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Waterloo Region reports 132 new COVID-19 cases; total caseload surpasses 8,000

The total number of COVID-19 cases in Waterloo Region surpassed 8,000 on Friday as public health officials reported 132 new infections.

A health-care worker wearing PPE transports a patient in the dialysis unit at the Humber River Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Wednesday, December 9, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

WRPS received more than 100 calls to 911 with questions about stay-at-home order

Waterloo regional police say they received more than 100 calls to 911 on Thursday from people with questions about the province's new stay-at-home order.

Seven more COVID-19 enforcement tickets given in Waterloo Region

Seven more charges were laid against people who were not complying with regional and provincial COVID-19 rules over the past week.

Nathan Hofstetter of Southwestern Public Health leads a team on an COVID-19 enforcement blitz of St. Thomas, Ont. businesses on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. (Brent Lale / CTV News)

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Planned bridge over Guelph Speed River put on hold

A planned bridge over the Speed River in Guelph has divided people living in the city.

Geese look on as mist rises from the Speed River in Guelph on Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. (Jeff Turner / CTV Kitchener)

Woman arrested at gunpoint in downtown Guelph

Police charged a woman with carrying a concealed weapon after an incident in Guelph’s downtown core Thursday afternoon.

A picture of a modified pellet gun is seen here. (Source: @gpsmedia)

Charges laid in alleged assault of paramedic

Provincial police say a Fergus resident has been charged after allegedly assaulting a paramedic in Wellington County on Boxing Day.

An ambulance is shown in a file photo. (CP24)

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