The federal government promises big investments, but federal public service unions are warning Tuesday's budget could bring job cuts and increased outsourcing.

Frozan Hassan Zai has spent eight years building a community in Canada after escaping the Netherlands with her two children. Now, because Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has deemed her ma...

Willow River Public School in Kitchener opened to students this week despite ongoing construction. Classes are beginning in portables and the finished sections of the building until the work's expecte...

Dozens of Chinese graduate students are accusing Ottawa of discrimination because their study permit applications have been left in limbo for months, preventing them from beginning their advanced degr...

Waterloo's Sandowne Public School is preparing to welcome students from the temporarily closed Elizabeth Ziegler Public School. With an enrolment size of about 240 in 2023-2024, Sandowne is now expect...

Waterloo region recorded its fourth-hottest meteorological summer on record this year, with more than triple the usual number of 30 C days and one of the hottest single-day temperatures ever measured ...

Ontario's housing minister says he's open to changing the Building Faster Fund criteria to the number of permits approved by a municipality instead of the number of homes built within its borders. Wat...

The motion asks the provincial government to respect municipal autonomy, take municipal bylaws into account, consider environmental impacts, and fulfil its obligation to consult Indigenous stakeholder...

Fake Facebook accounts claiming to represent the Cambridge Fall Fair have been charging legitimate would-be vendors a fee to set up shop at the fair. But they're being scammed, according to the fair's...

In a post on Elizabeth Ziegler Public School's website, officials write that as they wait for next steps and funding confirmation from the province, the board's goal is to reopen the school for Sept. ...

Waterloo's Matt Morris is known in the community for his elaborate snow sculptures. But since the pandemic, he has been building lightweight boats to float in Kitchener's Victoria Park. Five years lat...

As a result of the drastic drop off in international student enrolment and critiques of financial misguidance, Conestoga College is facing 82 program closures and at least 190 layoffs, with more to co...

A new pedestrian and cycling bridge has officially opened in Kitchener. The Region of Waterloo says it helps connect established neighbourhoods to shopping centres and other services. CBC K-W's Camero...

Kitchener, Ont., is hosting Canada's first Call of Duty championship, a major esports event that organizers say puts the region on the global stage.

Faye Dzikewich of Guelph has launched a complaint with the Law Enforcement Complaints Agency, saying she needs more answers about why her son died while in police custody in July 2024.

The city of Kitchener is using camera-equipped bylaw vehicles to detect parking violations using AI technology that recognizes signage and vehicle details. Officials say the goal is to improve safety ...

The coroner's inquest into the deaths of seven inmates from drug overdoses while they were incarcerated at Maplehurst Correctional Complex in Milton, Ont., began Monday with emotional statements from ...

The group Doctors 4 Cambridge invited medical students to the city as part of the Rural Ontario Medical Placement week with a goal of convincing them to move to the community after graduation. The wee...

Renate Euteneier has mobility issues and requires a parking spot,. It's in her lease. But while her parking garage is under renovation, she has no other option than to hope for a visitor spot — or be ...

Cherry blossoms growing on the campus of Renison University College in Waterloo attracted some visitors Sunday. Nancy Schnarr, senior communications manager for the college, said the trees were donate...

It's voting day in Canada. Polls in Waterloo region, Guelph and Wellington County are open from 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. This page will also include results after polls close.

Canadian voters concerned about rising home and rent costs say housing's a top concern for them this federal election.

CBC K-W's put out a survey asking residents in Waterloo region and the surrounding area to share what matters most to them in this upcoming election. Concerns over tariffs and threats to Canadian sove...

Scott Miller, director of education for the Waterloo Region District School Board, says Elizabeth Ziegler Public School in Waterloo will remain closed through the 2025-26 school year, too, due to safe...

The federal election is underway and ballots are starting to fill up with candidates in ridings in Waterloo region and the surrounding area. CBC K-W's Cameron Mahler breaks down what you need to know ...

After structural issues closed Elizabeth Ziegler Public School in Waterloo, Ont., for the rest of the school year, senior staff held a community meeting for parents to express concerns and ask questio...

Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Mike Harris Jr. was named minister of natural resources Wednesday. First elected in 2018, he was made the first minister of red tape reduction in 2024.

Advance poll turnout results are in for Guelph, Waterloo region, and other parts of CBC K-W's listening area.

Candidates from the four major parties participated in a CBC K-W candidate panel. They answered questions about their voters' top concerns, including building more affordable housing and the land asse...

Kitchener Centre candidates from three major parties participated in a panel discussion about how they plan to address top issues raised by voters in their riding.

As part of ongoing Ontario election cover, CBC K-W is inviting candidates who represent the four parties with current MPPs at Queen's Park to take part in a panel discussion of issues important to vot...

CBC K-W wants to hear from you about your top issues and concerns heading into the February provincial election.

A meme posted and since deleted to Cambridge, Ont., Coun. Adam Cooper's Facebook page has prompted a war of online words with a local 2SLGBTQ+ advocate. CBC News reached out to both Eric Bolton and Co...

Organizers say the decision comes in light of a lease that ends in May and the need to re-envision the program. The group is looking at hiring new staff and creating a new model catered towards healin...

Former Kitchener, Ont., neurologist Jeffrey Sloka appeared in court virtually Wednesday for a brief appearance. The judge heard Sloka's defence team is still completing the final submission for trial ...

Growth in housing supply is expected to exceed that of 2024 and new capital projects are coming down the pipeline for Waterloo region in 2025.

Cambridge will open Waterloo region's first Indigenous-led childcare centre, Ga'nigǫhi:yo, providing culturally rooted education for Indigenous children. The centre will be for First Nations, Métis o...

Officers with the Waterloo Regional Police Service are investigating reports of gunfire on a residential street in Cambridge, Ont., early Wednesday morning. Police say multiple people reported damage ...

Nutrition for Learning used grand funding to bring hot bowls of minestrone soup to students at Centennial Public School in Waterloo. The soup is a way to teach the students about how food moves from t...

Coun. Rob Deutschmann brought forward a motion suggesting the Waterloo Regional Police Service be asked to cut $4 million from their proposed 2025 budget. The motion was defeated 9-6 during a meeting Tuesday.

First funded in 2016, construction on the transit hub has been slated for 2020, pushed to 2021, again to 2023 and is not due to begin some time in 2025, according to a new regional staff report.