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Grand River Hospital says more patients coming to ER than hospital designed to handle
The emergency room at Grand River Hospital is dealing with a surge in demand for care, with about 200 patients coming in every day since mid-December, according to a hospital news release. The emergency room is designed to handle 165 patients per day.
Canada -Kitchener-Waterloo |
Visit from campaigning Trudeau prompts change to WRDSB policy
After a visit from then-candidate Justin Trudeau to a Waterloo public school during the last federal election, the Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) is moving to block politicians from visiting schools during campaigns.
Canada -Kitchener-Waterloo ||
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Kitchener woman's death should spur conversations about domestic violence, experts say
The 2018 death of Kitchener's Yvonne Umutoniwasi should start conversations in Waterloo region about how domestic violence cases are handled and what the community at large can do, experts say. Umutoniwasi's boyfriend pleaded guilty to manslaughter for her death on Monday.
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Least safe intersections for pedestrians in Kitchener and Cambridge
The region's transportation services is looking to make some of the region's top collision intersections safer by adding several new countermeasures.
Canada -Kitchener-Waterloo ||
Grand River Transit buses running as union, region reach late-night deal
A tentative agreement has been reached between the Region of Waterloo and UNIFOR Local 4304, which represents the area's bus drivers. That means bus service will run as usual Tuesday.
Canada -Kitchener-Waterloo ||
Waterloo regional police adds more investigators to combat gun crime
Canada -Kitchener-Waterloo ||
Deaf and blind Ontario woman suing government over student loan debt inequality
Canada -Toronto ||
Juul to stop selling most flavoured vaping pods in Canada
Politics ||
Woman arrested after bomb threat at Grand River Hospital
Canada -Kitchener-Waterloo |
Swollen Grand River floods Six Nations road, prompting warnings from officials
Canada -Hamilton |
Gulf widens in 'standoff' between province, teachers' unions
Canada -Toronto ||
Man gets 6 years for hitting and killing child's mother, hiding her body
Canada -Kitchener-Waterloo |
'If you're dyslexic, you feel stupid,' advocate says. Now, Ontario wants to change that
Canada -Toronto ||
What you need to know about filing an Indian day schools settlement claim
Indigenous |
IKEA closing all of its 'pick-up-point' stores in Ontario
Canada -London ||
River flows in part of southern Grand River watershed to peak Monday night, GRCA says
Canada -Kitchener-Waterloo |
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'The system isn't working': Kitchener housing report raises red flags on affordability
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Paula Duhatschek
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Crossing guard hit in Baden, police search for black pickup truck
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What you need to know about job action by teachers, education workers this week
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Kate Bueckert
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'Highest January rainfall on record' causes flooding in Grand River watershed
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Ontario government apologizes for alert about Pickering nuclear plant incident sent 'in error'
Muriel Draaisma
Canada -Toronto |
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Man searches for missing book in 1757 Shakespeare collection to complete romantic gift
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Liny Lamberink
Canada -London |
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Waterloo region restaurants not required to display health inspection results
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Guelph's Kazoo! Fest calls it quits after this year
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'She was unique' sister says of Iran plane crash victim Ghanimat Azhdari
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Cambridge Memorial Hospital opens long-awaited patient care wing
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Trying Veganuary? Andrew Coppolino offers tips on plant-based proteins
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Andrew Coppolino
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Schools in Guelph and Wellington County to be hit by teachers' strikes next Wednesday
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