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  BREAKING | Canadian government reaches C-18 online news deal with Google: sources

  The Canadian government will be announcing Wednesday that it has reached a deal with Google over the Online News Act known as C-18, CTV News has confirmed. Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge is slated to unveil the details of the deal during a 1:30 p.m. ET press conference on Parliament Hill.

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  Kitchener man honoured by Canadian military after saving his best friend’s life

  What started as a round of golf ended in a medical emergency. Now one of the men involved is being honoured for saving his best friend's life.

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  Region of Waterloo approves 16 additional speed cameras for school zones

  In some locations, the number of drivers slowing down to or below the speed limit has increased by 63 per cent since the cameras were installed, the region said.

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  Police identify four men wanted for Ont. break-in spree

  Police are trying to track down four men wanted for more than 30 residential break-ins in southern Ontario.

• Waterloo Region Health Coalition raises concerns over private healthcare bill

  Advocates are hoping to bring attention to concerns around Bill 60.

• At least 10 vehicles involved in crashes on Hwy. 403 amid whiteout

  The eastbound lanes of Highway 403 between Brantford and Highway 52 just outside Hamilton were closed for at least four hours Tuesday after a series of crashes police say were caused by whiteout conditions.

• Guelph council votes to extend funding for Royal City Mission

  The City of Guelph is extending a pilot project that helps unsheltered people in the community.

• Helen Shwery sworn in as Ward 1 Cambridge councillor

  There's a new Cambridge Ward 1 councillor in town.

• 'It’s on the rise': Guelph declares intimate partner violence an epidemic

  The City of Guelph has joined 70 other municipalities in declaring intimate partner violence an epidemic.

• Guelph mayor pulls motion seeking to ban downtown encampments

  An attempt to ban encampments in downtown Guelph has been shelved for now, but the issue is far from settled.

• Kitchener Centre residents soon head to polls in provincial byelection

  Residents of Kitchener Centre are set to vote Thursday in a provincial byelection, and the candidates for the legislature's three opposition parties agree the main issue is affordability -- and that the Tories aren't putting up much of a fight.

• 'Could have been worse,' say police following school bus crash

  An Ornge air ambulance carried an injured student to a London, Ont. hospital after a school bus slid into a ditch and crashed into a driveway near Wingham, Ont. Tuesday morning, injuring three of the seven students on board.