'Loved what I did': Google layoffs impact Waterloo region employees
Some Waterloo region Google employees are now jobless after the tech company announced cuts.
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'We have to move faster': Waterloo regional councillors want more automated speed enforcement sites
Waterloo regional council are looking to accelerate the creation of automated speed enforcement sites across the region.
SIU appealing for witnesses after serious injury during Stratford arrest
The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is appealing for witnesses after an arrest in Stratford sent a 34-year-old man to hospital for treatment of a serious injury.
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Death of Woodstock, Ont. woman being treated as 'suspicious': Woodstock police
Several days after the discovery of her body, police in Woodstock have declared the death of 30-year-old Karen Cunningham as 'suspicious' in nature.
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Two men charged in connection to 2022 Cambridge business robbery
Waterloo regional police have charged two men in connection to a robbery at a Cambridge business in August of 2022.
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48-year-old woman dies after Wellington County crash
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in Wellington County are investigating a fatal two-vehicle collision in the Township of Wellington North.
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Cambridge high school to reopen Wednesday after flooding
Jacob Hespeler Secondary School in Cambridge will reopen on Wednesday after the school was forced to close for two days due to flooding.
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'There was a flaw': Regional council votes to review police budget before board approval
Region of Waterloo councillors will be able to see the police budget before it is approved by the police services board thanks to a new motion approved by regional council at a Tuesday meeting.
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'My future is a lot brighter': Guelph teen wins $250k with lotto ticket
An 18-year-old student from Guelph is $250,000 dollars richer after winning with an Instant 25x Multiplier ticket.
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Man arrested for death threats against Kitchener, Ont. Liberal MP
A 44-year-old Woolwich, Ont., man has been arrested for allegedly making death threats against a member of parliament.
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Guelph temporarily extends free transit for kids
The City of Guelph is extending its Kids Ride Free program on Guelph Transit until a decision is made about its future by council in April.
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Guelph mother charged with abandoning 4-year-old
Guelph police have arrested a mother after they say they found her young daughter wandering around their apartment building alone.
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Brantford driver charged after serious collision involving a pedestrian in January
Brantford police have laid charges following a January collision which sent a 33-year-old to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
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'It’s a big thing': Earthquake impacts in Turkiye and Syria felt in Waterloo region
Death and destruction is left in the aftermath of earthquakes in Turkiye and Syria, while the devastating impact is being felt in Waterloo region and beyond.
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Fourth warmest January in the last century recorded this year: UW weather station
The University of Waterloo Weather Station says this January was the fourth warmest in the history of the record books – which go back over 100 years.
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How Google job cuts will impact the region
![About 1,200 Google workers were laid off across the company. CTV's Stephanie Villella hears from a former Google employee in Kitchener.]()
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Calls to add more automated speed enforcement
![Regional councillors discussed adding more automated speed enforcement in Waterloo region at a Tuesday meeting. Krista Simpson reports.]()
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Health crisis 'manufactured' by Ford: OPSEU
![OPSEU President JP Hornick says that the health-care crisis in Ontario has been 'manufactured' by the government and explains how.]()
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Planes narrowly avoid collision at Texas airport
![Two airplanes narrowly avoided a collision at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas, the Federal Aviation Administration says.]()
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Alleged romance scammer may have over 150 victims
![A victim of an alleged romance scammer says she's spoken with over 100 women who have been similarly swindled by the same man.]()
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James Schwalm facing murder charge in wife's death
![A former Brampton fire captain is facing murder charges after his wife was found dead in a vehicle last week in the Blue Mountains.]()
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Fatal crash on Hwy. 6
![From CTV Kitchener: OPP are investigating a fatal collision on Hwy. 6 just south of Mount Forest.]()
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Google layoffs may impact hundreds in region
![From CTV Kitchener's Shelby Knox: Layoffs at Google may have impacted hundreds of workers in Waterloo region.]()
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Guelph temporarily extends free transit for kids
The City of Guelph is extending its Kids Ride Free program on Guelph Transit until a decision is made about its future by council in April.
'My future is a lot brighter': Guelph teen wins $250k with lotto ticket
An 18-year-old student from Guelph is $250,000 dollars richer after winning with an Instant 25x Multiplier ticket.
