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School bus routes cancelled in Waterloo Region due to COVID-19 staffing shortages
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Fatal fire on Weber Street contained to single apartment unit
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Waterloo summer camp changes name after request from Indigenous group
A popular summer camp in Waterloo has changed its name after a request from local Indigenous leaders.
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Police looking for individual connected to altercation allegedly involving a firearm in Kitchener
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Police looking for youths involved in armed robbery at Waterloo bus stop
Regional police are looking for three youths connected to an armed robbery at a bus stop in Waterloo.
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Early morning house fire in Wilmot Township
A major rural road in Wilmot Township has been partially closed off for a house fire.
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KW version of 'O Canada' spreading hope across the country
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One dead after Kitchener apartment fire
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Staffing shortages to impact school bus routes
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Board to hear delegations on LGBTQ2+ books
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Well-known camp renamed in Waterloo Region
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1 in 3 Canadians struggling with mental health
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A Guelph man who allegedly broke into a business within two days of being released on bail for a previous break-in to the same business has been rearrested.
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Truck drivers protesting against the vaccine mandate at the border have raised more than $3.7 million from donors around the world but the fundraising platform GoFundMe has temporarily stopped organizers from using the money.
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Ukraine urges calm, saying Russian invasion not imminent
Ukraine's leaders sought to reassure the nation that a feared invasion from neighbouring Russia was not imminent, even as they acknowledged the threat is real and prepared to accept a shipment of American military equipment Tuesday to shore up their defences.
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A microphone picked up U.S. President Joe Biden's response after a Fox News reporter asked if inflation is a 'political liability.'
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Truckers heading to Ottawa to protest vaccine mandate
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