain and mild weather

  13-03-2026 14:15 via cbc.ca
  After closing for part of the week, Chicopee in Kitchener will reopen on Friday for downhill skiing. The ski hill says staff were able to preserve snow on the hill, but there is flooding damage to a parking lot.
  
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• Kate's 5 fun things to do in and around Waterloo region: March 13 to 15

  13-03-2026 13:00 via cbc.ca
  It may be cold with some snow this weekend, but that's no reason not to get out and enjoy the various events happening in the community.
  
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• Increased police and bylaw presence expected in Waterloo leading up to St. Patrick's Day

  13-03-2026 11:00 via cbc.ca
  City of Waterloo's Community Safety Event comes into effect at midnight in anticipation of St. Patrick's Day celebrations over the weekend. More bylaw and Waterloo regional police officers will also be out and about this weekend and in the days leading up to Tuesday.
  
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• Canada's hospital emergency rooms have hit a breaking point. Is it the new normal?

  13-03-2026 09:00 via cbc.ca
  Hospital emergency rooms are overflowing, resulting in patients being treated in storage rooms and hallways as they wait days for a bed. Doctors say it's happening against a backdrop of behind-the-scenes backlogs, access issues and an aging population that are all impacting the flow of patients through the health-care system.
  
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• Winter's not over yet. Up to 15 cm of snow expected to hit Waterloo region, Guelph Friday

  12-03-2026 22:10 via cbc.ca
  Snow and strong winds are expected across Waterloo region and Guelph mid morning Friday and last into the night, with 10 to 15 cm of snowfall possible.
  
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• Niagara Regional chair resigns over ownership of signed copy of Hitler's Mein Kampf

  12-03-2026 15:46 via cbc.ca
  Niagara Regional Chair Bob Gale has abruptly resigned, just hours after anti-racism groups in Niagara demanded he apologize for owning a signed copy of Adolf Hitler's infamous manifesto Mein Kampf, which outlined the Nazi leader's racist and anti-Semitic world views before he oversaw mass murder including the killing of six million Jewish people during the Second World War.
  
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• Waterloo declares 'community safety event' to prevent unsanctioned St. Patrick's Day street parties

  12-03-2026 11:00 via cbc.ca
  The City of Waterloo has declared a "community safety event" that will start at 12:01 a.m. Saturday in an effort to curb unsanctioned street parties that have become common on or near St. Patrick's Day.
  
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• Air Transat, Air Canada adjusting ticket prices as jet fuel costs weigh on airlines

  11-03-2026 20:32 via cbc.ca
  Air Transat is charging more for flights to Europe and Air Canada is adjusting prices as the soaring cost of jet fuel — triggered by an oil crisis that has emerged from the war in the Middle East — weighs on Canadian and international carriers.
  
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• Another biker rally to take place on Friday the 13th in Port Dover, Ont.

  11-03-2026 20:04 via cbc.ca
  The second biker rally of 2026 is coming to Port Dover, Ont., for Friday the 13th. The last one of the year will be in November.
  
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• Questions raised about plan to amalgamate Ontario's conservation authorities

  11-03-2026 19:31 via cbc.ca
  The Ontario government announced this week it will fold the province's 36 authorities into nine regional ones. "I don't anticipate a centralized management team being able to effectively oversee such a large area," says the manager of one existing body that would be combined with three others.
  
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• Ontario to give elementary teachers $750 a year for classroom supplies

  11-03-2026 17:15 via cbc.ca
  Ontario says elementary school homeroom teachers will receive $750 a year for classroom supplies starting in September 2026.
  
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• Former Charles Street Terminal in Kitchener will be redeveloped in phases

  11-03-2026 16:28 via cbc.ca
  The redevelopment of the former Charles Street Terminal in Kitchener will be done in a phased approach. That was the decision from regional council at a committee meeting Tuesday.
  
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• Ontario couple stuck in Qatar say they feel 'left behind,' Canadian government hasn't been much help

  11-03-2026 11:00 via cbc.ca
  A Guelph, Ont., couple stuck in Qatar for almost two weeks say they feel "left behind" by the Canadian government after receiving little help from Global Affairs Canada to exit the country. They say the only option given was a bus to Saudi Arabia with no guarantees of additional help once there.
  
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• Start screening for colorectal cancers earlier, Canadian Cancer Society urges

  11-03-2026 09:00 via cbc.ca
  People as young as 45 should be invited to provincial and territorial programs to screen for colorectal cancer, says the Canadian Cancer Society. The call comes as emerging evidence suggests younger adults are increasingly being diagnosed with the disease before they may be eligible for screening.
  
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• Haudenosaunee-Anishinaabe supergroup to perform at Junos Honouring Ceremony

  11-03-2026 09:00 via cbc.ca
  A new supergroup of musicians from Six Nations of the Grand River and Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation have collaborated on a Robbie Robertson-inspired song they will perform at the Junos Honouring Ceremony later this month in Hamilton.
  
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• NDP MP Lori Idlout crossing floor to Liberals, bringing Carney closer to majority

  11-03-2026 03:11 via cbc.ca
  New Democratic Party MP Lori Idlout is crossing the floor to join the Liberals, setting up Prime Minister Mark Carney to secure a majority government if upcoming byelections go his way.
  
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• At 18 C, Tuesday set a new weather record in Waterloo region

  10-03-2026 23:33 via cbc.ca
  The temperature hit 18.7 C at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, marking a new record for the day. The previous record was 16.3 C set in 2021.
  
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