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Kitchener-Waterloo·Breaking The former University of Waterloo, Ont., student who pleaded guilty to stabbing several people in a gender-studies class in 2023 was sentenced Monday to 11 years in prison. The judge said Geovanny Villalba-Aleman’s actions constituted a “particularly grave hate crime,” while the associate professor wounded in the attack said “work to cultivateContinue Reading

Kitchener-Waterloo·Video The City of Waterloo announced last week that it was granted a court injunction allowing Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS) to criminally charge students who gather for unsanctioned street parties during St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. Saturday marked a day teeming with students along Marshall Street in Waterloo’s University District.Continue Reading

Kitchener-Waterloo People can now be arrested and charged for participating in unauthorized street parties in Waterloo this weekend. This is due to an injunction granted to the City of Waterloo to help prevent unsanctioned street parties during the St. Patrick’s Day weekend. Injunction allows police to arrest people taking partContinue Reading

Kitchener-Waterloo·Video A chance meeting between an acclaimed Ottawa musician and an expert woodworker from Guelph, Ont., has led to a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration to create a unique wooden instrument: the Fron2. Fron2 is cylindrical instrument with a frame drum suspended in the centre of 10 strings Aastha Shetty · CBC News · Posted: MarContinue Reading

Kitchener-Waterloo Wiarton Willie has predicted an early spring. But Willie’s prediction goes against his fellow weather-prognosticating animals like Shubenacadie Sam, Fred la marmotte, Punxsutawney Phil and Lucy the Lobster, who all saw their shadows and predicted six more weeks of winter. Punxsutawney Phil also saw his shadow, predicting six more weeksContinue Reading

Kitchener-Waterloo·Video Katy Fulfer was one of three people stabbed by Geovanny Villalba-Aleman, a former student who attacked a University of Waterloo classroom on June 28, 2023 with two large kitchen knives. Sentencing for Geovanny Villalba-Aleman has been delayed until March Aastha Shetty · CBC News · Posted: Jan 28, 2025 3:39 PM ESTContinue Reading

Kitchener-Waterloo Gastrointestinal illness cases at University of Guelph rise to at least 234There are now 234 self-reported cases of a stomach flu linked to an outbreak at the University of Guelph’s on-campus residence. Public health said there’s been one lab-confirmed case of norovirus. ‘Students are getting a little bit nervousContinue Reading

Kitchener-Waterloo 3 generations of Becky Barrie’s family attended the same Ontario school. Now, it’s her homeBecky Barrie attended the Dickie Settlement Schoolhouse in Cambridge, Ont., in 1967 with her siblings. Her father and grandfather also went there. When the school closed in 1999 and was put up for sale, sheContinue Reading

Kitchener-Waterloo An Ontario public health unit is reminding people to wash their hands and avoid people who aren’t feeling well as the number of University of Guelph students with gastroenteritis has grown to over 150, leading to the school pausing some programs. Ontario school pauses larger-scale social programs, public healthContinue Reading