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Arrest made in stabbing at University of Waterloo residence

A 19-year-old man is facing charges after a stabbing Wednesday night at a University of Waterloo residence.

Claudette Millar Hall, at 165 University Avenue West, on the University of Waterloo campus. (Courtesy: UW's website)

More ER closures in Listowel and Wingham

Once again due to staff shortages, the emergency departments at both Listowel and Wingham hospitals will be closed overal several upcoming dates.

18 Waterloo region stores report overnight break-ins Wednesday: police

Break-ins targeting restaurants, salons, dress shops and cannabis stores have been reported in Kitchener, Waterloo and Woolwich.

Police are looking to identify this person in connection to a string of overnight break-ins reported on July 6, 2022. (Submitted/Waterloo Regional Police Service)

COVID-19 outbreak declared on Stratford General Hospital's medicine unit

A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared on the medicine unit at Stratford General Hospital.

GRT bringing new flexible transit program to Breslau

Grand River Transit is introducing a new flexible transit option in the community of Breslau.

Man pulled from burning car by five others on Ontario highway in 'heroic effort'

Five men are being hailed as heroes by the Ontario Provincial Police after saving a man from a burning vehicle on a Toronto-area highway earlier this week.

More than a dozen watches stolen during Guelph break-in

Guelph police say more than a dozen watches were stolen Wednesday during a break-in.

'There’s no great answer': Low-income tenants weigh options in Cambridge as renovations push them out

Tenants of the Tiger Lofts, an affordable apartment building in Cambridge, say they’re being “renovicted” and won’t be allowed to stay after extensive renovations.

Sexual assault in McLennan Park under investigation

Police are looking for a man who allegedly grabbed and sexually assaulted a woman in a Kitchener park.

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Boris Johnson resigns, remains U.K. prime minister for now

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his resignation Thursday amid a mass revolt by top members of his government, marking an end to three tumultuous years in power in which he brazenly bent and sometimes broke the rules of British politics.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson reads a statement outside 10 Downing Street, London, formally resigning as Conservative Party leader, in London, Thursday, July 7, 2022. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

Here's who could replace Boris Johnson as U.K. prime minister

Boris Johnson was due to resign as Britain's prime minister on Thursday, bringing an end to a turbulent two and half years in office and triggering a search for a new leader.

Man pulled from burning car by five others on Ontario highway in 'heroic effort'

Five men are being hailed as heroes by the Ontario Provincial Police after saving a man from a burning vehicle on a Toronto-area highway earlier this week.

The next stage in the battle against COVID-19: bivalent vaccines

Several vaccine manufacturers are racing to develop formulas that take into account the more infectious Omicron variant now driving cases, while policymakers are laying the groundwork for another large-scale vaccine blitz.

Ukrainian medic released in prisoner exchange accuses captors of torture

A well-known Ukrainian paramedic who was held prisoner by Russian and separatist forces for three months after being captured in the southeastern city of Mariupol has accused her guards of psychological and physical torture during her time in captivity.