Queen Victoria statue consultation wraps up first stage with City of Kitchener
The City of Kitchener says they have wrapped up the first phase of consultation regarding a controversial statue in a public park.

The City of Kitchener says they have wrapped up the first phase of consultation regarding a controversial statue in a public park.
A crash between a box truck and a convertible has caused heavy damage to one vehicle and a road closure in Kitchener.
A driver has been charged in a fatal crash that killed a long-standing member of Cambridge's golf community.
A 17-year-old Guelph male is facing several charges after police say he was speeding, fled from police and struck a hydro pole.
Guelph police have charged a Kitchener man with several drug-related offences after they say they caught him running a red light.
Guelph police said a man was arrested Friday morning after several break and enters were reported in the downtown area.
A new tax on vacant homes is set to take effect in Toronto and homeowners have until this Thursday to declare the status of their properties.
A new report says Ontario job seekers are increasingly looking for work in other provinces, especially those looking for jobs in remote-friendly sectors like tech.
An Ontario woman said she was shocked when she had to pay for repairs after her car was struck from behind by a pick-up truck and the driver fled the scene of the collision.
While the deadline to file your taxes is months away, there are some personal tax credits Ontarians may qualify for that require some time pilfering through receipts to get them.
It's been almost four weeks since many of us made New Year's resolutions and one of the most popular goals is losing weight.
Those looking for a snow blower to clear their driveways may want to consider an electric model. Consumer Reports has been testing battery-powered snow blowers for the past six years and found electric models are improving.
A Toronto woman says she was given the runaround when she sought a full refund for her upcoming trip, which was cancelled outside of her control.
An Ontario man says he is 'devastated' after spending his entire life savings in an investment scam he got involved from a YouTube video he watched.
Loblaw will not be extending its price freeze on No Name brand products, but vows to keep the yellow label product-pricing flat 'wherever possible.'
A chance discovery in a Canadian lab could help extend the life of laptop and phone batteries.
A woman held in a detention camp in Syria, along with her three Canadian children, says the federal government is forcing her to make an agonizing choice: relinquish custody of her kids so they can be repatriated to Canada, or keep them in the camp where the conditions are dire. Her children are eligible for repatriation but she is not a Canadian citizen.
Fifteen grade school students in Mexico have been treated after apparently taking part in an internet 'challenge' in which groups of students take tranquilizers to see who can stay awake the longest.
The maker of ChatGPT is trying to curb its reputation as a freewheeling cheating machine with a new tool that can help teachers detect if a student or artificial intelligence wrote that homework.
More than five years since Canada’s Competition Bureau began an investigation into an alleged bread-price fixing scheme, no conclusions have been drawn nor charges laid. As the watchdog is now probing whether grocery stores are profiting from inflation, one expert says the effectiveness of its tools are in question.
Jeopardy! turned the spotlight on Ontario on Monday night with a category entirely dedicated to the province. One question stumped every contestant.
The United States is filing another formal dispute over what it considers Canada's failure to live up to its trade obligations to American dairy farmers and producers.
Boeing bids farewell to an icon on Tuesday: It's delivering its final 747 jumbo jet.
B.C.'s chief coroner Lisa Lapointe warned the province has experienced an average of six deaths, every day, of every week for two years.