Guelph mother charged with abandoning 4-year-old
Guelph police have arrested a mother after they say they found her young daughter wandering around their apartment building alone.
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Netflix to begin password sharing crackdown in Canada. What you need to know
Netflix users who have been sharing their passwords with friends and family members who live hundreds – or even thousands – of kilometres away won’t be able to do so for much longer, as the streaming service announced its plans to end password sharing.
As E-bikes rise in popularity, concerns over battery fires grow
Electric bikes, or e-bikes, have spiked in recent popularity, and with that popularity is a growing number of battery fires – some of them fatal.
ServiceOntario making it 'faster, easier' to get driver's licences, health cards
Premier Doug Ford announced new ServiceOntario changes to make it 'faster' and 'easier' to get driver’s licences and health cards.
Many Canadians consider turning to part-time jobs if finances worsen, new survey says
A new Consumer Debt Report by the Canadian Counselling Society has found that many Canadians are pessimistic about their 2023 finances.
Family slams 'unconscionable' actions of TD Bank after 95-year-old woman withdraws $10K in scam
The family of a 95-year-old Ontario woman tricked into withdrawing $10,000 in the middle of a major snowstorm said it's 'absolutely unconscionable' that bank employees allowed her to take out the money without contacting her power of attorney.
Toronto homeowners have until Thursday to declare status of property to avoid steep fines
A new tax on vacant homes is set to take effect in Toronto and homeowners have until this Thursday to declare the status of their properties.
Ontario job seekers increasingly looking for work in other provinces: Indeed
A new report says Ontario job seekers are increasingly looking for work in other provinces, especially those looking for jobs in remote-friendly sectors like tech.
Ontario woman shocked she has to pay for car repairs after hit-and-run collision
An Ontario woman said she was shocked when she had to pay for repairs after her car was struck from behind by a pick-up truck and the driver fled the scene of the collision.
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PM Trudeau presents premiers $196B health-care funding deal, including $46B in new funding
The federal government is pledging to increase health funding to Canada's provinces and territories by $196.1 billion over the next 10 years, in a long-awaited deal aimed at addressing Canada's crumbling health-care systems with $46.2 billion in new funding.
Inflation 'turning the corner' after multiple rate increases: BoC governor
After raising interest rates eight consecutive times, Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem told an audience in Quebec City on Tuesday that inflation is showing signs of 'turning the corner' and that the coming year 'will be different.'
Newborn, toddler saved from rubble in quake-hit Syrian town
Residents digging through a collapsed building in a northwest Syrian town discovered a crying infant whose mother appears to have given birth to her while buried underneath the rubble from this week's devastating earthquake, relatives and a doctor said Tuesday.
Balloons and drones among 768 Canadian UFO reports from 2022: researcher
Balloons and drones were among 768 reported UFO sightings in Canada last year, according to Winnipeg-based researcher Chris Rutkowski, who also found that eight per cent of all cases remained unexplained.
How more than 100 women realized they may have dated, been deceived by the same man
An Ontario man is being accused of changing his name, profession and life story multiple times to potentially more than 100 women online before leaving some out thousands of dollars.
Biden aims to deliver reassurance in State of Union address
U.S. President Joe Biden is ready to offer a reassuring assessment of the nation's condition rather than roll out flashy policy proposals as he delivers his second State of the Union address on Tuesday night, seeking to overcome pessimism in the country and concerns about his own leadership.
Canadians now expect to need $1.7M in order to retire: BMO survey
Canadians now believe they need $1.7 million in savings in order to retire, a 20 per cent increase from 2020, according to a new BMO survey. The eye-watering figure is the largest sum since BMO first started surveying Canadians about their retirement expectations 13 years ago.
3 men missing after canceled rap gig were fatally shot
Three men who disappeared after planning to rap at a Detroit party were killed by multiple gunshots, police said Tuesday, five days after their bodies were found in a vacant, rat-infested building.
B.C. COVID-denier had illness but died of drug overdose, coroner says
A report from British Columbia's coroner says a prominent anti-vaccine and COVID critic died in 2021 of a drug overdose, although he also tested positive for the illness post-mortem.
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Feds pledge $46.2B in health-care funding over next decade
The federal government pledged an additional $46.2 billion in funding over the next 10 years for provinces to aid the health-care crisis.
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