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• Waterloo region candidates list sparse with registration deadline looming

  The deadline for candidate registration is one week away, and still, several ridings in Waterloo region have wards with no candidates named.

  

• Local soccer players hit the pitch for pro soccer training in Waterloo

  Local youth soccer players dreaming of playing in the pros are getting a taste of professional training during a five-day camp in Waterloo.

  

• Despite rising OD deaths linked to smoking drugs, no supervised inhalation services exist in Ontario

  Last spring, Toronto’s Casey House opened its second supervised consumption site (SCS), one for outpatients that has purpose-designed room for people who choose to smoke their drugs.

  

• Passengers tackle Canadian man after he became violent, tried to open plane doors mid-flight

  A plane bound for Toronto has been forced to divert to Iceland after a Canadian man allegedly became violent and tried to open the aircraft door mid-air.

  

• Missing boater found deceased late Friday

  Missing boater, Jack Glaves of Tilsonburg, Ont., has been located deceased in Lake Erie.

• More than 10,000 Canadians received a medically-assisted death in 2021: report

  More Canadians are ending their lives with a medically-assisted death, says the third federal annual report on medical assistance in dying (MAID). Data shows that 10,064 people died in 2021 with medical aid, an increase of 32 per cent over 2020.

• Who's in the running for the 2022 municipal election in Waterloo Region

  Waterloo region voters will head to the polls on Monday, Oct. 24 for the Ontario municipal elections.

• Active COVID-19 cases spike in Waterloo region

  The number of active cases in the Region of Waterloo increased nearly 25 per cent since the region's last update, according to the Region of Waterloo Public Health weekly dashboard update.

• Doug Ford swallows bee during live news conference

  Doug Ford's live news conference on Friday was unexpectedly interrupted after the premier swallowed and choked on a bee.

• One person bitten, another exposed after rabid bat found near Shelburne

  Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph public health says one person was bit and another was exposed after a rabid bat was found in the Melancthon area just north of Shelburne.

• Crews rappel down crane for safety training in Waterloo

  A safety training exercise left some Waterloo residents wondering what exactly was going on as construction workers were seen repelling from a crane near Waterloo’s Barrel Yards area on Friday.

• Another instance of hate-motivated graffiti found in Waterloo

  Waterloo regional police say another incident of hate-motivated of graffiti has been found.