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• Cost, long-range forecast of COVID-19 vaccines in Waterloo Region unveiled

  The Region of Waterloo has unveiled how much the local vaccination efforts will cost this year and where they expect to be with the rollout down the road.

  

• Police investigating posters promoting 'White Lives Matter' parade found in New Hamburg

  Waterloo regional police are investigating posters in New Hamburg promoting a "White Lives Matter" parade next month.

  

• Ontario's top doctor issues directive to cease all non-emergency surgeries immediately

  Hospitals in the province are required to halt all non-emergent and non-urgent surgeries immediately as people with COVID-19 continue to fill up hospitals and put the healthcare system under strain amid the third wave.

• Waterloo Region COVID-19 testing numbers lower than Ontario average

  New data shows that COVID-19 testing totals in Waterloo Region is lower than the provincial average, but the area’s top doctor says it’s not unexpected.

• Winter travel advisory issued for Waterloo-Wellington

  Environment Canada has issued a winter travel advisory for Waterloo Region, Wellington County, and several other areas across Southern Ontario.

• Feelings of isolation worse now than at any point during pandemic: report

  A year into the pandemic, a new mental health report by Morneau Shepell says that isolation is taking its greatest toll yet on Canadians.

• COVID-19 infections in Ontario shoot back up past 4,200, ICU admissions near 800

  COVID-19 infections in Ontario shot back up past 4,200 Wednesday as the number of patients in an intensive care unit (ICU) with the disease nears 800.

• Experts explain why Canada's third wave is less deadly so far — and why we still need to be concerned

  Although COVID-19 cases are climbing to astronomical new heights, the death rate in Canada is not rising at the same rate, something experts explain is due to a combination of younger patients, public health measures and the lessons doctors have learned from a year of battling the virus.

• Teachers, farmers and childcare workers can now pre-register for vaccine

  Region of Waterloo adds new list of vaccine eligible groups that includes teachers.

• Message in a bottle: Memorial letter in Lake Huron found by strangers years later

  The family of a Flamborough man who died in a crash in 2016 wrote a memorial message in a bottle and released it into the waters of Lake Huron.

• 'It simply equals accountability': Waterloo Region residents react to Derek Chauvin verdict

  Waterloo Region residents were watching the decision in the Derek Chauvin trial closely on Tuesday.

• Some nurses against plans to merge pediatric unit with special care nursery at Guelph General Hospital

  Some nurses at Guelph General Hospital are speaking out against plans to merge its pediatric unit with the special care nursery.