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Four townships' seniors program gets funding from province
1+ hour, 22+ min ago (486+ words) Posted Jun 22, 2026 12: 43: 09 PM. The Province of Ontario has pledged a new investment in four senior active living centers in Waterloo Region. Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Mike Harris made the $227, 872 announcement on Monday morning. Programs to benefit include: The Wellesley Active Living Centre's…...
Council to consider axing Elmira sidewalk snow clearing program
3+ hour, 14+ min ago (312+ words) Posted Jun 22, 2026 10: 52: 20 AM. The Township of Woolwich will considers discontinuing their sidewalk snow clearing program in Elmira at a meeting on Monday. The township has been running the program since 2005, but the growing population of Elmira and evolving weather patterns…...
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan dies at 100
6+ hour, 6+ min ago (1411+ words) Posted Jun 22, 2026 07: 55: 32 AM. Former U. S. Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan has died at the age of 100. He died on Monday from complications of Parkinson's Disease, said his wife of 29 years, NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchel. "To me he was my husband,…...
Region of Waterloo to consider nearly $6 M annual cost of operating A Better Tent City
6+ hour, 19+ min ago (711+ words) Posted Jun 22, 2026 07: 47: 13 AM. Regional council are set to make a decision on how to move forward with A Better Tent City (ABTC) after the board announced that they would step away from operations. In May, the volunteer-based organization behind operations…...
Copper wire thefts at Cambridge industrial park under investigation
10+ hour, 8+ min ago (503+ words) Posted Jun 22, 2026 03: 59: 00 AM. Police said the LG Lovell Industrial Park area near Raglin Road has had suspects on multiple occasions remove wire and scrap metal since March this year. That is in the Franklin Boulevard and Can-Amera Parkway area of…...
Unifor calls upcoming auto talks 'most consequential' union has ever faced
19+ hour, 24+ min ago (347+ words) By News Staff and The Canadian Press Posted Jun 21, 2026 06: 42: 54 PM. Uncertainty looms for nearly 19, 000 Canadian auto workers as their union gets set to begin significant labour negotiations this week. Talks between Unifor and the Detroit three automakers are scheduled to…...
As Vance meets top Iranian officials in Switzerland, Trump threatens Tehran from afar
21+ hour, 58+ min ago (1254+ words) Posted Jun 21, 2026 12: 02: 39 AM. But even as Vance called on Tehran to build on the moment, President Donald Trump threatened to restart strikes on Iran for its support of Hezbollah militants in Lebanon or if it moved to close the strategic…...
This is nuts: The hard-fought race to build Canadas next submarine fleet
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (1415+ words) Posted Jun 21, 2026 06: 00: 13 AM. OTTAWA " From a massive ad blitz featuring Canadian broadcast icon Peter Mansbridge to a cabinet minister calling on shipbuilders to cough up a car plant, the brief race to replace Canada's aging submarine fleet turned heads in…...
2 youth charged after vehicle stolen in Cambridge
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (404+ words) Posted Jun 20, 2026 03: 44: 20 PM. Waterloo Regional Police have charged a 12-year-old and a 14-year-old after an investigation into a stolen car in Cambridge on Saturday, June 20. The two youths from Cambridge have been charged with multiple offences, including: The 12-year-old was…...
Energy prices expected to push inflation higher for May, economists say
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (773+ words) By Craig Wong, The Canadian Press Posted Jun 20, 2026 06: 00: 10 AM. OTTAWA " High oil and gasoline prices are expected to push inflation higher when Statistics Canada reports its consumer price index for May on Monday. But the devil will be in the…...