Plan to demolish homes for funeral home expansion approved in Kitchener
A controversial plan to demolish homes to expand a funeral home has been given the green light by the City of Kitchener.

A controversial plan to demolish homes to expand a funeral home has been given the green light by the City of Kitchener.
A new youth binge-drinking trend was on display in the streets of Waterloo’s university district Friday.
There is a heavy police presence in the area of Victoria Street North and Forfar Avenue where police say someone is barricaded inside a motel room.
Xylazine – an animal tranquilizer detected in an increasing number of opioid-related deaths in Ontario – has been identified in the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph region, the Wellington Guelph Drug Strategy warns.
Guelph police have charged a man who they say failed a driving test, drove off, nearly hit four people, and then did burnouts in a parking lot.
The Ontario Civilian Police Commission (OCPC) says a hearing has been set for June 20 for Guelph police Const. Corey McArthur – who pleaded guilty to assaulting a teen in a hospital bed.
A Canadian city has just been named the worst in the country for bed bugs for the third year in a row.
An Ontario woman wanted to order dresses online for her and her mother to attend her daughter’s baptism.
A liquidation sale at six Nordstrom locations across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) could begin as soon as tomorrow.
An Ontario woman has launched a lawsuit seeking $500,000 from Tim Hortons after she suffered major burns from an alleged ‘superheated’ tea. The company has denied all allegations and said she was ‘the author of her own misfortune.'
An Ontario man was shocked to get a notice for an $85 fine for trespassing after picking up a relative at Toronto Pearson International Airport.
An Ontario mother said was shocked when she saw the cost of baby formula jump by five to 10 dollars a case each month.
A man from Brampton, Ont. was told he had to pay $82,000 after his rental truck was stolen from his home in November.
A new program helps homebuyers with their down payment in return for a share of future profits.
After weeks of resistance, and ahead of a vote that could have compelled it to happen, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office has announced that his chief of staff Katie Telford will testify about foreign interference, before a committee that has been studying the issue for months.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has released foreign interference special rapporteur David Johnston's mandate, which instructs the former governor general to determine by May 23 whether a public inquiry is necessary.
A 15-year-old is facing a number of charges, including attempted murder, after two staff members were stabbed at a high school in Bedford, N.S., Monday morning.
The annual pace of inflation cooled in February as it posted its largest deceleration since April 2020.
Murals believed to be nearly 400 years old have been discovered at an apartment in northern England following a kitchen renovation.
A group of sheriff's deputies and other personnel at a Virginia mental hospital forcibly pinned patient Irvo Otieno to the ground until he was motionless and limp, then began unsuccessful resuscitation efforts, according to newly obtained surveillance video.
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A Virginia teacher who was shot and wounded by her 6-year-old student said it has changed her life and she has vivid memories and nightmares about that day.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday a Chinese peace plan could provide a basis for a settlement of the fighting in Ukraine when the West is ready for it.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh gave an ultimatum to the Liberal government, saying his MPs would vote with the Conservatives if obstruction wasn't stopped.