Active outbreaks surge as Waterloo Region logs 50 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday
Waterloo Region logged 50 more COVID-19 cases Tuesday as active outbreaks of the disease jumped up to 18.
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Guelph musician fined $1,500 for hosting driveway concert
A Guelph musician was fined $1,500 by officials after performing for neighbours in his driveway this past weekend.
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These Waterloo Region vaccine clinics are opening walk-in spots for first doses
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Guelph-Wellington paramedic pens children's book about grief
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WRDSB to end school resource officer program
The Waterloo Region District School Board will end its school resource officer program.
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3 Kitchener men among 20 charged in $61M Toronto drug bust
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Ontario reports fewer than 300 new COVID-19 cases, spike in deaths while citing data cleanup
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Man arrested in connection to 2020 carjacking in Guelph
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'Reclaiming our land': Indigenous leaders join KW Land Back Camp in calls for permanent space
Guests from Six Nations joined the Kitchener Waterloo Land Back Camp at Laurel Creek Conservation Area on Monday to reinforce calls for permanent land and space for Indigenous peoples.
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Guelph musician fined for driveway concert
![From CTV Kitchener's Heather Senoran: A Guelph musician was fined $1,500 for hosting a neighbourhood concert in his driveway this past weekend.]()
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Vaccine rollout ramps up in Waterloo Region
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Guelph paramedic pens children's book on grief
![From CTV Kitchener's Stephanie Villella: A Guelph paramedic is the author of a new children's book, 'An Emotion Called Grief.']()
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WRPS police reacts to school program cancellation
![Waterloo regional Police Chief Bryan Larkin says he is disappointed the student resource officer program was cancelled.]()
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Mix of sun and cloud through the week
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School resource officer program ending in WRDSB
![From CTV Kitchener's Natalie van Rooy: WRDSB trustees have voted to end its school resource officer program.]()
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Ramping up vaccines in Waterloo Region
![From CTV Kitchener's Tegan Versolatto: The region is ramping up COVID-19 vaccinations to combat the spread of the Delta variant.]()
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Guelph musician fined $1,500 for hosting driveway concert
A Guelph musician was fined $1,500 by officials after performing for neighbours in his driveway this past weekend.
Guelph-Wellington paramedic pens children's book about grief
A Guelph-Wellington paramedic is hoping to make conversations with children about death and grief easier through a new picture book, "An Emotion Called Grief."
Man arrested in connection to 2020 carjacking in Guelph
A man from Peterborough has been arrested in connection to a carjacking in Guelph last fall.
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