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• Suspicious fire causes $100,000 in damange to old bowling alley in Cambridge

  A fire at the former Dickson Bowl in downtown Galt has caused significant damage to the building.

  

• Freezing rain, strong winds expected this weekend

  Another storm system is expected to bring freezing rain and strong winds to southwestern Ontario this weekend.

  

• Instances of police-reported hate crimes spiked in 2021

  The number of police-reported hate crimes in Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo saw a drastic jump between 2020 and 2021 with a total of 77 hate crimes reported in 2021 compared to 54 the year before.

  

• Peregrine falcons return to CTV Kitchener

  Calling all falcon watchers! The peregrines have once again returned to CTV Kitchener’s nesting box, high above our studio on King Street West.

  

• Artisans and actors prepare for upcoming Stratford Festival season

  With the Stratford Festival’s opening night still about two months away, rehearsals and designs are well underway for this year’s shows.

• South Perth resident loses $32,500 to Publisher’s Clearing House scam: police

  Stratford police said a resident from the Township of South Perth reported losing over $30,000 to a Publisher’s Clearing House scam.

• Grand River Transit expands service in Cambridge

  Grand River Transit will be expanding and improving bus service in the City of Cambridge.

• Ontario pharmacists to be given new prescribing powers

  Pharmacists in Ontario are being given the power to prescribe new medications.

• Ontario aims to balance budget in 2025 despite largest spending plan in province's history

  The Ontario government says it is on track to balancing the budget by 2025 despite having the largest spending plan in the province’s history.

• Magnet Forensics shareholders vote in favour of Thoma Bravo takeover deal

  Magnet Forensics shareholders have voted in favour of U.S. private equity firm's $1.8-billion takeover of the Waterloo, Ont. company.

• Man charged for allegedly lying about being an engineer in KW

  The licensing and regulating body for professional engineering in the province said it has laid hundreds of charges against a person who allegedly falsely represented himself as a professional engineer in the Kitchener-Waterloo area.

• Zurich remembers doctor who cared for village for 50 years

  For 50 years, Dr. Charles Wallace was Zurich’s doctor. He cared for generations of families, and saved many lives along the way, including Sherri Penn’s son, who needed Dr. Wallace’s help with a neo-natal infection just days after birth.