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• 'Another virtual event essentially,' Fergus Scottish Festival and Highland Games welcomes back some competition

  Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the Fergus Scottish Festival and Highland Games has been forced to scale back its presentation.

  

• Ontario reports 170 new COVID-19 cases, over 8.4 million fully vaccinated

  Ontario is reporting a slight decrease in new COVID-19 cases today from the previous day.

  

• What Canada did on Saturday at the 2020 Tokyo summer Olympic games

  Michael Woods came agonizingly close to opening Canada's medal account on the first full day of competition at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Here's a roundup.

• Vigil in Kitchener's Victoria Park to honour teen who died of drug overdose

  A vigil is taking place in Kitchener's Victoria Park Friday night to honour an 18-year-old who died of a drug overdose in February.

• Toronto Pearson Airport begins separating arrivals based on vaccination status

  International passengers arriving at Toronto Pearson Airport will now be separated by vaccination status before heading through customs, the airport confirmed Saturday.

• 'Heartbreaking': Waterloo family's cruise trip disrupted as ship doesn't recognize mixed vaccines

  If you're planning to book an international cruise trip, make sure to check the fine print on vaccine policies.

• Man accused of committing indecent act in front of mom and child in Simcoe

  Norfolk County OPP are looking for a man who allegedly committed an indecent act in front of mom and child in Simcoe.

• ‘Simply immoral’: Ontario pharmacists poised to trash thousands of expiring Moderna doses as demand declines

  Toronto pharmacies may be forced to throw out Moderna doses due to a decline in demand, due in part to skepticism about mixing and matching doses and misinformation about the brand.

• Strike averted for thousands of Region of Waterloo public service workers

  A strike has been averted for more than 1,000 of Waterloo Region's public service workers, with CUPE 1883 reaching a deal and CUPE 5191 extending talks to next week.

• 'Disappointing': Some businesses facing backlash for declaring vaccination status of staff

  Some local restaurants in Waterloo Region have received backlash for letting the public know their staff is fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

• Local campus communities asking if university vaccine policy should be expanded

  With the recent announcement that post secondary schools in Waterloo Region and Guelph will require students staying in residences to be vaccinated, communities on the campus are starting to ask why stop there?

• One new COVID-19-related death in Waterloo Region on Friday, 16 more cases

  Health officials in Waterloo Region logged one COVID-19-related death and 16 more infections in Friday's report.