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• Recycling bin lit on fire in Kitchener, gasoline dumped behind nearby apartment building: WRPS

  Waterloo regional police are investigating an arson after they say they found a recycling bin lit on fire and gasoline intentionally dumped behind a Kitchener apartment building.

  

• Parents left in limbo about future of in-person learning as province extends stay-at-home order

  Families in the Waterloo Region say they're frustrated no answers have been given on if in-person learning will resume before the school year ends as the province announces an extension to the current stay-at-home order until June 2.

  

• 'Every day we miss him': Family, police searching for answers a decade after fatal hit-and-run

  Ten years ago the body of 20-year-old Chad Everets was found along the side of Cockshutt Road in Norfolk County.

• Experts say clarity, collaboration needed for 'two-dose summer' in Ontario

  Experts say Ontario will need to leverage clarity and collaboration to reach its goal of fully immunizing all willing adults against COVID-19 by mid-September.

• Victim dragged by vehicle during arranged sale of cell phone: Police

  A man who advertised a cell phone for sale using an online platform was dragged by a vehicle when the purchasers came to pick up the item.

• Outdoor amenities to stay closed as Ont. extends stay-at-home order

  Outdoor amenities, including golf courses, will stay closed under the province's extended stay-at-home order, frustrating those in the Waterloo Region’s golf community.

• 'A sense of home': Renters concerned by plans to sell properties

  Residents who rent in a Kitchener neighbourhood are raising concerns about the possible sale of the land they live on.

• 24-year-old woman identified as victim in suspicious death investigation on Albert Street

  The person found dead in an apartment building on Albert Street Tuesday was a 24-year-old woman who lived there, police say.

• Ontario extends stay-at-home order for an additional two weeks

  Ontario Premier Doug Ford has announced that the provincewide stay-at-home-order will be extended for an additional two weeks, saying the move will help deliver the "most normal July and August possible."

• 'I couldn't shut my brain off': 16-year-old creates interactive escape room in family's basement

  A 16-year-old Heidelberg teenager has created an escape room in his basement for family and friends to explore virtually.

• No injuries reported after crash on Highway 8

  All the lanes of Highway 8 were closed south of Cambridge due to a crash on Thursday afternoon.

• Ontario's COVID-19 case count crosses 500,000 as province logs more than 2,700 new infections

  Ontario health officials are reporting more than 2,700 new COVID-19 infections, pushing the province’s lab-confirmed case total past 500,000.