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• 'While we don't want to be scrooge,' regional councillor asks public health to discourage workplace holiday parties

  Regional Coun. Jim Erb has asked Waterloo Region’s top doctor for stronger messaging to local businesses to discourage and even ask their staff to cancel holiday work parties.

  

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  UPDATED | Snow squall warning in effect Tuesday

  Environment Canada has issued snow squall warnings for parts of southwestern Ontario on Tuesday morning.

  

• Industrial accident at Waterloo Brewing leaves five injured

  Ontario's Ministry of Labour has been called in to investigate after five workers were injured Sunday at Waterloo Brewing.

  

• Emergency overnight shelter opens at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church

  An overnight emergency shelter is now open at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Kitchener.

  

• Ontario will see rise in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations even without Omicron variant, modelling suggests

  COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in Ontario will continue to rise substantially, even without the Omicron variant, if vaccinations do not increase and further public health measures are not implemented, new modelling data released by the province's science table suggests.

• Ontario extends pause on reopening plan indefinitely as COVID-19 situation worsens

  Ontario is extending its pause indefinitely on moving to the next step of the reopening plan as COVID-19 cases continue to increase and new modelling data suggests hospital capacity could be strained over the coming months.

• Guelph police seize $20K worth of drugs from man in medical distress

  Guelph police say they seized $20,000 worth of fentanyl and other drugs from a man who was in medical distress at a business on Monday.

• Southridge Public School to close due to 'sharp increase' in COVID-19 cases

  Southridge Public School in Kitchener will be closed until January due to a 'sharp increase' in COVID-19 cases at the school.

• Vigil in Guelph to remember victims of gender-based violence

  A vigil was held in Guelph Monday night to commemorate the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.

• Minister's Zoning Order issued for Dolime Quarry near Guelph

  Ontario approves City of Guelph's request to transfer the Dolime Quarry lands, build new housing, rehabilitate the drinking water source

• Driver dead after vehicle goes into body of water near Mount Forest: OPP

  Provincial police say a person has died after their vehicle went into a body of water near Mount Forest on Monday morning.

• Waterloo Region proposing fee increase for licensed home daycares

  The Region of Waterloo is proposing a fee increase for licensed home daycares for the first time since 2017.