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Officials investigating anti-lockdown rally in Uptown Waterloo

Bylaw officers are investigating a rally in Uptown Waterloo over the weekend.

65 more COVID-19 cases reported in Waterloo Region

Health officials in Waterloo Region reported another 65 cases of COVID-19 on Monday.

Ford's office says two of Ontario's upcoming AstraZeneca shipments will be delayed

Premier Doug Ford's office says that they have been told to be prepared for delays to two upcoming shipments of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, creating a potential snag in getting shots into arms just as Ontario makes the vaccine available to younger residents.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford watches a health-care worker prepare a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a UHN vaccine clinic in Toronto on Thursday, January 7, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

AstraZeneca vaccines available for people over 40 in Waterloo Region starting Tuesday

People aged 40 and above will be able to get the AstraZeneca vaccine at some Waterloo Region pharmacies and primary care settings as of Tuesday.

Brantford police searching for suspect in weekend shooting death

Police in Brantford are searching for a suspect in a shooting death on Saturday afternoon.

Staff at Waterloo child-care centre walk off job to call for action from province

Staff at a Waterloo daycare centre walked off the job Monday, taking a day of action to call on the province to move child-care workers up in the COVID-19 vaccination priority list.

Ontario reports more than 4,400 new COVID-19 infections, positivity rate at 10 per cent

Ontario is reporting more than 4,400 new COVID-19 cases as the test positivity rate for the disease climbs back up to 10 per cent.

Budget 2021: Government unveils $101.4B in new spending, with deficit declining

The federal government is unveiling $101.4 billion in new spending, aimed at both supporting the country through the third COVID-19 wave, and stimulating the economic recovery post-pandemic, in a historic budget presented by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland.

Local leaders pleased with funding announcements in federal budget

Leaders in Waterloo Region said they're mostly pleased with the funding announcements included in the federal budget.

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Budget 2021: Government unveils $101.4B in new spending, with deficit declining

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland delivers the federal budget in the House of Commons as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks on in Ottawa on Monday April 19, 2021. The federal government unveiled spending plans to manage the remainder of the COVID-19 crisis and chart an economic course for a post-pandemic Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

How the 2021 federal budget impacts you

The federal government unveiled its long-awaited spring budget on Monday, with a focus on navigating taxpayers out of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and embarking on the long road to economic recovery, with specific attention paid to the most vulnerable.

'Real money on the table': One-on-one with Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland

In the federal government’s first budget since the start of the pandemic, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland delivered a plan for $101.4 billion in new spending aimed at getting Canadian businesses through the COVID-19 pandemic and stimulating the economy afterwards.

Luxury tax on yachts, cars and personal aircraft laid out in new federal budget

The federal budget proposes a new tax on luxury goods such as yachts, personal aircraft and cars. The tax would be applied to cars and personal aircraft that retail over $100,000; and boats for personal use that retail over $250,000.

Don Martin: It's a stimulus budget all right -- for votes in the next election

Reading the federal budget spending spree as it scrolls on for 720-plus pages, a certain numbness takes hold, writes Don Martin in his exclusive column for CTVNews.ca.