Jackie Sharkey

An end of year portrait project is giving a group of grads from Cameron Heights Collegiate Institute in Kitchener, Ont., a stronger sense of self as they set off into the next chapter of their lives.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating after a Flair Airlines plane that had left Vancouver overran the runway at Region of Waterloo International Airport in Ontario on Friday. No one was injured.

As 2023 begins, empty storefronts and office towers persist at a rate not seen in years in downtown Kitchener. One realtor says pandemic pressures, the economy and work-from-home culture are taking their toll.

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has declined the Region of Waterloo’s application to have tents and living spaces removed from a property it owns at 100 Victoria St. in downtown Kitchener. But Justice Valente says if shelter capacity increases, that decision could change.

Residents of a central Kitchener neighbourhood are concerned about a chemical-like burnt rubber odour, suspecting it may be coming from the AirBoss Rubber plant. 

A Kitchener, Ont., mom whose daughter died by suicide is petitioning for a formal policy that would alert caregivers or family members when their loved ones are prescribed psychotropic drugs, ones capable of affecting the mind, behaviour and emotions.

As Ottawa pours billions into a new electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in St. Thomas, Ont., industry analysts say we’ll need both electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles — and to change our habits — to meet Canada’s zero-emission commitments.

The owner of The Manse, a music venue in Marshfield, P.E.I., says he’s been ordered to rezone his property from residential to commercial — and he worries other home-based businesses may face a similar fate.

ResourceAbilities is looking for youth and young adults to submit great ideas to their new grant program, called The DiverseAbility Project. One such idea has turned into a ball for seniors that two sisters are planning.

Prince Edward Island businesses that pay into the Workers Compensation Board received $185 million from the board’s surplus fund over the past 10 years — and some advocates for employees injured on the job say the system needs an overhaul.